The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-06-21
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LOCAL MATTERS.

Witch ruanctn thll>ly Maliy years
ago, during the Rogue River troubles
good Indian," known az lnyus,
used to circulate among tie pale faces
Of the Willamette and Rogue Eivel
valleys. 1t was believed by many,
although there was no positive proof
tliat such was the case. that this :, good
Indian " gave due notice to the Rogue
River SiwaSl,es of tlie intended passage
through their country Of any parties
having money or stock, so that they
night waylay and rob and murder
them on the route, and thus obtain
their stock ana gold. After these In
dian troubles had ceased. our "good
Indian " came Into this valley, bring
ing with him a vast quantity OF sod,
variously estimated at from twelve to
twenty-five thousand dollars, obtained
in some way from these had Rogue
River Indians. From some cause or
other, after his arrival here, This
"cood Indian deemed it his best
policy to deposit his money in bank,
which he dill, having secured an Old
boot, placing the gold in it, and bury
inr both deep in the gronnd. Shortly
after making thi, deposit, This good
Indian " was gathered to his fathers.
As to the cause of his death, we have
no reliabltdIta. 1t is generally agreed,
however, that he passed in his checks,
lcayiug tie community at large none
He wi-,ra; 70 the place where lie had
cached his gold. And now, having given
the history of this "good Indian 50
tar as we are acquainted with it, we
hasten Oh to the sequel. The llct hay
ing gained credence OF tie lurial or
banking or caching Of so large an
amount of gold within a radius Of five
or six miles Of this village, excited a
general desire to find the boot that
held it, and many were the prospecting
parties, under the names Of "lliddcn
Treasure Exploring Co., "Old Boot
Gold Hunting Co., Boot or no
Trade Co, ETC., organized and started
out over the country, digging and
>craping in search Of old leather.
But as all these efforts proved unavail-
ing, in the course Of time the excite
meAt died out, boot leather fell, ard
our people fell back into the old clan
nels, and the memory of the good
Indian" lad almost faded from the
minds of even the Oldest inhabitants.
\ lew days ago, during a spiritual
meeting, a medium stated that he saw,
in his spiritual state or trance, the old
boot, full OF gold, buried years ago By
the good Indian Inyus ; that the boot
was still whole, and the gold in a good
state Of preservation. lie gave min
nte directions as to the place where the
boot and gold could be found. One
or more parties. who had taith in the
directions given by the medium, start
ell for the place designated; and it Is
noN stated that, following the direc-
tions closely, they found the boot and
gold as described ; and several parties
declare trey have seen the boot, but,
we are sorry to oadd, we can find no one
who is willing to acknowledge that he
las seen the gold it was said to contain,
although they believe that the gold
was in the boot WHEN taken from the
earth. They declare that the reason
all knowledge Of the gold is di'owncl
by the party or parties finding the
boot. is because the amount IS 20 large,
and they are fearful the State will de-
Inand at least half Of it from the lucky
finders as royalty" Having brought
this narrative to a proper denou
mcnt. we hasten to take leave Of thC
subject, merely promising that thl
next time a treasure OF tie magnitude
the above mentioned Is reported to be
is found, the parties finding it vii
throw some OF it in sight without dc
lay, and thus gladden. the hearts o
their brethren. The medium, at least
Is entitled 70 a scad or tvo for glyin!
tie requisite Information.
Note Beae.-The place where th'
boot was found Is among the foothills
near the Corvallis and Tampieo road
about five miles northwest from thi
city, in Benton county. As soon q
enough wagons can be got together a
one time, the gold and boot will b
brought to this or some cther place fol
safe keeping!
Tie Te,y Latest-It is now reportef
that Mr. Simmerson Is the lncky finder
Of the boot and gold. The boot OF
rather tie pieces, were found shortly
after they had been dug out from under
tie roots Of an old fir tree, by OH
miller, Blake. lie put the pieces to-
cetller, and found that it was an old
fashioned miners No. Il boot; he also
asserts that he found particles of gold