Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-05-03

1Jo" ships sunk in shallow waters.
,,t1o Of It has ever been recovered; the average
I'm nrofers to work for few dollars week.
put tbe history Of the hundreds OF treasures, some
..s. wall known and rich in narrative, some of
n but vaguely chronicled, is something OF absorb
mo interest to the with the true spirit OF ad-
venture In his blood.
Move gold and silver produced from the new
l., discovered Western Hemisphere by the early
cor,eh and Portuguese adventurers than the world
hod ever known In it's history. The Spanish Main
ked with It, The Indians, from Mexico to Peru,
bod 50 much that they had no use for 1t. Snlpload
otpr shipload went to England, Spain and Portugal
pirates and privateers raided the ports and the gai
norc Governors often cached the treasures OF
ctv to save them from the raiders; bishops and
rress hid the wonderful solid gold affairs, ratings
vossels and so forth, to keep them SAFE Often the
governor was slain captured, perhaps removed,
and in many cases the cerics suffered similar fates
hundreds of millions have been recovered, but the
SIMS remaining unbound vast as to be stag
gerng.
ered that write giving all the facts that have been
ohio N find boping to start the seekers to the
mests Some of it seems easily recoverable that
oe could go and almost lay ones hands on 1t; more
of it would require patient effort digging, draining
diving searching; still other portions will be found
only by the purest chance as the clues are TOO vague
There is one astounding store of gold the history
Of which is so clear and definite, and the obstacles
to recovery so slight that will state It's claims nrs
On the Cundinamarca plateau III the NepuoHS Va
Colombia is little pond quarter OF mile across
In the exact center of this pond supersttious Indians
dumped gold IL fiber bags in such quantities tnat
on the bottom lie hundreds OF millions, perhaps
several billion dollars worth. One cnleI droppeu
in $500 pounds in one day to save the lie OF
sick daughter and the votive process went on ull-
interrupedly for hundreds of years. 1t is easy "
see how stupendous the treasure must be ana no"
difficult to estimate accurately.
The bulk of the definite information concerning
kh1 nf
Simon, Jesuit missionary who dwelt among Tue
Chibcha Indians near the lake for many years ana
witnessed the incident cited
At the time of the conquest the lake was calleo
Guatavta, "Caretaker of Life" The INDIANS pe-
ieved that in the lakes and springs dWelt the sun
deies and all the tribes in northern South Amer
lea believed that in this wonderful little pool
with its clear cold springs and beautlful shores
dwelt the deity, who had power TO save ana neat
Gold to be found everywhere us sole USE
was for decoration and religious superstit1ous
offerings.
Even today they still hide the secrets OF the
deposits appearing in the towns with HtCie ieo
baskets the bottoms of which are coVereu VIII
gold, which they to buy all the prihtcioene'
arms, food and baubles that make up tnelr si
pie needs; then they go away to their nuts IN the
mountains When the Spaniards hrst came lne
Indians laughed to find the white men SO edsel
Tor what they deemed of so little value. Due
when they saw the white men killing ana toltul-
ing their brothers. wives and children they grew
silent and ever since have hidden all tnelr hHowF
edge of gold among themselves An lnolan VINO
leads the way to an Indian mine signs MS own
deathwarrant.
Fray Pedro Simon's account of the lake says
that it was one of chain that 1t was SO sman
that two fiber ropes could be stretched across IT,
marking it into quarters. They crossed III lne
exact center. Rats were moored on-snore anu
the Indians coming from afar laden VIII so,u
would bean il on these RATS in fiber and skin
bags use the ropes to guide the RATS TO the cen
ter and then throw In the gold, an old ana sacreu
man of the tribe or family reciting lnvocatons "
the spirit OF the lake.
What have related has been common properly
among men interested in treasure-seeKlns anu
parts Of the facts have been printed poth III 1A y,
lea and England, but this is the frst time lnae
the known facts have been given There is touas
on the plateau lake called Guatavlta' put II uoe0
not answer Fray Pedro Simon's Description.
On the 18th of April 1913, there set san 49,
What is Colon the Spanish salleon ~, - -,
Marta, commanded by masterat-arms cail
Tigre de Joasco and bearing vicegoverhsN 20
nando Aroias = Alencon with considerable COM
pany Of wounded and fever-brOken Spsslsn sot
diers scattering of priests and some business
travellers.
She was headed for Cadiz and vigo. Her cargo
was almost entirely gold to the value OF aoou'
S25 100000
1t was not supposed that any Gre aDoa,u VI,
aware that there anything extrao,u.na.aa
valuable aboard except the MASTER, uo'
ATotas and two priests OF the snip ; conp.
Some one organized mutiny among Zig s
ing soldiers and sailors and, while the snip "aa
heavily armed to defend herself against pirates
or privateers, she was very easily taken osel ~
her own crew some time during the nrst "eeA
out
Two hoatloads of prisoners were aDanooheo "
the sandy shore of the PALISADES on .ne "a. 80
of Kingston, Jamaica. but Ell Tigre de Joasco anu a
Governor Aro3as were not among 1neLn s nas
somewhere in the chinks OF history 'ns
and
~ .naroone.- y.oaple we're very quickly picked