The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-19

Il this . Hoax Or the TRUTH

IL the following il true, Ca~ county eas
uaearth treasure and pay her bonds ia
full:
ALBUQUERQUE, N NJ, July 3, 1879.
Editor Cax CSxsiy Courier:
DEAR Sra Eft sss during the flush trade
81. Louis enjoyed with the mefchsnts Of
New Mexico, in tie year 1910, and for 4
"umb-r of years thereafter, that G~spscdo
Nsnes. Ans,aio Gallasos and Julian k,pez
started from Socorro. an important trading
post On the Rio Granle. for ST. Louis. They
had long irais ii wagons and IN iasmense
. Treasure hox costsining several hundred
thousands Of dollar, principally i" gold coin
A they approached tie Missouri river they
learned ahst = party ii OSsge Indians ss-re
awaiting them 10 attack and capture the
train. The three merchasts concluded to
avoid . meeting with the hostile Os.ees,
against whom their greasen and peos.s
would make bat . Poor fight, by dividing
their train. The freight wagons according
y ve,e sent to corral in the vicinity Of
where Manhattan. ksassa, nov u. while
the three snerchsnls with their driver made
. des..ur 10 the Ruth al the line Of travel
u ssczle the Indiana, aud il necessary,
cache isse.r TREASURE iwx sad hasten u -.
Louis. add with ma armed lssiy return and
: secure their TREASURE. Alter twO days rxpid
travel they found themselves on . small
a. r a.
sours river, s"d, hiding shem-elves in the
dask wOod. sent their driver out 10 recon-
noiire.
The night passsd and morning came, and
the driver failing 10 return, the asercbanis
coscIuded that he had been Killed by the
Isdiaaa. hilching up their mules they
made their t0stuOus way through the tim
her, and keeping al.arp look out, hastenesi
.ewasd NATL another branch Of the stream
vas crsaacsi. They knew that sscspe with
their wagons wss h0l'eles~, and they de
sesminsd 70 bury their box of guild ~ SOON
a suitable place could be found. Con-
tinsiag their journey they travelled about
fomr miles due east, until they came To .
spsing II the foos Of ledge Of sandstone
rocka, in the OPEN prairie. In order 10 tx
The hearing II the spring. LOp<z mounted his
lsorae, and. returning TO the river, rode
down the sesean unlil b seaehsd its CON
nmesce with the 6rst branch hey had
esu..A, Thea. riding up the stream. be
found that line drawn doe vert from .
psias .bSa,e 6es Ausdred yards aooah Of
the spring would cross the river three times
owing 10 10 = shape the river has 1t this
i.oimt. Placing himself on this line and
guided b. pocket compass. he rude for
wari until be psssed the spring aud then
turning due North. selected . point in The
ledge 0f rocks Tor the DEPOSITORY Of their
sssaaasse-hOx.
While Lores and Gallago buried the
box Of gold. Nunes kept watch Tor the Ia
disns from the crest OF the sandstone ledge.
scarcely had the box been carefully cOa-
ceal~d, than Nuses espied three Indians
~seaithily approaching iron the brush
about ikree.iourths Of . mile northeast.
H.ssening to the wagon the merchants
usoanted and drove rapidly away under
cover Of the ledge. A. sooa - hey reached
. aaie distascs fhey cut their mules loose
from the wagon and headed Tor st. Louis.
They vese anon overtak~n and Galisgos !
and Nun~s killed. Lo,sx, though. badly
wounded, aucceeded in reaching St. LOuis |
In the coume Of too weeks. bat in such |
bad plight that be soon died from the ef- |
fecsa u hia wounds. Before his death be |
told Of the buried treasure, aad party Of
100 men went out 10 search for IL but with |
out success. and Il Il supposed to be still
buried. have before me . map of Cas-
county No. II the points end distances
are correct, - related By The dying Lopez.
the treasure must b within mile or two
of yeur town. Pleae write me II there il
. spring in the open prairie, q the foot Of
. ledge Of sand alons rocks nOFth Of Tie |
section line heaveea 10 and Is, range 81,
sowaahip -. Youn IN hasae.
JULIAN OrERO.