Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18
LOST TREASURES.
A Story of Fabulous Wealth Being Deposited
at a Certain Point Forty Miles North
west of Paris, Tex.
Special to the Gazette.

| Special to the Gazette.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May H. Mr..
Charles Raysdale of Paris, Tex. is in
the city and saw the account of the effort
to organize q company TO search for the
'fLost Adams mine'' In New Mexico.
! In talking about the matter he said there
was field in his state which had SO far
remained unworked, and which if prop
erly looked after would bring larger re-
turns than any lost mine. On being
questioned about it he told q story which
had been told him by his father, Col.
Morton Raysdale. The colonel is about
seventy-iive years old and has papers to
Vouch for the genulneness of his story.
He says that IN 1915 party of forty
men left Alexandria, La. with caravan
of mules laden with goods, and went to
the newly discovered gold fields at Santa
Fe, n. NJ. g, to trade. These goods were
disposed of at fabulous prices, and the
party started back to Louisiana with
eleven mules loaded with gold in the lat
ter part Of the summer of 1916. They
Travelled down the north side of Red
river, as the Santa Fe trail
followed that stream. Near Lake
west of Paris, they were attacked
by Comanehes. Being outnumbsseHy
they threw the bullion in the crsek and
crossed to the south side of ths rivers'
They camped at the mouth Of sRed
branch, twenty-three miles northwest OF
Paris, where they were again attackeA
and all killed except three men, one of
whom was Mexican.
On their way to Alexandria one of the
men died from hardships and exposure.
The other reached the home of his uncle
OIL the Rapides river, but died IN a shat
time. The Mexican is supposed to have
made his way back to Mexico. Before
his death the young mau gave his uncle
the particulars of the battle and a dia-
gram covering the place where the gold
had been thrown into the creek. Years
Rfterward the uncle went up the river
and hunted for the place but was unable
to find it. He told the story to Col.
Raysdale and gave him the diagram.
The place where the battle was fought
was found. Large numbers of human
bones were found, and at various times
nineteen wager gun barrels were picked
up on the spot. All of them except one
had their muzzles battered and had been
broken by the Indians.
On the opposite side OF the river, two
miles away. two more gun barrels were
found in the same condition. All of these
were unloaded which confirms the story
OF the young man that they had held the
Indians at bay until their ammunition
had given out.
just before the war of the rebellion q
Mexican gentleman came to Paris who
said he was the nephew of the survivor
of the massacre. He employed Next
can named Pedro, who lived at Paris, to
go with him 70 the territory to look for
the lost bullion. In g few days Pedro
came back with the Mexican 8 horse and
pistol. There was no doubt but what
Pedro had murdered his eountryman, but
there was nc proof of it.
At various times different people have
looked for the place in q desultory way,
but no protraoted or systematic search
has ever been made. The early settlers
who were familiar with the story were