The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-28
INDIAN TREASURE THAT DISAPPOINTED Black Hawks Riches Buried in
 "HaIfbreed Tracts" REGENT DISCOVERY MADE Soldiers Pay Hidden by Order of Gen. Zachary TayIor-Money Sent to
 Iowa Mysteriously Lost
 From View.
REGENT DISCOVERY MADE

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 What has become of the thousands upon thousands of dollars, in gold eagles and double eagles. sent from St. Louis 10 and 100 years ago to pay the Sac and Fox h. dians for the lands which they had ceded to the United States, millions upon mll- lions of acres and to pay the United States troops under command Of Col. Zachary Taylor, subsequently, President or the United States, at Fort Mckay during the famous Black Hawk war?
 The belief that this golden treasure lies buried in various parts of the state or Iowa has led hundreds of persons to dig industriousIy for more than half cen tury. The discovery within the last fort night of $45,00O in gold in one part of the state and a map giving the whereabouts of s9,O00 of Black Hawks fortune in an other has set hundreds all over the state to searching the records and digging the ground. After lapse of century the fortune. for the first time, now seems about to be discovered.
 That gold by the thousands of dollars, aggregating far more than $l0OooO, was sent from St Louis to the Northern h. dians, both before and after the Black Hawk war in 1882, is undeniable.
 In 1S04 as a result of the treaty nego- tiated in St Louis by William Henry liar rison wiGh five Sac and Fox chiefs, an an- nuity of $1,OO0 was granted to the tribe, and was paid for more than quarter of a century.
 In 1880 no less than $50, GOO was sent from St. Louis to Col. Zachary Taylor at Fort Mckay la, to pay the regular soldiers whose presence was necessary in the ter ritory of Iowa because of Black Hawk and his anticipated outbreak. That for tune in gold was buried by Zachary Fay lor's command, and the men who knew of it's whereabouts were killed by the h. dians.
 Treaty Was Made.
 In 1892, following the Black Hawk war, a treaty was made with KeolIuk and oth- CT Sac and Fox chiefs by Winfield Scott and Governor Reynolds of Illinois, by which the Indians were given a lump sum of $50, ,O0O and an annuity of $20000 for thir- ty years Aside from buying whiskey and rifles, the Indians had no way to spend the money.
 A dozen other instances might be cited of money sent into Iowa territory to pay red men and white that has mysteriously disappeared. Just within the last few days have the first traces been found of it. Iowa has gold mines which the plough of the farmer may turn up any day, bringing fortune to the lucky man.
 Such a lucky man is Frank Blint a farmer residing near Denmark, in the fa- nous half-breed tract of Iowa, just across the Des Moines river, which separates the northeastern corner of Missouri from the southeastern corner of Iowa. The half breed tract was once the home of Indians as wealthy as the Osages of today. Tie land had been set aside for them by the government because they were the ehil- dren of two races-white man and Indian. The half-breeds inherited wealth from their Indian forbears who had shared in the distribution of the 1894 and 1882 treaty money. They inherited wealth from their white forbears, who came to Iowa with Julien Dubuque back in 17SS and obtained the right to work the famous lead mines near the present city of Dubuque; of the white forbears who went out for Auguste Lnouteau buying furs of the adventurous coureurs du bois who carried on the com merce of the territory and took buxom Indian belles to we'd
 Blint Makes Find.
 Frank Blint owns farm in the heart of what half century or more ago was
 
 deepen a cistern which had been on the premises for many years, he went indus. triously to work with pick and shovel. Hardly had he turned up dozen shovel fuls of the long undisturbed earth when his shovel rang on metal. A few minutes work disclosed an old iron pot Digging it loose and bringing it up to the light. Blint was dazzled by the golden stream which poured forth. Exactly $45,000 in ,,fn and aayla aa fortune be had unearthed. It could have come from no other source than some family of wealthy half-breeds, unable to spend their generous patrimony.
 The same week in which this portion of the vast treasure was discovered clues were found to another portion undoubted- ly buried not fifty miles away near where Black Hawk and his companions spent their last days after the disastrous close of the rebellion and their journey down the Mississippi to Jefferson barracks, and then, in charge of Jefferson Davis across to Washington and New York.
 Tearing down the old Bonnifield log cabin, near Fairfield, one of the oldest buildings in the oldest part of the state, the workers found an inkhorn and quill case, resembling much in appearance a razor case, and a musty old pocketbooll which contained a newspaper clipping bearing the date June %, 1s2s and let ter. The last two were so faded that a magnifying glass was necessary to read them, and even then parts of the letter were beyond deciphering.
 Text of Letter.
 The paper is yellow and torn where it has been folded and the ink with whicl the letter was written is badly faded As nearly as can be made out, the letter runs fin this manner:
 Frisco, June 21.-My Dear William wagon, had lots of time to think money which is buried near the old Bonnifield house You know what am, found out from Black Hawk . over from Illinois. l looked : but never thought until nearly got out here About that there map, 1t weren't where the lines cross but in the middle. Now, don't you tell any one, but try this here plan Map follows1
 'You see we allus made the mistake of digging at crossing marked A. That oth- CT Indian that Jim knowed knowed more than he let on. There must be near $9,OvJ and mebbe more, according to what Black Hawk fetched that time. Don't you let none of those Burlington fellows see this map. Well, Bill. wish I was there, for probably there is more cash there than we think We will dig here for a big spell. l want to write lot, but the stage Jaaves fin a minute and I pot tn unit