The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22

lery of the cavern ran clear through N.
mountains Helm tried to find the en-
trance exit to that cave for years on tbA
sneak, but couldn't, and he even marral
squaw of the tribe, thinking that She
might give him the tip, but she was afrs5
80 do so until she was on her deathbed
''Then she started in to tell him how ia
find the treasure trove, but ne had grown
a little hard of hearing by that time and
in her efforts to make him hear she OK.
hausted herself and died before she copd
give him the proper steer This was
great disappointment to Helm, and his
descendants to this day declare that il
the cave is ever found they will put in
claim for a share of it's contents, on ha
ground that their ancestor saw it first
There are endless stories, handed down
by early white settlers, of how the In
dams of that part of the Delaware valley
used bullets and arroWheads made of Sill
Yer in their battles with the whites and
their raids on the settlements. There used
to be a great many of these silver butler
and arrowheads in the old families. pre.
served as relics of those stirring DAYS
There are many descendants of the set.
tiers still living who are old enough TO re.
member having seen plenty of them, but
the relics seem to have all got away some.
~how, as there is none of them left The
silver came from the Shohola Glen cave
The hoard was never all used up. If it
had been descendants of the aboriginal
custodians wouldn't to this day be com.
ing among us from Canada every once in
a while and acting SO mysteriously that
we got on to them long ago. They come
to find the entrance to that cave-thats
what they do. But were keeping an eye
on EN-.
"A well marked Indian path may be
seen to this day leading through the woods
parallel with the Delaware river. and
crossing the Shohola creek at the en-
trance to the glen, within quarter of
mile of the Erie railroad. Now, what
keeps that old path open? The inhabit-
ants around there have no use for il.
Hunters and fishermen? Some folks pre-
tend to think so. But that isn't it at ALL
It's Indians that keep that old path from
growing over-descendants of the original
people trading it stealthily and secretly.
What for? Searching for that treasure
cave. The instructions that their forefa-
theirs handed down as to the location u
that cave and how to find it have slipped
a cog somehow, and they've lost the clew
So these present day Indians are sliding
down there every little while, following
the old Indian path and keeping it open
Some folks there pooh-hooh and say
Fudge but why Doesn't that old path
disappear, then? And what did the In
dian say the time he stopped at Valentine
Hlpsmans tavern and ordered nine hard
boiled eggs, ate them, and said he wanted
TO get train No. 6, going east? Why he
said that an ancestor of his was in the
battle of MinisnA under Brant, the fam
Gus Indian chief. That battle was fought
in 1873, three miles up the Delaware from
Shohola, on the York state side. Although
the Indians were successful in the battle
this anecdote of the reminiscent Indian
saw that the days of the red man in the
valley We're numbered. He was one OF
a few who knew of the existence of
cave in the Shohola ravine, this Indian
said, and after the battle he followed the
old Indian trail to the Shohola, entered
the cave at that side, walled the entrance
up from within. then passed through 10
Panther brook, came out of the cave al
the side and walled up the entrance
there.
This was to destroy all probability Of
the white settlers stumbling upon the cave
and securing the treasure il contained
This thoughtful warrior subsequently went
TO Canada, where all the Indians went
when they were driven from the region
He died shortly afterward and only let
meager directions to his family as 10 the
finding of the hidden cave-so measer'
said the Indian who ate the nine hard.
boiled eggs at Hipsman's, that none u
them had any hope of every finding It.
That's what the Indian said. But did ne
leave on train No. that day? No, sir lie
didn't. And he has never been seen since
Some folks say that he found the cave,
got into it, got lost there, couldn't nuu
his way out again, and died. l don't kno"
about that, but he was only trying u
throw us off by what he said and WASH
there for any other purpose than to mum
for that cave. That's what! And its IN
dams like him that are keeping that oLu
indian path open. and what we want u
do up in that corner of Pike country IS 10
watch out A fellow from New 1oIh
came near throwing us all into fits las,
summer by advancing a theory ne mao
about the Indian path being so fresh
" It's because Indians are using it on tne
sly he said But they're not looAus
for that cave. They're not looking ior
that cave because they're found )"
They've found the cave and they're Ae'p
ing that path fresh now by carrying OUT
the treasure they've found in the cave
and Juggling il away!'
I'VE had never thought of the possloI'ty
Of such a thing, and l tell you we VIZ
worked up to the top notch Tor VIM
Then l took a look at the old pain ''.u
found that the New York man S tile'''
couldn't be true, and todd our folks 50
There's nothing in it, / said. InIl'
amt any tracks ia the path II them ~
dams were Juggling the silver ana ma
out of that cave the back loads lnsS
carry would sink their feet into the p''i
up to their ankles
80 that settled the alarming th'o'2'
and all we've got TO do now Is 70 va ~
out. They're looking for that cave 80
right and We want to be there whsh -
found