Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-07

In the meantime Runinagui had dug
traps in the trails and made snares to de-
stroy the enemy and their horses He also
set fire to Quito and killed the virgins Of the
sun before Benalcazar appeared. He then
climbed to the high mountain behind the
city, where he was finally taken by Benal-
cazar. He was tortured to death to make
him tell where the golden board was secret
ed, but he showed no sign of weakness and
the knowledge of the location of the treas
ure died with him.
There Is story told in Cuzco Of an Indian
girl who was in love with Spaniard The
Spaniard had taken advantage of her affeo-
ton, but he would not make her pronosal
OF marriage until she told him that she could
make him the richest man in Peru. He
thereupon promised to marry her if she
would prove that she could do what she pro-
posed, and at her request went with her one
night into the mountains There he was
bindfolded and led through ravine after ra-
vine until he finally came to cave. Here
the bandages were taken off his ewes and his
sweetheart said:
Behold! There is the gold that / am
ready to give you when we are married.
The Spaniard looked down and saw
great pile Of golden bars and collection Of
golden vessels curiously carved. It is sun
posed that they were from the treasures Of
Atahualpa. The greedy man attempted to
seize some Of the largest pieces nearest him,
but the girl pulled him back, saying: These
things are sacred until we are welded and
if you attempt to touch any Of them or take
away any, my friends who are here at hand
will certainly kill you"
The girl was SO earnest the Spaniard grew
scared. He threw down the gold and sub
mitted again to be blindfolded When he
returned to Cuzco he informed the authori-
ties, and an order was issued for the arrest
of the girl. The officers went to her hut.
but they found that she and all the rest of
the family had left for the mountains. And
that was the last of the treasure.
There are records left by the Spaniards
describing several localities where they
think some of these Inca treasures may be
found. One of these is in chapter V of the
Derretero of Valverde Valverde died in
Spain, after having returned from the noun
tains of Llanganati in Ecuador He was
known to have gone many times into the
mountains and to have brought out great
quantity of gold whose character showed it
to be part of the treasures of Atahualpa.
Upon dying Valverde left directions Civ
ing the route to where the gold lay, and the
king of Spain sent this description to Am
bato, town now on the railroad between
the coast and Quito, and ordered the officers
there to search for the treasure. | UNDER
stand that the manuscript of the kings letter
is still on record. l abbreviate the descrip-
ton 1t tells the searcher for the treasure to
stand on the mountain OF Guapa, with his
back to Ambato, and look to the east. From
there he will see three mountains in the
form OF a triangle surrounding an artificial
lake, into which the ancients, when they
heard of the death of the Incan king, threw
the gold they had prepared for his ransom.
The Spanish directions then show one lust
how to get there, and the dangers he is
liable to incur on the way. By following
them he will finally come into bog filled
with grains of gold that can be washed out
in stream nearby, and still farther on is
certain cave where was the furnace through
which the Indians melted their ores This is
on the left-hand side of the mountain The l
directions are quite intricate and SO far no (
one has yet found the treasure.
Returning again to the treasures of Alta
hualpa, buried by Ruminagui, there was an
Indian boy named Catuna, the son of one OF