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

near the ancient site of one of the Inca pal
aces, was brought about by the discovery Of
an Inca treasure Its origin was in mirac
ulous dream of the bishop. In this dream
the Virgin Mary appeared before the bishop
and told him that she wanted cathedral in
Cuzco. She fixed the location on the an
cient plaza Of the Incas and described the
grand building as it now is. The bishop re-
piled that his people were poor, that he had
no money and that he could not possibly
raise the sum needed. Thereupon the Ma
Cuzco and dig There he would uncover
some of the lost treasures of the Incas This
was duly reported to the people, and, as the
story goes, they went with the bishop in a
great procession to the place designated.
They dug down into the earth and there
found large store of gold. 1t was with
this gold that they began the cathedral
which although here far off from the sea,
and between the walls of the Andes, is one
of the finest churches of the new world.
have already described the Cathedral of
Cuzco All told it is perhaps more gor-
geous than was Coricancha, the Inca Tenn
pie of the Sun. 1t is vast museum of gold
carvings and beautiful paintings One of
the treasures is a life-sized figure of the
Christ fastened to wooden cross by great
nails of solid gold. The figure is decorated
with jewels and the pedestal or car upon
which the cross stands is plated with silver
and ncrusted with diamonds.
This image is greatly revered by the In
dams and also by the other people of Cuzco.
They carry it around through the streets on
Good Monday, at which time they kneel
down on the sidewalks and pray before it.
They call it the Lord of the Earthquakes
and believe that their city is safe from seis-
mic disturbances as long as the annual pro-
cession takes place This comes from ira
dition that the Christ was once left in the
church beyond the hour usually set for the
procession, when the mountains began to
sway, and an earthquake occurred which it
was thought would swallow the city. There
upon the Christ was brought out and the
earth ceased its quaking
Another story of lost treasure relates to a
Cuzco white man of Spanish descent whom
the Lord blessed with numerous children.
1t is the custom here that 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 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 had been
given rich godfather, but there was no
help forthcoming. The father swore that
he 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 man, rushing out,
saw a poor Indian driving caravan of
llan1as 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 ceremony as its god
father He kissed his godson as he left the
church and the next day came back into
Cuzco with score of llamas, loaded with
wood He took this wood to the father OF
his godchild, saying that he had brought
what he could and that he must accept the
wood as gift. The man was thanked and
the wood was duly stored away in the court
of the house Some time after that the
bundles Of sticks and roots were opened, and
inside each was found great bag Of gold
in nuggets and dust In the meantime, the