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THE WASHINGTON POST, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1897.
ONOR TO JOHN CABOTA founded Letters that are still i exlat-
istol Celebrates 400th An-
niversary of His Voyage.
eral vegages onde y Cabots being con-
ence, written by two men, named Pas
qualigo and Soncino, refer to the pret
voyage, though averal writers have made
the mistake of declaring the second voy-
Cabota,
CRAVE LINED WITH COLD
source, and its details came from ese
who, in his youth, was a participant tri
the bloody affray. A great many of the
tried before the United States)
Court of this district have their origin
In crimes and misdemeanera committed
age the subject matter of the documents. Winding Hawk was Buried on the Indian reservations of South Da
The statements of Bebastian
which were reported by Ramusio and Pe
ter Martyr, referred to the second
with $50,000 Currency
H
DRIFTED BACK
E WAS a merry-looking
man and had a cros
In one of the downtown
was pulling contentedly
kota, and naturally at
term there
cigar and talking between
at every
are in attendance numbers of Indians, "Yes, this is about the t
when
during one of these forced pilgel
then begin to think
mages to Deadwood that the Indian men boyhood
days and cartong
tioned told his story of the massacre and wosts It in
robbery to a
to a white friend, but, as a meas
condition that the source of Information
should never be divulged, and his requent
has been religiously complied with by
his conndant.
CONTEMPORARY OF COLUMBUS ring North America, besides llowing SKELETON GUARDS A FORTUNE ure of precaution, prefaced iteration
Discoverer to Lead Englishmen to
New Land-Discovery of New Found-
d Celebrated at St. John's-Story of
Undntiful Ben-A Death of Mystery
llowed by Shocking Falsehoods of be-
stian-Dangers of Laknown Beas.
voyage.
When John Cabota returned to England
he was received with enthusiasm, and the
King gave him a grant of o for discov-
him a pension of $100 a year. Cabita lived
at Bristol for a time with his family, but
on February & 1100 fresh letters patent
were granted him by Henry VII, to take
elx ships for the farther discovery of
"new isles." It was Cabota's fond hope
that by sailing westward he might rech
Cipango, Like the drst expedition, the
second was fitted out at Bristol. One ship
of the Beet was commanded by Lancelot
Thirkill, an experienced navigator from
London, who secured a royal loan of 3150
with which to equip a ship. Thomas
Bristol, England, May 11.
Thirkill commanded a second vessel and
NGLAND is celebrating the fourth
Fecured a similar loan, as did Thomas
centenary of the voyage of John Bradley, who commanded a third A
Cabota, whom no less an authority fourth vessel was captained by John Car-
than the Royal Geographical No-ter, who received a loan of $301 25. In the
records of Cabota's expeditions all the
ciety of England says was the
discoverer of America Unfortunate- men whose names are given are referred
to as "going to the newe isle."
he vaulting ambition and the over-
ning pride of an undutiful son, Se-
tan Cabota, have clouded the histori-
records of Cabota, the mentor. Bull,
cient is known to assure science that
Cabota, rather than Columbus, dia-
red the continent of North America.
an Cabota was a Genoese by birth,
went to Venice, where he resided
1 to 176. He married there and
me a Venetian citizen. At the end
he period mentioned he went to Spain
Portugal, where he learned of the
of Columbus to sail westward in
sh of the mythical Isle of Cathay.
A
Sebastian as a Boaster.
The expedition, by far the most nota-
ble which ever set all up to that time
and for such a purpose, consisted of five
Vessels The crews numbered 200 men.
and they salled for the mysterious Wes!
in the spring of 14 This is the last
that was ever known of John Cabotn, so
far as historical records tell us. His fate
and the date of his death are unknown
Whether he perished at sea or whether
he reached some land and died there no
modern man can say Sebastian (aboin.
the undutiful non, was a pilot, like ni
Tradition of an Old-time Tragedy on the
Plains Starts a Party of South Dakotas
on a Gruesome Treasure Hunt-Indian
Superstition as Protected the Dead
Chief's Heard, but White Men Will Now
Brave All Dangers to Get It.
W.
template a week or soft
In a wooded
nook
far Away from
where there is absolute
a true adjunct to the
things, a true
No newspaper.
no strECT
their belts at all
hoges
fresh Bash for breakfast
farmh nine dose ty
milk. real buttermok
the asking
time
man
The paymaster who was murdered and
robbed was en route from the East to
Fort Douglas, Utah, with the money nec
essary to pay off the troops and govern.
ment employes at that post, then the
last of a series of posta between the M
souri River and California. He had al
ready visited Fort Kearney, now in Ne
braska, and Fort Laramie, situated in an
acute angle formed by the juncture of
Deadwood, S. D.. May 20.
the Laramie and North Platte Rivers,
H. BONHAM, editor of the Wyo., and was on his way to Fort Had-
mon Star. Mayor of Dead-the last outpost of civilization on
Deadwood Pioneer; Solo-
the eastern slope of the Rocky Mount
ains which he would touch before arriv-out, to hear him tell it
Ing at Fort Douglas, when the tragedy
occurred.
on
wood; John R. Wilson,
State's Attorney, Jean I'.
