The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-06-16
FOUR WAGON LOADS OF GOLD
3 Iried Near Ardmore Big Reward
Offered to Finder.

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world without end. AT that time
there were a great many rich old
Mrxicans who bad accumulated un-
told wealth. and J n Reynolds,
L. :. d. VI Is responsible for this
story. /; was in the year ls4s,
during the war between the United
States and Mexico, that a small
detachment Of American soldiers
got after a band OF Mexicans in
North Texas and ran them across
the line into the Indian Territory
The Mexicans out numbered the
Americans five or six to one, but
still they kept retreatiug.
The Americans were at loss at
first to know why the Mexicans
run, out numbering the Americans
as they did They soon found out
the reason. An old scout, who
was with the Americans, invaded
the Mexican lines one night. and
being able to talk and understand
their language as well as they did
learned that they had four wagon
loads Of Mexican gold and silver
with them, and they were trying
to escape with it,
A few nights after that the Mex
cans camped at cool spring. The
old scout invaded their camp again
and learned that the Mexicans, not
wishing to run any further risk in
being captured, had buried the
treasure on their route AS he
old scout left the camp he captured
one of the Mexican pickets, aud
before he knew what had happened
bucked aud gagged him and took
him back to the American camp
They told Mr.. Mexican that they
wanted TO know where that money
was and if he would tell them that
they would let him go. He prom
iced to tell. The first thing TO do
however was to get those other
Mexicans out Of the way, for if they
didn't they would return and get it.
The old scout, always ready
for any emergency, suggested that
they let him slip back and poison
theic spring and next morning
when they drank of the water they
would die. 1t was agreed and the
deadly poison was placed in the
spring about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing.
The Mexicans were astir next
morning early, and one after an
other visited the spring until all
had imbibed of its water. The
poison was not long in taking eff
feet and before old Sol was thirty
degrees above the eastern horizon
every Mexican in the camp wa,
laying stark in death
The little American band wen
into their camp and while the!
found considerable money on tn,
dead Mexicans' persons they founC
a map stating where the mone'
had been buried. They dug |
ditch and rolled the dead Mexi
cans into it and gave them as de
cent a burial as they could unde
the circumstances, and began Il
retrace their steps to where tn
money was hid.
They had not advanced far whel
the captured Mexican got bi
by a rattlesnake, and despite al
efforts to save his life, he died from
the effects of the venomous animal
But that did not set them bael
. much. for they had plat of tn
ground and they were confden
that they could find it auywhow.
They proceeded to the place an
when they examined the map the
found that it was not as minute a
, they at first thought, but it CARRIE
them within 100 feet of the place
the Mexicans had kept the balanc
: of the secret in their heads, an
, now they were all dead.
They searched, they dug an
they probed, but they could nc