Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-22
IN CORRESPONDENCE
SPANISH FORT.
n. where sleep Some Thirty Men
csossed the River Jordan
with Their Boots On.
49,, rreasures Of Gold and sill
n" nm the Plains Treasure
seeker. Numerous

s.,eo OF tho Gazette
'ops ". roRr. TEX, Feb 20, Our
ss II. nnostles quietly on the bank OF
el.s ~ - The point where the western
ri.e, ~ cs,oss-tImbers touches that
q Wy the eastern end of the
q p. ~ Snan,sh Fort valley. The town
WV "A about the year 1871 and was
QUIZ anS burlington, but for some
i I ~ department refused to grant a
2 ny , ~ that name, and as a con-
Oipse mr. nostofllce bears the name OF
eng ,,.s I'm IN which the town is situated
NY W. town is still called burlington.
w .,,usted Immediately on the diyid-
sa, Unseen Texas and the Indian
W u. se and In the heart Of vast cattle
l y, M town has been the natural
'Ns rectless characters and has wit
81 |. many scenes of violence and
= ,uAeJ IL is said, and 1t Is doubtless
49, ~. m less than thirty men "sleep
~. my ina, i knows not breaking" In our
xxx Y 'bru,rving-ground who passed over
\ w WIN their boots on. AS the name
Nv. .,ss our town occupies the site OF an
1 esos'Nish fort, but all that Is
* shont IL is purely traditional and
v INV ~ so The miles OF trenches,
ss ss,,snts and earthworks OF various
ss,,le.axes of curious shape and
.ars size, iron utensils, the use of
. sy not known, and various other
1. Ianouestionably establish the fact
N country was occupied by a civil
ss,nle nrior TO its settlement by its
4, inhabitants. Who these people
10 have no way of determining.
nsanle believe that DeSoto In his
s,Ings spent one or more winters
The valley, the greater part OF
L In cultivation, is dotted with
moupds some three or four feet
!, ,hsu the common level. From
mounds the pillow share turns bones
moss every description, including
IN mixed In one confused mass which
4 10 Indicate that men and various
snlmals were piled in heap and
I'M There is an old story extant TO
|sect that an enormous quantity OF
md silver is buried in this vicinity,
\ consequence treasure seekers are
IRONS. The writer remembers one,
\ old man, whom he CHANGED to meet
IN spring of 1873 and will
me readers OF THE GAZETTE
story as related by him.
AL gentleman said that at the time
earliest settlement of Texas there
trail established leading from
\ n, n. M, to Nacogdoches, Tex,
Iht the trail crossed Red river al
Eont There was large train OF
"a mules started from Santa Fe fol
( loaded with gold and silver. They
d Red river at this place, and In
.slley on this side were attacked by
Smmerable horde of Indians. They
brave defense and were bes!eged
open prairie until they began to
RON the pangs of thirst. They
W dng several wells in the prairie tc
De water for themselves and thell
Seeing that they could not posi-
"A old out longer against the Indians
lllieu tue SOlu anu SILVER III Ohe "
81 the wells. In the final Onslaught
Atire company was massacred b.
aians with the exception of two
sh boys, who made their escap'
pended their way through the wild
settlements near Nacogdoches 0
boys, one persisted at tn
Of San Jacinto, flghtin
~ Santa Anna. The Other
f. dd mans author, was convlcte
"A |fine and executed by the author
cTexas, Before being executed
yer, be revealed to the old man tn
( place Of the treasure, and CAV
Elections whereby he might locat
lci where the gold and silver wa
The old man made numerou
y and excavations but with wha
= was never known, as he departe
adeDly as he had come.