INDIAN TREASURE,

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12401, 14 October 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)

INDIAN TREASURE,

ENGLISHMAN'S HUNT FOR PILE 3 '-3 OF SILVER INGOTS. - . -'■/ An Englishman, who says he is a London 11§§£ solicitor, is on his way to find the trea,sure« It house of the Algonquin Indians, which, savg j a New York contemporary, is located in hid- ij; den caves in the side of South Mountain. '"K* !

Like most of his predecessors, he has 3 map which he is sure will guide him to tie piles of silver ingots supposed to have been originally discovered by one De Gran, a Spaniard, nearly 200 years ago..

And a gruesome affair this map is, for the outline and locations are all tattooed on human skin.

The hunter said that several yearn ago he met in the London slums a. '.Spaniard suffering from an incurable disease. Ha saw to it that he was properly cared :for in a public hospital. One day the Englishman was summoned' to the hospital, as his friend was dying. The man asked the surgeon to withdraw audi then said: —

*' There are enough silver ingots in a. hidden chamber in the side of an American mountain to make a dozen men fabulously rich. lam a, descendant of Robert De Grau, who, 200 years ago discovered the treasure! house of the Algonquin Indians, near Bristol, Vt. The tribe was fleeing from tha Iro. quo is. ' " Attempting to save his own life and that of his son, my ancestor stumbled upon the treasure in a secret cavern. Part lie took to Spain, where he became immensely wealthy and a power in the kingdom. He intended to take the rest, and started for America, carrying with him a map of the mountain. The map passed through several hands.' It came to me in a most peculiar way. About ten. years ago, while cruising off the coast of India, I befriended an old sailor. Ji Q gave me the map, which I immediately re. cognised as the one drawn on sheepskin by my ancestor. He said lie got it from & sailor.

" The parchment was badly worn and g<j discoloured that the drawings were almost} obliterated. I suggested that a copy could be made on paper, whereupon the sailor declared that he knew of a scheme whereby the precious outlines could never be lost. \ " The man pulled up his shirt, rolled over on his chest, and there, between the shoulders was the map tattooed in the skin. "' When I die I want the surgeon to remove the skin and give it to you,' he isaid to me. 'If you follow it up you will be a rich' man.' That night he died, and later the map was turned over to me. " I discovered that the man's story, so far as his ancestor's search was concerned, was true, and, further, that the Algonquin did lose their treasure during, the Iroquois - aids. Other facts have come to my know, ledge, and I am now confident that the ingots are in the treasure-house. I .shall search for them all summer if uecesse.ry."