Docker, W. F Robertson, and
Chief White Horse, the famous
gloux chieftain, are now
beir
way to the Bad Lands on the strangest
treasure hunt of modern time. Their
destination in
of Winding
Hawk, once the head
the chief of the Box
ration In his grave, beside his seleton,
there is believed to Ile 0, an in gold.
The party travels by means of a six-
horse team, wagon, and Paddle horses.
Every member is well armed and has
ample ammunition. A sufficient amount
of provisions were taken to insure plenty
If the expedition should find it neces
rary to be absent a long time. The Bad
The fight. If such it may be called, took
place on the head of Chiugwater River,
eighteen miles west from Fort Laramie.
and resulted in the complete extermina-
tion of the paymaster's party. The camp
was surprised in the early morning by
Winding Hawk's band of renegade Sioux
and the half-wakened soldiers and civil-
lan attendants were ruthlessly murdered
as they staggered from their tents. For
years It had been a mystery what became
of the money which the ometal carried
and as much of it was in gold it was bes
level that part of it had been cached
by the Indians, but until the od Indian
who told the story detailed the disposition
made of the money, the mystery remained
unsolved.
The Old Indian's Tale.
The old Indian's tale contains the fol-
lowing additional particulars, which, al-
though the secret has been closely guard
ed, have managed to leak out:
Winding Hawk's stamping ground for
many years prior to his death was in
the country about the present site of Fort
Laramie
rolling
friend with the proposition in
Immediately and enthusiast.
the motion and line to
former
experiences at com
1 a first-rate ok, an
led in the world out of a s
leaves, can pitch a tent or
in a few hours, and is
around man when It
a few congenial frente.
too delighted to make up
all have suggest
readily accepted by
time.
The plans made the
selected, they
rapturously tell their w
The wife reminds them of
trip of the kind which re
trously, but they batt
ticular member of the ty
her that no such iz
low is in this party
are li order A blanket on
and a little grub are
except, of course, fishing to lea
a little medicine in case
It will be much nicer to
and so all make arrangema
on a wharf at 6 o'clock on
set and make an earl,
reach the place before the
hot.
The morning arrives, a
and one member of the part
up all night making his att
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la he emigrated to England with
and three sons in the year 1434.
1497. Henry VII granted him
patant permitting him and his
is to fit out ships under the pro-
of the English flag..
there auspices, therefore, Cabota
shed the undertaking that makes
ary, according to Sir Clements
, President of the Royal Geo-
Society, for the people of the
a of Canada, Newfoundland, and
ed States to regard Cabota as
verer of America instead of Co-
And so there is to-day in the
ossessions of America a celebra-
perative with the one here of
he centenary of Cabota's voyage.
yal Society of Canada will place
tablet in the legislative hall at
N. 8., as a tribute to the ex-
The Landing of John Cabota.
father. His character is indicated by the
fact that while he was in Spain subse-
quent to his father's death, he spoke of
his father's second voyage as if he, Se-
bastlan, had not only command the
expedition, but fitted it out at his own
expense. In all the various statements
to increase his own glory. Sebastian Ca-
bota never mentioned his father. except
to utter the falsehood that the father
was dead, before the voyages of discovery
were made, and that he, Sebastian, fitted
out and commanded the expeditions
was
This falsifer and unworthy son
not even a good lar, for he did not
stick to the same tale. He told one man
that the King fitted out two ships for
him, and another that he had equipped
the ships at his own expense.
however, are the only accounts-the
These,
statements of Sebastian Cabota-loaded
Lands, into which the party intends to
penetrate, forma that strange and weird
country which the late Gen. Harney de-
scribed as "hell with the fire put out"
The grave for which search is to be
made is located a few miles north of
Wounded Knee Creek, in a deep valley
whose precipitous sides offer no means
of ingress to the uninitiated.
green waves beat up against the abrupt
slopes of the Black Hils on the north.
stretch away in undulating swells to th
Rocky Mountains on the Weat, and luse
themselves in the fertile plains of Ne-
braska on the east and south, a country
whose many vales and timbered valleys
made an ideal dwelling place for the se
cretive Sioux
Some time before he dled Winding
Hawk and his companions divided among
themselves the money which they capt-
ured in their raid. which consisted of
Homething over $50,000 in gold and a con-
siderable amount in currency. The In-
ans were all familiar with currency, Its
value, and uses, but not with gold Wind
ing Hawk was an exception, however,
and so when the paper money had beed
divided equally among them. there arose
a discussion as to what should be done
with the gold-It was heavy and would
perhaps prove a burden to them he came
to the front with a proposition which was
at once accerpted as a solution of the di-
lemma in which they were placed.
