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    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 : as to buried treasure
    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 : as to buried treasure
    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 : as to buried treasure
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    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 : as to buried treasure

    By Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

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    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 - Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of As To Buried Treasure and Storied Waters, Cliffs, And Mountains, by Charles M. Skinner

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: As To Buried Treasure and Storied Waters, Cliffs, And Mountains Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Volume 9.

      Author: Charles M. Skinner

      Release Date: December 14, 2004 [EBook #6614]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AS TO BURIED TREASURE ***

      Produced by David Widger

      MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF OUR OWN LAND

                                         By

                                 Charles M. Skinner

      Vol. 9.

      AS TO BURIED TREASURE

      AND

      STORIED WATERS, CLIFFS, AND MOUNTAINS

      CONTENTS:

      AS TO BURIED TREASURE

      Kidd's Treasure

      Other Buried Wealth

      STORIED WATERS, CLIFFS, AND MOUNTAINS

      Monsters and Sea-Serpents

      Stone-Throwing Devils

      Storied Springs

      Lovers' Leaps

      God on the Mountains

      AS TO BURIED RICHES

      KIDD'S TREASURE

      Captain Kidd is the most ubiquitous gentleman in history. If his earnings in the gentle craft of piracy were frugally husbanded, he has possibly left some pots of money in holes in the ground between Key West and Halifax. The belief that large deposits of gold were made at Gardiner's Island, Dunderberg, Cro' Nest, New York City, Coney Island, Ipswich, the marshes back of Boston, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Isles of Shoals, Money Island, Ocean Beach, the Bahamas, the Florida Keys, and elsewhere has caused reckless expenditure of actual wealth in recovering doubloons and guineas that disappointed backers of these enterprises are beginning to look upon—no, not to look upon, but to think about—as visionary. A hope of getting something for nothing has been the impetus to these industries, and interest in the subject is now and then revived by reports of the discovery—usually by a farmer ploughing near the shore—of an iron kettle with a handful of gold and silver coins in it, the same having doubtless been buried for purposes of concealment during the wars of 1776 and 1812.

      Gardiner's Island, a famous rendezvous for pirates, is the only place known to have been used as a bank of deposit, for in 1699 the Earl of Bellomont recovered from it seven hundred and eighty-three ounces of gold, six hundred and thirty-three ounces of silver, cloth of gold, silks, satins, and jewels. In the old Gardiner mansion, on this island, was formerly preserved a costly shawl given to Mrs. Gardiner by Captain Kidd himself. This illustrious Kidd—or Kydd—was born in New York, began his naval career as a chaser of pirates, became a robber himself, was captured in Boston, where he was ruffling boldly about the streets, and was hanged in London in 1701. In sea superstitions the apparition of his ship is sometimes confused with that of the Flying Dutchman.

      At Lion's Rock, near Lyme, Connecticut, a part of his treasure is under guard of a demon that springs upon intruders unless they recite Scripture while digging for the money.

      Charles Island, near Milford, Connecticut, was dug into, one night, by a company from that town that had learned of Kidd's visit to it—and what could Kidd be doing ashore unless he was burying money? The lid of an iron chest had been uncovered when the figure of a headless man came bounding out of the air, and the work was discontinued right then. The figure leaped into the pit that had been dug, and blue flames poured out of it. When the diggers returned, their spades and picks were gone and the ground was smooth.

      Monhegan Island, off the Maine coast, contains a cave, opening to the sea, where it was whispered that treasure had been stored in care of spirits. Searchers found within it a heavy chest, which they were about to lift when one of the party—contrary to orders—spoke. The spell was broken, for the watchful spirits heard and snatched away the treasure. Some years ago the cave was enlarged by blasting, in a hope of finding that chest, for an old saying has been handed down among the people of the island—from whom it came they have forgotten—that was to this effect: Dig six feet and you will find iron; dig six more and you will find money.

      On Damariscotta Island, near Kennebec, Maine, is a lake of salt water, which, like dozens of shallow ones in this country, is locally reputed to be bottomless. Yet Kidd was believed to have sunk some of his valuables there, and to have guarded against the entrance of boats by means of a chain hung from rock to rock at the narrow entrance, bolts on either side showing the points of attachment, while ring bolts were thought to have been driven for the purpose of tying buoys, thus marking the spots where the chests went down. This island, too, has been held in fear as haunted ground.

      Appledore, in the Isles of Shoals, was another such a hiding-place, and Kidd put one of his crew to death that he might haunt the place and frighten searchers from their quest. For years no fisherman could be induced to land there after nightfall, for did not an islander once encounter Old Bab on his rounds, with a red ring around his neck, a frock hanging about him, phosphorescence gleaming from his body, who peered at the intruder with a white and dreadful face, and nearly scared him to death?

      A spot near the Piscataqua River was another hiding-place, and early in this century the ground was dug over, two of the seekers plying pick and spade, while another stood within the circle they had drawn about the spot and loudly read the Bible. Presently their implements clicked on an iron chest, but it slid sideway into the ground as they tried to uncover it, and at last an interruption occurred that caused them to stop work so

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