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

up by small boats aud landed In Kingston ana
Dutch priyateer by the name OF Warrington hur
ried In pursuit The record Of what transpired
during the chase and the hight IL not clcnr--is
even too vague TO be pertinent but "A month later
Warrington sailed into what IL now New York
harbor and reported that no had fought the Santa
Marta twice and been woratcd. but had followed
her TO the Wlndward Passage. as II II now known.
and north to the islands now bearing the name
Fortune Islands. given them by reason OF this
very happening
Here the crew cached tho treasure as they
could not enter any important port and account
Tor themselves and could not enter small port
and dispose Of their hoard. II IL positive that
In these islands the cache was made. because
when the Santa Marta reached Puerto ri 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 nbout
to arrest the crow suspicion OF their having
committed piracy when they put to sea ana later
the hulk. burned to the waters edge, was found
near Cape Maysi. The men were never henrd Of
but. rs they we're quarrelinE ana lighting among
themselves In Puerto 81 Principe II n logical TO
suppose that there was second mutiny win
much bloodshed that the ship was fired ana that
those who did not Jump into the sea were burned
10 death.
Two other gnlleons robbed that same ycnr
by mutinous crews. but the treasures were safely
landed by the mutineers, one crew At Lisbon ana
the other at GCuoa, These must not be confused
with the Santa Marta arar
The Fortune Islands are quite small are I'm.
habited almost solely by Bahama blacks. are al.
most out Of touch with the world though hut four
days sail from New York and one from Nassau
or Havana. From the charts II may he seen that
there II but one spot where the Santa Marta
could have anchored TO put ashore 70 henyy a
cargo aud there ought to be little difficulty In
locating the cache on the low.lyng island So far
M ! know. there has never been any attempt
made at recovery.
There are many, many Rluring sunken treas.
ures on both COASTS Many OF these are 10 fa.
mlliar rs to need but the morest mention.
Large sums and great EFFORT have been eNpend.
ed to recover the millions California gold of the
old Golden Gate definitely located on tho Mex
lean coast.
Admiral Francis brakes Marigoid 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 q combined
fleet Of royal ships and colonial priyuteerg at
tackled, captured and sacked Cartageua ana de.
parted IN two sections the last ships being the
trcasureboaIors They were Intercepted by the
English and one was blown MP by "A shot into her
magazine and sank I'm the harbor, another went
ashore near by, and q third was beached on
Cisne Cay. To recover the treasure location can
be effected through study Of the British ad
miralty records, and AT least one of the three
should lie In shallow water.
The so,caed Captain George g. Boypton nv
all odds the greatest adyenturer Of modern times
would have made the records Of Drake Morgan
and De Ruytcr look pale and sickly had he lived
In the good old days Until his death I'm Brooklyn
some months ago at an advanced age he carried
the knowledge Of a number OF treasure.troyes
the richest Of which In an unnamed galleon I'm a
Venezuela hRrbor
Before leaving the subject Of the buccaneers
another sunken treasure should be cited in 1886
a Captain Phipps OF the British navy learned OF
a sunken buccancer vessel with a great treasure
aboard on the shore near the Tortugas and