Evening star., 1914-06-07

Behold. There is tho gold tha, / am
ready TO give you when We are mar
ried.
The Spaniard looked down and saw \
great pile of golden bars and a collection
of golden vessels curiously carved. II is
supposed that they were from the treas
ures of Atahuaipa. The greedy man at
tempted to seize some Of the largest
pieces nearest him. but the girl pulled
him back, saying: Those 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 IT
hand will certainly kill You.
The girl was so earnest the Spaniard
grew scared. He threw down the gold
and submitted again TO be hiindfolded
When he returned to Cuzco he informed
the authorities 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 Spanards
describing several localities where they
think some of these Inca treasures may
be found. One of these is in chapter
of the Derretero of Nalverde yaiveide
died in Spain. after having returned from
the mountains Of Llangauau in Ecuador.
into the mountains and to have brought
out a great quantity of gold whose char
acter showed 1t to be part of the treas.
ures of Atahualpa.
Upon dying Valver6e left directions
giving the route to where the gold lay,
and the King of Spain sent this descrip-
ton to Ambato. a town now the rail-.
road between the coast and Quito. and
ordered the officers there 10 search for
the treasure. | understand that the
manuscript of the kings letter is still on
record. l abbrevate the description: II
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 three
mountains in the form of triangle sur
rounding an artificial lake into which
the ancients. when they heard of the
death of the Incan king. threw the COLO
they had prepared for his ransom. The
Spanish directions then show one just how
to get there. and the dangers he is liable
to incur on the way. BY following them
he will finally come into a bog. hlled
with grains of gold that can be washed
out in a stream nearby, and still farther
on is certain cave where was the fur-
mace through which the Indians meiteo
their ores. This is on the ieft-hano
side Of the mountain The directions are
quite intricate, and SO far no one has
Yet found the treasure.
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Returning again to the treasures Of
Atahualpa, buried by Ruminagui. there
was an Indian boy named Catuna, the
son Of one of the Inca chiefs, who was
with his father at the time the hoard
was secreted. This boy was injured IN
one of the battles and was supposed TO
be dead He was taken up by one OF
the Spaniards. and he recovered MS m
juries were so severe, however, that ms
features were distorted and he became
hunchback The Spaniard who adopted
him. as it were, was Capt. Suarez ne
taught him to read and write, and mace
him a Christian He treated the 'lndian
bov so we'll that he came to love him.
and his heart was filed with gratitude.
Later on Suarez became unfortunate IN
his speculations. and his house was aooue
to be sold by his creditors, when Catuna
told him that if he would make a secret
vault under the residence and give MIN
come instruments for gold srnetnng
he could find enough gold to pay on ms
debts. He also made his master prom
ise not to say where tne so,o .,,,,', 49,
from. Suarez agreed to this. and Catuna
sunnlied SO much treasure that he pc
came a rich man. He gave a great dea.
TO the church, and when he died IN lo"
he made Catuna his heir
After that Catuna gave very hoera4iy
tn the church and he was known to have
so much money that he was questioned as
to the source whence he derived ms great
wealth. He answered that he had made
compact with the evil one. to whom ne
had sold his soul for this soio ms
statement was credited. and the more
easily because at that time the Indians
were believed to have regular intercourse
with the devil.
After Catunas death his premises We're
searched and the vault was discovered
1t contained a great quantity of gold IN
ingots and bars. and also in vessels or
gold that evidently came from the lncas
The people. however, persisted in behes-
ing that the story of the pact WIN the
devil was true and says Father Nelas-
co. from whose letters this story comes.
the truth would have never been DIS
covered if it had not been that Catuna .
confessor. Franciscan monk, had LETT a
written account of the burial of Atahuai-
pas treasure and his use of 1t, which had
been confided to him..
FRANK C. CARPENTER.