The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-11
and his language had either been mis-
interpreted or misunderstood.
SEARCH FOR GOLD.
Surveyors at. Work Think They Have
Discovered Glue to Hiding Place
for Treasure.


treasure supposed to have been each
ed in the Santa Monico, CAL, foot
hills near the sea more than GEN.
tury ago by the shipwrecked men,
bers of an exploring expedition is
about to be undertaken. The doub-
Ions and rich plate are believed to be
within league Of Point Dune, the
frowning point of rocks That is OBJ
served in form Of sea-lion jutting
into the sea about twenty-five miles
west from Santa Monica.
The treasure hunters will confinc
their efforts to an exploration of the
cove to the north Of Point Dune, in
the lircction Of the Ventura county
line, for it is there that landmarks
have recently been meathcred which
are thought to have been placed by
the survivors Of the expedition as
marking the location of the treasure
boxes.
These peculair guides were stumb-
led on by a party Of surveyors that
have been busy during the last few
months in running lines over the
mountains in the interest Of the mvs
terious Huenemc, Malibu and Los An
geles railroads. This is the road that
is presumed to be designed TO give
George Gould's Western Pacific an
entry into Los Angeles: but that is
another story.
The surveys have covered every
possible mountain pass leading in the
direction Of Hucneme and Ventura.
On one survey q mysterious cave was
discovered. This had chambers lead
in" in all directions from the main
tunnel, and with torches to light the
way the underground chambers were
explored for a considerable distance.
The walls Of the main tunnel wee
found to contain peculiar hieroglyph-
ics\ carved in sandstone. but through
the action Of time and the elements
it was impossible from the superb
cial examination made to determine
whether the work was that of cave
dw<A lers, Inllians or Maxicans. al
though the conclusion reached was
that the carving had been done by
representatives Of some Spanish
speaking race.
This theory was strengthened sew
eral weeks later through the finding
Of what at first glance. had the ap-
pearance Of being an Indian bury
ine-ground. This find was in the
same vicinity and consisted for the
most part of skulls, bones, stone i'm
plements Of war and the simpler d.
vices of husbandry and the chase.
These things were discovered through
the wearing away Of the earth and
sand forming the palisades by the
sea. They were about sixty feet
above the level of the sea and were
covered to the depth Of two feet with
earths and sand. Several hundred
pounds of them were gathered by the
railroad workers and have been ad-
ded to the collections Of private mes
Gums in the southwest.
The evidence is that these remind
ers Of former standardization had
been heaped in a pile and covered
with sand by some conquering foe,
possibly the Malibu Indians, who had
approached with stealth from the
mountain and massacred the intrud-
ers who were evidently looked upon
as encroaching upon the ranges, pre-
serves and fishing grounds Of the red
man. This theory is borne out by the
condition Of the skulls found, each
one showing such as hole as might
have been made by a tomohawk or
being smashed in, as if from the blow
of some blunt weapon. The skele-
tons, furthermore, are not those of
the Indian with retreating forehead,
but rather partake of the shape gen
orally accredited to the earlier races
that migrated from the south of
Spain.
. The conclusion Of the present ex-
plorers is that the mound contained
the skeletons Of the shipwrecked
Spaniarls who had buried the treas
urc. Tlrey think that somewhere in
the vicinity there is hidden the en-
tire wealth Of the two trcasurc-snips
that arc known to history as having
been wrecked somewhere along The
shores of Southern California in
days long antedaiing the coming Of
Father Junipero Sierra.
Three ships ake known to have
sailed from Spain, and after a tenn
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