Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-04-25

'eoPPSu on s"ShVJ u'V Joh"o w WV "eo'
which brought him to the very tree where
Pedro had been ated. Near or beneath
This tree lies buried the treasure, said he, and
II is not found here, gentleman, will ack.
lowhdge, that fanceS can assume the shape
Of realities in the brain.
The two shepherds were called and they |
commenced digging at the designated spot |
The work Was prosecuted with great yigoi
and III snort time considerable amount
earth and stone was removed. Not one o.
tue parties spoke wora; Sr. Fernandez and
Doctor oa.lt maintained tuelr SleACe ~ ~
not 10 EXHIBIT tneIr ucredullty, and the two
OH account OF q SuperStitlous feel
my tuat tuty were PROBABLY employed III
work that Was forbidden.
Mnlle tAuS ousuy occupied it happened
tntlt sl1dll ci0uu 0OScurtu thc lace 0l Tie
sun anu It's shadow fell upon the two laborers;
tu,J lniineulateE dropped Their spades aud
ieapt out Of the note they had excavated.
Nhat is the matter cried sehor Ferual,
dezl
We thought replied the shepherds, tie
black wing OF tne .vl one tapped over US
Why you coward hearted ftIlows why il
was oniy a eOud that passed over the face %
Vac Suh, jump IN aud huish the work.
Int Two shtphcrus Uapt III and in few
ho'nehls thtF Spaies struck against a hat
substance, anu as they struck 1t loug pea
ol lnundtr burst from the cloud ana tie tWu
Sh'perds fell and Gwooutd away as il dead. A
Nudueu shower vi rain u,so4etd lor minute
Or SO, ana then the cloud diSspstod into air
aau tne Nuu OlUkt lUitA 40 4 no c.ouu iiac
aptcAred. lue falling OF the shower va
opportune as 1t restored tie two shepheo,
lrom the shock. Immediately upoA tncir r.
covtry they leapt out Of . bC sani 10 pei
sd.sioh ,ouiu A.uu,e tn,lA tU en,lr II agaln
>oon Cavalier jumped in and taking Spat I
~ '"Sf out u few spade fulls OF earth ant
reached u Hat rock, winch having removed
ne exclaimed, Here is the iron box; and SO
Saying he dragse0 II IRON Us place Of con-
cealn,nt aud uepo, ted at til, te,t Of D0et r
swift and Sr Fernandez The two gentle
men stood rooted to the ground III wonder
anu astOhshm,nt and the Two shepherds took
" t..l.r ueeIs us / Tie ev Que w,rc III realI-
ty ,0Osed anu ruhnlug after them.
some rniautes elapsed after the diScoye,y J
OF the iron box Jetor, the silence was broken,
v 3 our Cavalier remarked, g ptlem n,
perceive your ,ncrcdullIy has ytaco ~ cmo
lions OF a very different nature-to those ol
wonder anu alndLement ! am nc less over
whelmed with the same emotions myself not
at tindlng tlS 00A htre, Out at Tic iurL tnii
nearly two centuries have obviously rollt,
away since and my friend buried it.
Tht>c remarks som, wlnt broke the shock
Of the sudden surprise which doctor Swi,
nad experienced Oh the hning ol tie box
and ali idea eutertd hls brain, that our Caya
ner must have placed 1t there Some Sho"t tint
o iore, anu that ht imagined II to have bee
IL 1854, 50 he sad, sr. Hurt, do, excuse mt
4 | tell you that you might be mistaken as Il
the time you buried THIS tt asui,; may II uoi
nave been within itw years past ami yoai
Mynol having been afflicted by the parox,Sn
nave fallcu you us 10 The date.
The contents Of this box will answer tha
q Ie'L.oa, he replied, as it contains beside ouI
treasure, my manuscripts IN which will u
found recorded the most remarkable events
anu occurrences through which | passed, as
well as descriptions Of country, legends, tra
ditions customs, DC, pertaining to the history
Of New Mexico. These manuscripts will show
for themselves the dates in wnlch they wert
written, aud we have only to open the iron
box, to settle the question as to the time
when it was buried.
We will postpone opening the box unit
we arrive at home, said Sr. Fernandez, SO lei
US return to Santa Fe, and there at our lei
sure we can discuss and decide the question
Accordingly the iron box was lifted into
the carriage aud the party having entered
the same they set out for Santa Fe Oul
Cavalier insisted that he should be allowec
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