The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-14
HIDDEN TREASURE.
Digging for Gold Buried by the French Prior to
the War Of the Revolution,


Digging for Gold Buried by the French Prior to
the War Of the Revolution,
The Tuscarawas Valley can not boast
that Captain Kidd left any buried treas
ure within her border, but the following
historical facts are abundant evidence
that both gold and silver may some day
be found in this delightful region:
When the French occupied Fort Du-
quesne, the site of the present city of
Pittsburgh, and anticipated an attack
rom the British, they gathered up their
old and silver coin and sent the precious
easure under an escort of ten men
v tn sixteen pack horses to some secure
trading post along the Tuscarawas trail.
After travelling three days on this trail,
the parties found they were pursued by
the British, and therefore hid the treas
urs to prevent it from falling into the
hands Of the enemy, Tney had barely
concealed the coin when they were at
tackled by their pursuers, and only two
of the party escaped with their lives.
The TusCarawas trail began at Fort
Duquesne, and, after following the Ohio
River to the mouth of Yellow Creek, it
struck the TusCarawsa Valley, near
Sandy Creek.
All along this trail the settlers claim
they can locate the "exaCt spot" where
the coin was concealed, and there are
acres of these "exact spots" pointed out
to the inquiring traveller.
The real location Of the hidden treas
ure, however, is known to be just in the
adjoining county of Carroll, as the fol-
lowing facts indicate: In 1929 man
came to East Rochester from North Car
olina, and had with him complete de-
sCription of the spot where the treasure
was concealed. The description was
written in French, and the settlers could
tell nothing about it. The man made
inauiries about the location of certain
landmarks mentioned in the description
Of the spot, but the sturdy yeUmen would
give him no information, although they
knew the exact location Of many .ot
them. He offered his horse, saddle and
bride, and large sums Of money to any
one who would furnish him with the de-
sired information; but alto no purpose,
as the settlers had heard of the hidden
wealth, and each one thought he would
find it himself. The stranger said he
had found the desert ttioh among some
papers of his uncle, who was one of the
two men in the escort who escaped from
their pursuers. .-,.......,.,
After trying in vain to get the desired
information from the settlers, the
stranger left and was heard of no more,
The following are some of the land
marks mentioned in the description:
Rock hillside, opposite'a certain springs
deer cut on q tree; three springs, one
half mile south; stone in forks Of tree,
&c. The deer cut on the tree was on the
trail, and was we'll known 10 the settlers
at theitime of the strangers visit, andall
the, other marks have since been found
and identified. The tree with the stone
in the forks was cut down few years
since and the stone was found completely
imbedded in, the. wooden tissue. Every
inch of the soil in the Immediate vicinity
of these marks has been upturned by the
treasure. e.Veekers and the search still
goes on. , s.' .Hl o. tr.tr. ..g
The statements of the stranger, to
gether with the fact that all the land
marks referred to have been clearly
identified, are certainly strong grounds
for the belief that the hidden treasure II
in this valley, and near the town o
East Rochester, .,.... $780,,