The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-09

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Another story Of lost treasure re
lates to a Cuzco white man OF Span
lsh descent whom the Lord blessed
with numerous children. IL is the Gus
tom here that a godfather shall look
after and provide for his godChild. |
and so, as this man was poor he tried
TO add to his resources by getting i
corps Of good godfathers. So as the
infants came one after another he
named each in honor Of one Of the
distinguished citizens of the town. The
citizens, however. did not respond and
the man grew poorer and poorer. At
last he had had nine babies, each of
whom he had been given a rich god
rather. but there was no help forth
coming. The father swore thai ne
would leave the rich and choose as
the patron Of his next child the first
man he met on the street after its
birth. In due time the stork came
again, and the a rushing out. saw
q poor Indian driving a caravan OF
llamaS into the town. He stopped him
and told him he wanted him to be
godfather to his child. The Indian
objected. saying that he was poor and
not fit to be godfather to a white
child. The man then told of his vow
and finally persuaded the indian to
accept the position.
In due time the baby was baptized
and the Indian appeared at the cere-
mony as its godfather. He kissed his
godSon as he left the church and the
next day came back into Cuzco with
a score of llamas, loaded with wood.
He took this wood to the father of
his godchild, saying that he had
brought he could and that he
must accept the wood as a gift. The
man was thanked and the wood was
duly stored away in the court of the
nIlC SnnNn -~o fa L@t ~
bundles Of sticks and roots were
opened, and inside each was found a
t great bag of gold in nuggets and dust.
In the meantime the indian had dis
4 appeared and could not be found. The
2 man took the gold and built two
/ large houses on the street called Tri-
/ umph. If you do not believe this
a; story come to Cuzco, and the people
will show you the street and poin,
v out the houses.
S Another treasure story is the tale
S OF an Indian woman 100 years old. II
e relates to a great hoard of gold tina
was hidden in the AndeS by one o
the chiefs, who was murdered befor,
e he came pack to Cuzco. This treas
ure has long been searched for in vail
a by both foreigners and Peruvians. No
II long ago his old Indian m be
ing about to die, sent word to a ha
ciendado of Spanish descent for whom
1t she had worked, asking him to has
is ten to her. He reached her hut i
h the mountains just in time to get he
d. last message. This was that her ma
is ternal grandmother, who had die
y eighty years before, had given he
le a word that would indicate where tn
o treasure lay. The word was an India
20 one and it meant the Lake of the Tw
VS. Stones. The old woman was ques
er toned, but she would tell nothin
is more. That night she died. Tt
ID story went forth and the Whole our
at try was searched by treasure hunter
oe all seeking for the Lake Of TW
to Stones. At last a narrow valley VIC
S. discovered containing a lake in whic
there were two tall rocks rising hig
te drained the k They dug dow
IN under the largest stone and thel
ne found a platform Of masonry, cover
MT ing a chamber in which the treasuI
"a was found. The secret was kept fro
the officials for fear of Confiscatio,
Is And SO no one knows just how muC
gold was discovered, but it was
such great value that it made all
he those who participated in the diyisiC
"a rich.
e Another of those Inca traditions r.
at lates to a cave in a Gale
ID Pellchan near Cuenca in Ecuado
"a. This ave contains a mighty treasul
m Of gold, but it's entrance is close l
lg. a giant of granite under whose arm
a hole which is open only once a We:
as and that on Good Friday. Then, az
as then only, the giant raises his arr
and the man who can be there
that time can crawl in under it al
Nh get an immense treasure of gold. /
ge the story goes, the gold is in piles
Did labeled that only one pile is to
IN, taken at a time. If one man tax
ca, only the assigned quantity he will 6
es, away safely. But if he is greedy al
he takes more, he will be squeezed
death by the arm of the giant as
goes out. This is the belief held
he the Indians. Many SuperStitiOuS pc
lps pie have looked for that cave, but
IA, far neither the cave nor the giant h
a yet been discovered.
nd -
as 4 fairly well authenticated trae