Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-28

tstra &c cn,t, and a ekiiIfutIv drav,,
.cbart ~ tho IIarqonatI WILDERNESS chow
iro ,ho location or mo trcnsuro.
rs 'lY, tno ,,or, g., ',iii ~, 6Io ,rorg tho
o,',i'i,.,. 80 ,i,o .oo,,ncu ~ tho trdics 1oLo
Kins, sf,t a ronv f. Tho biehon Of Cuito
,,,h ,r,,,,., iad a., ,v,cdi,io,, nb,t, tb,,
middin 81 ,rc tstb corturv under tho com
rnond -, - Lrn,,nisc,n friar nn,,,d p,dr,
I.ongo gu,rdod ,v 90 soldiers and acco,n-
no,iod -, aho,,, ioo ratiyce u.ho ,vcr. to
IL, H. diy,oi,,,, ana r,cl o,,, tbc cold
padro 0,,oo followed IN. chart Of VAL
vordo unttt ho rcachcd the rronor Mace
,rhoro hc ,vont into carnn. lato i'm tho after
noon 1rd vented untl morning before
co,nmnncino onerntions In mo meantime
bownver in H. bcnt Of hi. curiosity ,c-
conpnnicd bv ono othcr rriar and tbC c.p-
tai, ~ ,bo ,St,i,a,,, 10 bastrrod dou, IN
ia a r.vina and artcr a,, hours nbaonco
returned to tho cann u,ith a number of
curious vossoIs and ornaments of gold
which ycro uasscd around nmong the coll
diore and tho indiana Of tho condition
and causod prcnt rcioicinp order. were
given for a certain ,,un,h@r Of Tho Moons
ia rcnort ~ d,viiaht H., no ,,,orni,g v,i,,
ahovels and othnrs ,vnre detailed 70 mako
bags in which TO carry away the bullion
But when mornine, carno padro I.onpo the
frinr who had gorc with hin, a.nd tho ,an-
lain or tho Guard y,cro f,r1d dc,d fl, thrir
tcs,ts stabbed In the heart with a cuchiIlo
a broad kniro vhich Inc fndinns carry
rho conv ~ tho dcrrotorro or chart
which mad beon tisad bv tho friar ia locate
mo cold and q voIurninous journal in
which hc had described the handsome and
kent an account of Tho tourney wore miss
irg ,rbc assassins vcro suDnosad ia 10
Indians who faithful In The traditiors Of
their natio, determined to prevont the
desorration of tho nlaco
Tho sanior officer Of tho ruard made
ovorv noesiblo effort to carry ONT the oh
loot Of tho ovncdition and indeed no pro-
longod th, search until his provisions were
n1rnost ovbausto1 when an tho Indians
deserted him and me was left I'm the will
derress without stpnlics or guides to cad
him back ia civilization. several of the
soldiers died of fatigue and starvation and
the remnant of the band finally reached
tho town Of rapuna in u dc-pcrltc condi.
tion with nothinf. to show for their abo,
nxoant tho ouoor objects thar Padre Long.
had brought into camp that afternoon
These were considered sufficient proof that
the treasure had been found and that Cal.
vnrdo's chart was correct
Baron Won Humboldt. who visited the
country early In the present century. fol-
lowed the trail of Valvcrde in comGanN
with DR. Atanasio Guzman n local natur.
alist and renorts that while tho to.
porraphv of "A portion of the country ha.
been changed bv terrestrial commissions
there is no doubt that the dcrrctoro Wa!
PREPARED hv a man familiar with the 10
cality in which tho treasure is supposed t,
be concealed DR.. Guzman continued IN
search with great energy and persistence
and made reports to the capitalists WIN,
furnished him means that dedicated con
ndence of Success His life was suddenl,
terminated a; a place called Subtitle
where in a fit Of somuambulism he walk @,
over a preciyice
The last foreigner to undertake tn
search was Or. Spruce. the famous Eng
fish botanist. who was sent to South Am
erica in 1857 to collect botanical specimen
for the royal gardens at XIV and Gin
chona plants which were sent to lava
Cevlon and British colonies in the Eas
Indies. where thov have since bcocl Guilt
waited with great success. ALTHOUGH pr
Spruce did not succeed I'm recovering tn