The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-10

up by small boats and landed In Kingston and
Dutch privateer by the name OF Warrington hur-
ried In pursuit The record OF what transpired
during the chase and the hight Is not clcnr--iH
even too vague TO be pertinent. but month later
Warrington sailed into what is now New York
harbor and reported that he had fought the Santa
Marta twice and been worstcd. but had followed
her to the Windward Passage as II n now known,
and north to the islands bearing the name
Fortune Islands. given them by reason OF this
very happening
Here the crew cached the treasure ms they
could not enter any important port and account
for themselves and could not enter small port
ana dispose OF their hoard II IL positive that
In these islands the cache was made. because
when the Santa Marta reached Puerto el Principe
shortly thereafter she was discharged In the
Fortune Islands was the only place she could have
sent the treasure ashore
The governor OF Puerto 81 Principe was about
to arrest the crew on suspicion OF their having
committed piracy when they put TO sea and later
the hulk, burned TO the waters edge was found
near Cape Maysi. The men were never henrd OF
but. as they we're puarreling and fighting among
themselves In Puerto 81 Principe, II IL logical TO
suppose that there was second mutiny with
much bloodshed that the ship was fired ana that
those who did not Jump into the sea were burned
10 death
Two other galleons we're robbed that same yonr
by mutinous crews, but the treasures were safely
landed by the mutneers, one crew NJ Lisbon ana
with the Santa Marta affair
The Fortune Islands are quite small are In
hnbited almost solely by bahama blacks are al
most out OF touch with the world though but four
days san from New York and from Nassau
or Havana. From the charts II may be seen that
there II but one spot where the Santa MARTA
could have anchored TO put ashore 80 heavy
cargo, and there ought to be little diffculty I'm
locating the cache on the low.lying island So far
M know there has never been any attempt
made at recovery
There are many. many Alluring sunken treas
ures on both coasts Many OF these are no ia.
milar as 10 need but the merest mention
Large sums and great erort have been expend.
ed to recover the millions IN California gold of the
old Golden Gate definitely located on the Mex.
lean coast
Admiral Francis brakes Marigold carried the
bulk OF his spoils mp TO the time Of her loss ON
the west coast near Piedranegra
In 1897 Admiral DE Points. with combined
feet Of royal ships and colonial priyateerr nj
tackled captured and sacked Cartagona and de.
parted IN two sections the last ships being the
treasure bearers. They were intercepted BIS tho
English and one was blown up by shot into her
magazine and sank In the harbor; another went
ashore near by; aud a third was beached on
Cisne Cay. To recover the treasure, location can
be effected through study Of the British adj.
miralty records, and AZ least one OF the three
should lie In shallow water
The sO-called Captain George g. Roynton by
all odds tho greatest adyenturer Of modern times
would have made the records Of Drake Morgan
and De Ruyter look pale and slckly had he lived
In the good old days Until his death In BROOKLYN
some months ago at an advanced age he carried
the knowledge Of number OF treasure.troyes
the richest Of which In an unnamed galleon In a
Venezuela harbor
Before leaving the subject Of the buccaneers.
another sunken treasure should he cited. In 1855
Captain Phpps OF the British navy learned OF
a sunken buccancer vessel with great treasure
aboard on the shore or near the Tortugas and