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was sent by James II of England to effect recov
cry. He found the treasure removed only part
of it, and then sailed away, owing to the approach
of two Spanish men-of,war He was about TO re-
turn, when the revolution Of 1858 broke out and
he was deferred. In the admiralty archives are
all details of this uncompeted task What was
easy for Captain Phipps should be still easier
with modern methods.
For the past twenty years Mexican antiquarians
have been expecting the announcement OF the
finding of a vast treasure in the State OF Puebla.
The third royal Spanish vicerOy after Cortez sue
ceeded in torturing from the chiefs Of tribe in
Jasco the secrets of the hidingplaces Of all Of
the tribal store of gold and silver, and by great
efforts brought it to Tacuba, where it was con-
cealed during a period when the suzerainty Of
New Spain was more or less uncertain. A dummy
tTeasure-train was organized and started for Vera
Cruz, and the word went forth that it carried the
treasure. Some weeks later the real treasure
train of one hundred and eighty mules set out
with only the usual small guard.
In some way the word got abroad, and the train
was attacked by a mixed force of adventures
and Indians at a point within sight of the white
tops of Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl The de-
tenders of the treasure succeeded in escaping
with the loss of five mules and their burdens, but
while passing through a gorge on the route OF the
old trail now followed more or less closely by the
Mexican railroad, they decided it was best to
cache the treasure
A cave in the gorge chosen and three hun
dred and twenty bags of gold and silver con
tanning several million dollars worth depending
on how much more gold there was than silver
were stored away while the train proceeded tC
Orlzaba Some fifteen miles from the site OF the
present town the same band again attacked the
train and killed nearly all the guard. Since the
development of the region in which the cave
must lie has begun, its discovery is only matter
of time and it might be effected with compare
tive ease. There cannot be many gorges anC
caves are not frequent. The chances for finding
the right one are rather strong. 1t has never
been attempted
No small spot on the face of the earth has beer
productive of treasNrc-hunting adventure a!
Cocos Island off the coast of Costa Rica.
The west coast pirate Bonita before his dealt
insisted that he had planted more than two mil
lion dollars in gold, silver, jewels and plate OIL
the island but his specific directions were lost b!
his ignorant executioners.
party of Mexican political refugees, severa
Of them of the famous Romero family or its con
nections, fleeing from the wrath of Santa Anna il
184S, planted under a stone arch on the islant
more than one million dollars the revolutionar
fund with which they expected to gain control o
the government
The third treasure is the greatest and most i'm
portant There is a little doubt as to whether
is located on Cocos or is in the Galapagos grouI
off the coast of Peru. The traditions all say tn
latter place, but after a digest of all sources o
information | am convinced that Cocos is tn
spot,
Among the smaller treasures of which there /
record it is well to mention the seven large car
non filled with god-pieces by the pirate Villazo
and buried on an island at the very southernmos
part Of the Bay of Campeachy; the reported each
on the top of the eminence Immediately north q
the CITY of Santiago de Cuha TO he reached onl
by difficult trail starting in near Dos Caminos
the mysterious and probably non-existent HaVan
municipal treasure, said to have been assemble
at the time of the English attack and conceule
within the ranparts of MORO Castle so eTectuall
that 1t was never found again.