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SEARCH FOR LOST TREASURE.
board tn the ST. Lawrence Ninety
Years Ago.

DOatFu IN the 81. Lawrence Ninety
Years Ago.
From the New York World.
WATERFOWL, N. Y, Sept. 14.-Some-
where about the mouth of Chippewa
creek. hidden beneath the waters of
the st. Lawrence river in the heart of
the summer colonies, there rest several
kegs of gold and silver dropped over
board by the American patriot, Sam
uel Patterson, in the war of 1872
Some time before the war broke out
Patterson moved across the st. Law
renee and settled with his wife and
three children on a farm near King
ston. Ontario. When the war came the
British began enlisting Canadians and
Indians. An effort to compel Patter-
son to enter the British ranks led to
the discovery that he was an Ameri-
can citizen, and his property was con-
ffscated. Patterson secretly secured a
small dugout and embarked in 1t with
his wife and children, and after a per-
ilous trip brought them into Chippewa
bay. There, on the banks of a small
creek, he built a rude house for their
shelter.
Patterson organized a small band of
fellow-patroits and from time to time
they made sallies across the river
These incursions were a great annoy
ance to the Canadian outposts, and in
order to check them the government
offered reward for Patterson's cap
ture, dead or alive
Patterson continued his incursions,
but after he had experienced many
narrow escapes his friends tried to
persuade him to forego his daring for
while, and at length won from him
a promise to retire after one more ex-
petition.
One crisp autumn night Patterson.
his brother Ned and two others started
out of the bay in a skiff and pulled
around Chippewa Point, where they
landed and built a fire, intending to
walt there until the moon should go
down before venturing nearer the en-
emy's lines. When the fire had died
out the men lay down for a short sleep
while Patterson started through the
trees toward the other side OF the
Point to reconnoitre. He had lain In
the bushes near the shore, but a short
time when he heard the cautious dip
or an oar. and peering out ne discov-
cred a boat containing three men
creeping up along the shore.
Patterson withdrew a little further
into the brush and awaited develop
ments. The men rowed along until
they discovered little eddy, and into
this they turned the bow of their boat
Drawing II up, they carefully conceal
ed II with the Overhanging limbs and
started back into the woods in his
direction. They went up a short dis
lance until they were hidden in a
clunp OF trees. where they halted and
started "A IRE, around which they gath
cred 20 warm themselves.
by creeping a little nearer Patterson
was able 20 Overhear their converse
ton, and from IL he learned that they
we're bank robbers escaping with a
large booty taken IN the city u Kings
ton.
Patterson edged away from the camp
and made aetouF Tor their boat
Reaching d, be- found Ia n several
KEGS ~ gold and silver coin. Quifky
pushing the skin on. h. Fnf in ana
dnffed oui ~ fafshof, and then took
~ fi1e oerH and pulled Tor fbs fDeufh
~ The greek tis found 4 place Fuiiea
~ bic nfsdf ana sunk ibf Treasure.
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