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

snares 10 destroy the enemy and their
Benalcazar appeared. IL then climb
ed 10 the hig mountain behind the
city, where he was finally taken ~
BeualCaxar. lie was tortured 10 death
10 make him tell where the golden
hoard was Secretcd. hut II showed no
sign Of weakness and the knowledge
Of the location of tbs treasure died
with him.
There - 6 story told IN Cuzco or an
indian Girl Who was in love with q
Spaniard. The Spaniard had taken 4
vantage Of her affection. tut he would
not make her a proposal q marriage
until she told him that she could
make him the richest man in Peru.
lie thereupon promised IL marry r
II she would prove that she could do
what she proposed and NJ her request
went with her one night into the
mountain There hc Was bnndfolded
and led through ravine after ravlne
unt4l he nnally came 10 a cave. Here
the handaGes We're taken OF his eyes
and his sweetheart said.
Behold There IS the sold that |
am ready 10 give You when We are
married.
The Spaniard looked down and saw
a great pile OF golden bars and a
collection Of golden vessels c~uriously
carved 1t is supposed that they were
from the treasures OF A~tahualpa. TIL.
greedy man attempted 10 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 at hand viii
certainly. kill you.
The 81 | was so earnest the Spaniard
grew scared. He threw down the gold
and submitted again to he blindfold-
ed. 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 trea-
sure .
There are records left hy the Span
!, iards describing several localities
where they think some of these inca
5 treasures may be found. one Of these
2 i
t is in chapter V Of the Derretero Of
Nalverde. Nalverde died II Spain, af-
ter having returned from the noun
tains at Llanganati in Ecuador. lie
t was known to have gone man times
[ into the mountains and to have
I brought out a great quantity Of gold
e whose character showed il TO be a
part of the treasures of Atahualpa-
n Upon dying Valverde left direc-
t tons giving the route to where the
gold lay, and the King of Spain sent
this description to Ambato, a town
now on the railroad between the coas'
and Quito, and ordered the officers
n there to search for the treasure.
r understand that the manuscript of tn,
l. kings letter is still on record. | alb.
d breviate the description: 1t tells I'll.
er se:>her for the treasure to stand OF
is the mountain at Gaupa, with mis- bacl
n to AmbatO, and look to the east
% From there he will see three noun
tains in the form Of a triangle sur
e rounding an artificial lake. into which
Re the ancients, when they heard Of tn,
n death Of the Incan king, threw tn
s, gold they had prepared for his ran
20 som. The Spanish directions the,
SIS show n just how to get there, an
n the dangers he is liable TO ncu o.
n the way. BY following them he Wi
IN finally come into a bog filled wit
re grains Of gold that can be washe
r out in a stream nearby. and su
re farther or is a certain cave wher
m was the furnace through which In
Indians melted their ores. This is o
IN the left-hand side of the mountain
Of The directions are quite intricate, an
SO far no one has yet found n treas
ure.
III oooib " ~
A~tahualpa, b3aied by Ruminagu
e. there was an Indian boy name
ed Catuna, the son of one Of the lnc
". chiefs, who was with his father
re the time the hoard was secreted. tn
boy was injured in one OF the batti'
is and was supposed to be dead. y
ar was taken up by one Of the Spaniard
nd and he recovered. His injuries wei
m, so severe, however, that his fcatur
at were distorted and he became hume
back. The Spaniard who adopt
him, as it were. was q apt. Suare
He taught him to read and write. al
be made him a Christian. lie treat'
.es the ndian boy so we'll that he becan
to love him, and his heart was fll'
with gratitude.
to After that Catuna gave very ltbe
he ally to the church and he was knoV
by to have SO much money that he "
20 questioned as to the source when
so IA derived his great wealth. lie a