Tree Limbs tied back with vines

[Windspirit]

Today I went for a ride down down by the river and then later walked around. It was in the 50's and great weather to be out researching. I do have a question for those long time researches. I noticed that there were several new things in my area. Several tree limbs ranging from pencil size to as large as a limb that was 6 to 8 inches across. These limbs were bent back and tied with vines. The vines that held them were always about the same size as the limbs. These were all around the Indian burial grounds. Double arches and so on. Has any one ever came across this before and is it a thing our FF's do? Windspirit:confused:

[Jan]

Yes this is something the local Forest Friends do around burial grounds. Do you remember me telling you of the Sok or Sak Native Americans that once lived there and had their village there that died from the rabbit fever where the apple orchard is near? The local Forest Friends have kept this in observance of their oral history of their home lands and are only remarking the area as hollowed ground that is not to be disturbed, is all. If the old markers have fallen or been destroyed in recent weather events they will simply re-build them in observance and respect to the dead or build new ones. They will bend the tree down in the arches but if they can not get them to stay put in the colder weather they will weight them down on the ends or tie them off until the trees start to grow naturally that way. they will build more of the little X formations in front of these bowed trees too. Look for anywhere between forty to sixty of these three feet tall X formation markers there in the general area. Don't go back there and fall down the bank into the creek but right there along the back of the creek there was all kinds of the X markers and a great big arch last spring. They have a regular beaten trail running along the bank there where they travel. It leads all the way from there to where the cliff is and on up toward the the river on the other side on the other property there.
Yours,
Jan

[steve a]

jan is right of coarse, we saw the native American graves in the woods, and also the one ancient tree bow, that has already grown old all bent double, you must remember the native Americans live there a long time ago, and native American always bent trees in to bows as a marker for important events , such water crossing , trade routes, watering holes to drink, the war road, and directions to their villiage, the forest friends can do no less