Gilpin observer., 1912-08-08

the Worldwide demand for more details The
news spread TO Morocco, and an English author
and traveller, a Fellow Of the Royal Geographical
Society, who was more interested in the archaeo-
logical research nlthat section than In the recov-7
cry Of the vast treasures tried through the Lon
don papers to get more definite data, but the mat.
ter had been forgotten by that time or was treated
as a joke. - iHc- :-s7s71e = Eccs 7Y71ti st4
- It was months before the truth was forthcoming
Then It was found that Spauding. bringing the two
Irbesmen had arrived in Bokhara from SamAr>
cahd by caravan from Kashgar and that the
derful ind was approximately sixty miles north
east Of the Kashmir border instead OF Bokhara.
On tie way to Yarkand in the Chinese portion Of
1urkestan. in other words In the heart Of almoata
Ufexplored and unknown Asia. ABokhara was the
first point of touch with the outside world. and
Spaulding mad come there to raise money 2and
organize an expedition, This ahe had little trou
yhlein doing. for, all that part of, the world has
eBeen dreaming for, centuries of the recovery Of
,lhe treasures of the, Khans. He was last heard
ffrem three years ago and it is now believed that
phes and the: men with him died somewhere inathea
cwpdss of the Dapsang >, gov f,r.r.l e" a5f
The unadorned atalegof thez adventure Of the
tw5 hill-Ihen reads like achapter from the Arab;
sian 'Nfghtsr The twosmen belonged to q trading
caravan and being dissatisfied, left IT and set
pout for Yarkand which isa town on the Yarkand
arver 5one OF the main tributaries of the Tarim, a
mighty stream draining region, twice the size
of the state OF Texas and emptying into the Lob
Nor which has no visible outlets They got lost
an the rock vide enough for but two men to pass
abreast and travelling for some time along abe
idefle, they came ato great cave with number
lof haget images IN a row beforegt the door.
06e The entrance was square, open portal, and
within were series Of tomPs each with Its pock-
cts in the rock filed with many objects of great
value. They said that they saw more than enough
precious stones to load sixty camelsI yet all that
q they could bring away with them was what they
a5could put Into the receptaces Of their clothing,
,oft t1,arH Inst hafDr Nav ptv,A
again the regular route TO Yarkaffd. They made
careful observations OF the trail and left heaps
OF stones to mark 1t to certainty Even when
deHe! they came to gretalcave with humber
10 OF the value of their fnd.r 1859 - 80 - "
ta+e When discovered by spauiding he had great
dtficulty in persuadng them to go With him. sHe
i feared TO organize an expedition in Yarkand,
- they, reached the market town they had no idea
there danger Of his being murdered and
- robbed by the half-savage men he would, have had
TO employ There are many persons in the re
gion who believe that he found theStombs secured
= portion OF the treasure. went on into the Brit
= ish Indian state of Nepal and was robbed and
= = murdered there, as many very lnrger stones and
= pieces OF Tartar-worked gold have been coming
out OF that state in the phst two years without
any adequate source being ascribed to them o :
uvt itn Is Just south of the region described that
the Karakoram Mountains lie, but where is the
q" lost. city of Caracarum- or karakoram, the IAN
nient capital of the great Tartar statet Where
are the treasures lost at the time Of ts
GA destrpcton? history shows that It was very
large stonebuilt city. that II stood within sight
of the mountains that bear Its name and
10 that was the weathies Of all the cities of eCn
trail Asia. Marco Polo visited II on his famous
Journey about 1922 A. D. and on hts return to
Europe described II in detail to his chronicler,
friend Rustcano ''etIe ynA- oh a1f.
.Ss Eight hundred years ago It was the capital OF
M The Tartar Empire and literally reeked with
:, ~eath all established under the financial genius
"a OF that strange hplfmythica character Presbyter
ri or Prester John. Marco Polo toid of rooms in
which the decorations were heavy embossings IN
gold sad silver set with great Jewels ana, his
references show that he was surfeited with the
a. sight OF the wealth displayed oaa Soo1i alma
The city fell before tho assaults sf the Wild
nj troops rof the ambitiors and Euthess uncan
nriU Khan sPreyouAto the attack all the treasure
that could be assembled was put under the great
stairway In the center of the city and whom the