The sun., 1900-12-09
ONE OF MONTRZUMA'S GEMS
4 ma usOt Oiss ssCURsD FRos a
NO0sI SWAIN rRsFsT.
i@se~d Heard bv . Collector -. rhs NEST
for the Chsichshsiu Hew Ne stole 10
pro~, the Indian The Stone which the
People NJ che sosthwest Held 80 ssessl.


II tho cluba here holding M an object a. largo
asa walnut, of a rich blue. and perfect In shapA
Not n tura,iolsei- exclaimed one of the party
In astonishment
"ies. u real chaiciLhulti a. the old Mslioan1
called them" was the reply. and firmly be-
lieve " has n remarkable history and belonged
to Moniezuma DO YOU remainder that among
the presents which Monte2uma made to Charles
' and which we're really eYtorted from him
by Cortez. we're certain gems. which Fra 6as
verio ClaviRero and Tehuitlil the Ambaassdos
oi Moniezuma, snid were worth load Of gold
apiece. or about s6oHO2 Some Of them are
to-day. It Is said, among the crown jsweh ot
SPAN. but one Of them. ". think. In Los An
gecs and you seeit Tcannot proveit. but that
my turquoise hns a history you will agree when
you hear tho evidence
You know have fad for collecting gems
and when in Mexico where I have mining In.
tercsts. ! am always on the lookout for them.
and in this way have picked up some fne stones.
One day In buying a turquoise from an old
Indian asked him II he could tell me where
could get large piece. and where hs found
the stones. but the secret could not be bought
from him I learned that the gems sent By
Montezuma to Charles V. and called chalchi.
hutl we're not all secured By the Spanish Crown.
but In some way reached different loosliceA
My informant In this matter was sehor Luigi
Feoni, director OF the Ethnographic Museum
at Rome who located five In the Roman Museum.
one in Gotha. seven In the famous Chrysts
collection Of London, one In another English
collection and two in the Ethnoeraphic Museum
at Berlin. One Of the gems In the Chrysus
collection found had belonged to Baron Won
Humboldt. while two Others had been owned
by the Duke Of Brunswick.
From another person heard r'imor that
one famous gem Of this kind had been given
by Mon'ezuma to faithful ally and taken
out Of the country at the time Of cortez As
follow him up. which ! did, with interesting
result found .hs, IT.. the present .S supply wa:
oronaht down rom New Mexico ana nnahy
man rut on the trail almos, ,i., located the 'pC.
VIZ. Wv . .u,,,,. - ~ ~. =, !. -
own came "ithih niue or TWO Oh w. ano'
ooap''css II Is par. ,,, ., .ne spur -, OF ospos.
-, V, 80, - .L 80
which are WORKED To-Day oy Americans ous
Az,eos who here found the gem. which xer.
80 WV noe ,," u .no ''' "@'
sen, MA, a. 'r,9u,e % 70 Mon'eXuma, se%l ,
story bad hoard TINT thar. vas a laoend among
sIo sVo' nau . , 80 20. a.n
@ rob Monte Mon,e,ums una f Of hi. % cold and gem. % he sent
loads Of treasure to IN. north. where IL was
h"ao, n o.,,. n.,r ,rh.-s ,,o a.n,s -.ro
originally found, that the Aztecs who concealed
II we,e killed nv enemies on their wav hack
and that the secret was lost Thi. tradition
Cave M Los C.rillos was supnosed 10 he the
nIa~e Of hiding il hs. heen searched over time
snS aEs 1ad p1u b 9m sncss h. s1ne sre % hn
dance Showing that the turquoise mines had
B" BENZ en- worked from % the earliest times '"''<' "'0
hs tnd me that be Inew of hut one rsimahls
one which. it was reported had been owned
BY Mcntezyiima and given by him to a faithful
ueneration 10 yeneration' His description o}
'ts siza md boautv flicd With me- q dssira ~
us S eau ss snst ,ans spsHs 0,;e.s anu
never wore Il exccpt when occupied in the
Ceremony Of the shakes and would almost
sonnar nar with mis- life than lat Il % I Ala
pnt douht ~ as II tnew that whsn The 6erI.
ios mines were discovered by white men there
was greet disturbance ,.n, Smons the ndan
h eSoS and sboud U not be
ssCen, by the descendants Of the people OF
y decided 70 make the attempt to secure tho
gem. Il wa. july and i knew that there was q
se This uas hefora the pailrosd and T. was trin
tbat wesnt w several e wees drive across one ~
,Ss wort II AmsGs started from
,be Sa,rnrnie dasert e t' nast ' Soiton to Yums
ne, stritin,s nnrtb v.th nacI trains sor *:
% %fi,,,o Cninrssd o' crossine TIE San F,ancsnc
,,aoun,oins and The pa,n1sd nessrt ana a,rjyD
in, o., The WonnJ touns in an1ust sftar a IN
,he ,h, -. 80 VIZ ,ii n1 ot,r ~ ,dtn eorss az dn
s,.a, e 49, va han s,n that mo,,,d aiY,os, hoi Tete
a e,. univ am tos ,mis an,S ,bn sHaIa, rn,nn ~.
anm .l AZ, ILL., ~, "A dS - a., i VIZ oI 'oh"s i0
Re v, one, IN "nu nv, orei ~. naL a dnn h,,,y,.,,r
. auu ~, s~ ,pns w n; M unUe .n ur t JenS S
& 20 sat .,,,, .neIe y, ,o. o " Ina" ~ nsrJ wmo ~nas
s'f S m tn' u uast S'JuhI u E,rt pi ~. ~ ,oI
oiu @ int u''t ue , s ~ noL ~ N Uv Mo,n VIII ue.o
u w iahrn oi os'ue .'e slaho pI,, ~o' V ,tsV
We X. uasm.h.' ~ .c,r sa, ~S 9upy, ..uyh , .na.
tne suinisn, VIZ iaSn 70 its G9loI, hnSSS s,S
sometninH uDou. .ne hiouuis. @ anu sl Gs.lep WIN
Ihe ~ uoheh OF 90 oi the ino5t oea4hn VI apalShe
e'eiis ald ,!ua,,,ty oI oSnefs ! als1 1oh
canteen oi sai, ~aer, as once IN Snie zuhis
ahu 'ne Mouu,s niaue .Ilp 70 uIe heau oi tno
olul oi NdIlioIma ior eucn uunss. nau re,
ClVeu peIins-ion 20 visiI the uhoergIounu
HuIlReotl,, anu one uHy uurinR .ne ceIeinOnle.
craw,eu uowh .he la1oer anu Iouhu myeen
among cIowo OF Ianatlc saNnees,
ihey han at leas, 100 rattiesnakee, ana amid
chant internhnRen WIN crles ana shrieA
they Toulo erasn tne reItlles' tnrust tnep into
sacred water ana Toss mem over their heads
up9n a KIND q atar' The moor was covered
WIN me dsaoly thines Which priests pushed
terrible ndor that ieared would have TO five
u W. Inc Only ngnt came from square mole
IN the ceiling reached by ladder. but used
priests who all wore necklaces some OF shell OF