The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-30

Emigrating to the Indian Territory
he settled in the rich bottom lands be-
/ tween the Verdigris and Arkansas riv-
ers His holdings numbered thousands
/ OF acres and ne owned more than 500
/ slaves. There was no bank within a
/ hundred miles, so that all his accumu-
/ laung wealth, always I'm gold, was kept
/ about the place
~ hen the war broke out he suddenly
/ disappeared At the close he turned up
/ al St0ueWau, ia The ChicEasaw nation.
+ a little later he returned TO the old
/ place in a Wagan and with one of his
I iarm hands and Proceeded 10 big up
4 an the gold that he had left buried
/ there. He drove away with $50 coo ia
sacks in the back Of the wagon.
When ne reached Stonewall he bur
Z leo the money again. SO secretly that
! not even his wife knew its location.
I The farm hand who had assisted him
/ mysteriOusiy disappeared and a few
months later the old man himself died
/ His secret went into the grave with
+ him and though repeated searches have
/ been made not cent of has gold has
I ever been discovered.
/ The oldest buried treasure in Okla
I hOma is the Tres Piedras gold the le-
/ geud of which has been handed down
I for so long by the Catholic priests Of
I Old Mexico that the actual amount was
! long ago lost sight of.
According TO the story a Spanish
+ party in search of the tabled EI Dorado
set out across the plains to the north
east Of Mexico. EveIJ ten or fifteen
miles they set up post Of stone mark
ed with the letter v TO guide their re-
turn course. They finally reached that
country directly north of the Pan-Han-
/ die of Texas which was for years
known as No Mans Land. but which
is now Beaver county, Oklahoma.
+ When near what is nOA the town of
Carrot they decided that the only hope
of saving the treasure they had with
( them from the pursuing Indians was
/ 10 bury it,
To. mark the place they set the re-
maining guide posts in a huge circle.
half a mile apart, and so placed that
the point of each Y was directed to a
spot in the center of the circle. At
this spot the treasure, said to have been
enormous was buried. Shortly after
ward the party was set upon and all
but one unassacred- This one succeed
ed In getting home, but was so ex-
hausted by exposure that he died be-
Iore ne could give complete directions
for the recovery of the treasure. An
effort was made to follow the trail. but
iJ was lost near the town Of Santa Fe
Recently there came to Beaver cOuu-
- an lrishmaD, Michael Ryan, who
had lived among the AIeNicans. He was
I. found digging very industriOusly in
the basin between the Cimarron and
Corrumpa rivers. When questioned he
asserted thar he had discovered the
guide posts, and had located the center
of Tie often described circle.
The next day he was not to be seen,
and has not been seen since, so it is
not known what success he had. Ryan
was not the only person who had at
tempted 80 locate the treasure. for
more than once men have come from
Mexico TO Beaver county with charts
and maps and have eudeavoTed to re-
cover the Casulian wealth.
A fortune of S100 900 in gold Dust
awaits the lcky digger ON the farm of
Joe BOulauger in tie Usage Nation.
near Fawhuska, in the eastern part of
the territory. A MissoUTiau named
GOldIe. having made his pile in the
mines Of California. undertook TO guide
party of his friends back to the
states.
Near what is now the town of
Wichita, kans., he Quarreled with
scout The scout for revenge, ar
ranged with a band of waTlize PaWnee
Indians TO capture the party and Sc
cure the treasure IL carried.
Accordingly, the wagon train was fol-
realizing the danger, secured all tie
gold I'm the party. saying that ne
meant 10 bury it on the edge of the
timber 10 save it from The Indians. In
the darkness ne eluded. not only the
Indians. but his companions as well,
and made his escape. Meantime the
remainder OF the party was attacked
and massacred.
The next morning the scout dis
covered that the treasure as we'll as his
enemy had escaped him. He found
Goldie's trail and followed it.
Goldie determined to make still an
other effort to save the gold. lie chose /
q spot on what is Row known as Artli-
lefy mountain. marked by a large tree
peculiarly twisted, and there buried
the glisteniug dust Later he succeeded I
iu covering his trati so effeCtUaily that
the Indians and the scout failed TO
capture him.
He arrived home safely, but before
he could return TO recover the treasure
Ee was taken IN and died. He related
the entire incident 10 his wife. and /
gave her directions for locating the ]
spot
But she would trust the secret to no
one, and, being I'm comfortable Circum-
stances, she decided to wait until her
son. then child of six, should reach !
manhood. I'm 1882 the first search for (
the treasure was made. The place had /
been bought and cleared by a civilized /
Indian named BOulauger, who. how
ever. remembered the location Of the |
peculiar tree described.
ahe buried wealth. of the west does
not consist wholly of gold. Somewhere I
near TT Gibson. ]. IT,. there is said to I
have been buried since before the ]
Mexican war seven one-gallon JUGS OF I
whisky which could not have been I
searched for more assiduously had }
they contained pure sold.
TT. Gibson has been famous place /
In its day sam Houston lived there !
among the Indians I'm the sos. General /
Taylor, afterward president. com 4
manded the post there before the Next I
can war. and Jefferson Davis met his 4
future WIFE there.
Just before the Mexican war. when /
preparations were beiug made for the ]
start. seven uon-cODmissiOneG ojccrs I
met on Garrison hill to drown their
parting sOrr0Ws- After the farewell /
glass the seven friends buried what I
LIQUOR remained in seven sealed JUGS,
containing one gallon each. Then they
agreed 20 meet an tie end OF the war
ana drink together from the buried /
store.
But not one Of the seven ever re- +
turned, and though many of their COM
Taues 10 whom they related the cir
cuTnS-ances attempted to find the
liQuOr it has never been unearthed
The torn up condition of the ground i'm
the vicinity Of Garrison hU Is an evI- 4
dence ~ the efforts that have been I
made 20 recover TIE buried kegs.
AZ hutchinson, KAN. regular pros
pecting company has been launched TO I
aLlempt 20 recover twenty-five barrels
or whisky which it is said have been
buried for twenty wears f-4 rHa r-fosrff.-