Post by beale on Mar 14, 2009 12:56:02 GMT -5
Friends, I have researched more treasures than I will ever be able to check out in my life time. So, I have decided to give out a few "leads" to help any of those that are adventurous enough to go out into the field and search and recovery some of them.
Here is one of Jonathan Swift's Caches I have been able to locate but I have not had the time to go back and check it out. In Swift's Journal, he said they were attacked by Indians, the leather sacks had been shot open by the Indians and they had to canceal their ladings at the mouth of a creek flowing generally north. He also said they did not sleep this night until they had crossed the Great Kanawha River. This was the give away of the location. There were only two creeks that flowed north and only one of them was used by the Indians and trappers of the time-----this was twenty-five mile creek. If you go to the mouth of twenty-five mile creek, go up the dirt road, on your right just before the dirt road crosses a branch is a long line of stones. On the stone nearest the road you will see a long triangle carved into the stone pointing down. This was were the cache was placed usually 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep. Back down the road from this spot is a long stone on the bank of the road, 1/2 of the stone was cut off and removed by the highway department, if you will climb up on top of this stone and look closely you will find the initials HH, carved by Henry Hewitt of the early expeditions of the Swift Party. Good luck and I wish you success that has failed me over the years. Albert
Here is one of Jonathan Swift's Caches I have been able to locate but I have not had the time to go back and check it out. In Swift's Journal, he said they were attacked by Indians, the leather sacks had been shot open by the Indians and they had to canceal their ladings at the mouth of a creek flowing generally north. He also said they did not sleep this night until they had crossed the Great Kanawha River. This was the give away of the location. There were only two creeks that flowed north and only one of them was used by the Indians and trappers of the time-----this was twenty-five mile creek. If you go to the mouth of twenty-five mile creek, go up the dirt road, on your right just before the dirt road crosses a branch is a long line of stones. On the stone nearest the road you will see a long triangle carved into the stone pointing down. This was were the cache was placed usually 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep. Back down the road from this spot is a long stone on the bank of the road, 1/2 of the stone was cut off and removed by the highway department, if you will climb up on top of this stone and look closely you will find the initials HH, carved by Henry Hewitt of the early expeditions of the Swift Party. Good luck and I wish you success that has failed me over the years. Albert