St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-13
A HOARD OF GOLD.
The Existence of Pirates Treasures
Revealed by a Chart.
A Kind Friend Rigs up a Small Sloop
to Find the Wealth
Fernandina Ella, } Mirror.

Fernandina (Fla.,) Mirror.
Somewhere about the year 1910 pirat-
ical craft. which had been cruising along
the Spanish main, having met with con-
siderable success among the Spanish mer-
chantmen and obtaining some rich hauls of
specie, was running up along the lower
Florida coast when she was caught in
a sudden gale just below Hills
boro inlet and wrecked on a coral island
Nearly all the crew got ashore safely, and
before the ship broke up they succeeded in
getting out eighteen of the twenty casks of
gold they had captured. The casks being
too heavy to carry easily, the captain Or
dered his men TO make bags of the sails
and i'll these the gold was carried to spot
in the center of the island and there buried,
the captain making a rough chart of the
location, after which all hands went to the
lower end of the island and camped The
same night they were discovered by the
Indians and all were killed excepting one
perSon-the steward young fellow, who
happened to be a little apart from the
others when the raid was made, and thus
escaped the fate of his companions But
even he was discovered the next day and
was kept in captivity for several weeks
when he escaped. and wandering along the
coast, finally arrived in st. Augustine
The steward of all sailing craft at that time
also acted as the captains clerk, and kept
ships papers, ETC.. and he, among other pa
pers, kept the chart which the captain had
made of the hiding place of that gold. He
continued to reside in st. Augustine, and
for long time intended to take some good
opportunity to go and take up the treasure,
lN,,tn taI.
were troublesome. and the Spanish settle
ment was in turmoil, and the chart became
miSlaid or lost, and then came the war of
ard was getting TO be an old man, and hay
ing accumulated considerable of
wealth, he gave up all idea of 60
ing after this treasure till few
months ago. While he was showing
some old documents which he had concern
ing some portion Of st. Augustine, he I'M
rolled the lost chart from inside another
ancient parchment, but he was now about
50 years Old, with no near relatives to bene-
fit by his money and himself not needing it,
he calls ON ali old friend who has once done
him great favor and tells him, as the sole
survivor of that affair, all the particulars,
and gives him the chart and promises to go
with him in an expedition to find it if his
health would admit.
The friend has rugged up small sloop
and, with provisions and several compan-
ions, is now on his way to the location.
The old man was too feeble to go with
them, but the chart is so clear in its
description and then information given by
the old man and corroborative evidence of
location has been found by one of the
party who at various times found gold coin
on the beach at the precise locality of the
wreck presumably from she several casks
that the pirates failed to remove from the
ship gives the party assurance that their
trip will be successful one. The amount
estimated by the steward is near million
of Spanish dollars. and the principal party,
the man who befriended the old steward,
and who has his chart and information. is
well-known and popular citizen of Fer
nandina, therefore we will wish him all
SUCCESS