The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-10-27
CAPTAIN KIDD,s TREASURE.
EDDYTowN, Yates Co., NY, Sept. 81.

of the New York Herald, of Sept. 2, con-
tanning an account of the digging up of
Captain kidd's treasure, also of man
who had been sailor, and had given
some account of the place where this
money was buried. The article in the
Herald stated that company had at va
rious periods been digging on Oak Island,
north of Boston, for the concealed treas
ure. l wish to know where Oak Island
is, for Kidd's money never was there,
and l think it probable that know more
about its history than any man living.
My father, James Cowing, was born in
Massachusetts,, in 1740, and had heard
everything connected with it in his time
The story was current in that day that
Kidd, with the sailor, who is mentioned
in the Herald as having been one OF
Kidd's officers" went up the bay of
Fundy and buried it. This mans right
name was Edward Lowe, the pirate, and
when they caught Kidd, and hanged all
of his command that they captured, this
person fled, and took refuge with man
living on the shores of the bay.
Here he assumed the name of Gibson.
He informed his host that he had pot
of money concealed on "the cape" and
would sometimes leave him, and remain
absent two or three days. He always re-
turned with his pockets full, and fur
nished his keeper with money as long as
he lived. Before his death he told his
friends that he would give him the chest
that Kidd had buried, for all the pirates
were dead. He then related all the cir
cumstances connected with it; where
and how to find it the place to start
from, with the points of the compass,
the course, and the exact distance in
chains and links, with description of
the locality of concealment, peculiarities
of the grounds, etc. He stated also that
when burying the treasure, they dug a
deep hole, and placing it in tarpaulin,
lowered into the hole four foot chest
and brought the money in bags, silver
and gold, and poured it into the chest
until it was full. They then shut down
the lid, turned the tarpaulin over it, and
poured over all barrel of tar, covering
it up with earth to a depth of four ortive
feet My father was one of company
formed to go and dig it up. They die
not all go; but considerable number o
them went up the bay of Fundy, on The
east shore, Nova Scotia, to the place
Lowe had described, and found it exactly
as he had stated it to be. This party Sc
the compass and run the course, and dis
tance, finding the locality as defined b,
him. At that time an old lrishmal
owned the land in this vicinity, and the.
told him they were searching for Inone,
of Kidd's. He swore he would shoi,
any man who dug on his land foixh
treasure, and they were therefore o@sa
PEELED to Ielinquish their object. n
part of their knowledge of the secret wa
confided to this man.
Soon after this period the war of tn
revolution broke out, and this part
never made any further attempts TO fin
i the hidden wealth, nor did those VIII
5 had remained behind when the first e,
: pedition set out. My father sold hi
5 property and received continental none
in payment. This became worthless, an
= he lost all, and shortly afterwards r.
moved to Ballston, Saratoga county,
|. Y. He was at this time about 40 yeal
of age At Ballston he purchased a farl
lying between the east line of Ballsto
and the little lake. Helived there abor
twenty years, and it took him the grea
est part of that time to pay for his farm
he having purchased it ON credit; cons
lquently he was unable to make anoth,
- attempt to secure the buried pize.
+ 1856 | was added to his already lar&
m family, and about the time his land w;
'e paid for he had become. security in
~ business transaction for q merchal
: named Sherman. Sherman failed, III
it took all my fathers property, inclu
ing the farm, to cancel his debt. TIL
effectually quenched any hopes my faith
might have had, of returning to look
Kidd's money. He then moved to Il
town of Seneca, Ontario county, and liv'
there until he had paid for farm
about sixty acres. He died in 1929,
al the age of 80 years. He had often to
2. me concerning this wealth when | W
w w about 16 or 1S years of age, and l h
IS often thought of going to search for
%. but could find no one to accompany n
"' and had forgotten all about it unit
- saw this account in the Herald, when
all recurred afresh to my memory.
honestly believe that the money is the
and if the names of places are not alter
t. | am certain that, with the aid Of a co
pass and chain, could quickly find
To do this should like to ascertain
names of all the islands and headlan
to the Bay of Fundy, on the Nova SEQ
side. Ihave never told any one the pls
to start from, nor the course to be TAX
nor the distance, that remember. l:
I. now 81 years of age, well and hear
though somewhat lame.
If / knew all the names of the islar
and headlands on both shores of the [
of Fundy, as they were named one h
dred years ago, it would not take me lc
to find the place and dig it up. do
ac. know but that it is rather late in the S
s9* son to attempt it this year, but if / !
= l think l shall start next spring, bu
shall not go alone. Your paper sta
that about 100000 has been spent
ready in the search. There is almos
wagon load of treasure, silver and 6
together, and if you like you can hav
chance in. If you find for me the nal
of all the islands, ETC., l can find
name of the one / want. If you write
Ill. me or send me paper, please st
where Oak Island is, and any infor,
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