Wily Old Winding Hawk.
His proposal was as shrewd as it was
bold He offered to take charge of the
shining yellow trinkets and keep them
for his share of the plunder, giving to the
others as a compensation his portion of
the greenbacks. His offer was accepted
by the others who secretly laughed at the
chler The old man loaded his treasure
upon a pony and took it away with him
to his tepee. He did not live long enough.
however, to reap any enjoyment from his
wealth, for he died soon after and, accord-
Ing to the usnal custom which prevails
at Indian funerals. his treasure was hur-
led with him, together with his favorite
pony, his finests bows and arrow and
other Implements of the chase and war-
fare,
He
threes as
11ttle sailboat, and walk
the wharf smoking a cies
hrvously at his watch sveED
finally inquires of the as
posal that the others c
taken the place. The tealmas
and about that time a cab
down to the wharf and June
closely follow 1 15 a prima
small trunk.
and, paving the calman, co
down to the edge of the wha!".
his baggage in his wake
"Simpson greets him with lachter at
his dashing appearance, and 18
at the others for being so late sole A
mopping the prespiration
brow Then they consult teethin
Jones d ides that a little sp
thing he has in his pocket at
them any hurt. Simpson acts a
they sit, watching the 11-ing and
taking occasional meditative pills out
the bettle. Light o'clock passes at
still no sign of the other members of tho
party. Short after it another
an
rives post ate with bag and a
enough to last him for a journey !
the world The two who are already
there, swear at him, and be teli they to
hold their tengues and wait unti ther
see what he has got in all that fas
and they rise up as one man and bea
him.
Precisely at 12 o'clock, the lit tas
loaded down to the gun'ales with base
and the human freight, which is er
up in the cockpit, in shoved on, a
Ily drifts out into the stream Tr
not enough brze to Hutter the filth 1
flannel rag that does duty at her maste
head us Lunt, and the sun blie
down as hot as ever it did on the
of Africa. The paint on the boat begins
to blister after they have been drif
around in ml-stream for more that an
hour, and they in great sticky 1
on their clothes, where they have on
sitting on the rosin that is onzing at
The pine board Oh, wouldn't I the to
have a mint julep, sikhs Brow
There's no mint out here
The old braves who were his compan-
lons in the attack on the paymaster sub-
sequently came to know of the value of
the chief's share of the plunder, but the
Indian superstition that to violate the
grave of a member of their tribe brings
fatal luck, prevented any attempt to re-
cover the treasure. Several times mem-
bers of the party have been prevailed up-
on to gulde
prespecting parties to the
Krave of the chief on the supposition that
by permitting the white men to disinter
the money, the latter would themselves
Incur the responsibility of violating the
grave. At the last moment, however,
their courage has invariably given out and
the searchers have been compelled to give
up the quest and return empty handed.
Should these passes be found guarded Prown, 'always suggesting thing
and it is more than possible they may-pleasant.
the white adventurer will have to fight
their way to the coveted treasure and
out again against big olds
But all this
has been considered and the chances of
success and failure carefully weighed and
the conclusion arrived at that the venture
Is worth the hazard.
The secret of entrance is, however,
known to the Indian chief who accom-
panies the party. It is said there are
Mark Twain's New Book.
really two ways of entering the valloy,
but these, even to those who know them
For the past two years Mark Twatt has
well, are exceedingly perilous. That been engaged in
getting material to-
courage is a needed quality in the make-gether and writing a book relating to his
up of such an expedition it is unneces- trip around the world through Australla,
eary to state when it is known how care- India, South Africa, &c. and is now in
London looking after its final editing,
fully and Jealously the Indians guard the and adding the finishing touches. It is
remains of their departed relatives. Tor-written in
rible Indeed would be the punishment
the style of the Immortal
Ing tot, says Jones, who is gi
to get very hot. Now, if y say so.c
thing about a whisky punch or ako.
I am with you. I brought the mer ents
along for just auch an ty
this."
Where's your Ice?" asks Bitpen.
"There you go! I knew
Well, you know you can't make a
punch or rickey without ice whim to
Simpson,
Well, can't you let us have pleasant
thoughts
says Brown.
Gentlemen.' put in the man who h
brought so much baggage, a young f
loy named Ford, 'a short while ago yot
swore at me for bringing a quantity
baggage. You called me a baby and 4
ninny, but gentlemen, on these young
shoulders sits a wise head. That large
trunk there is a galvanized Ice-chest a
the inside and contains several hund
pounds of Ice securely packed to prevent
it melting. I realized that Ire would l
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