Folklore Pamphlets, 1921-1945

              reached the vicinity of the present river town of Lone Rock she struck a snag and tore a large hole in her bottom. She was sinking fast and Captain Riggs ordered all ashore. All were landed by the deckhands in two small boats. They were able to save some provisions and the captain and his men the money chest. The latter was heavy and could not be carried. It was buried several feet deep in the sandy shore at the base of a high bluff. They marked the site so that they could return for it with a horse. The portage was about 60 miles away. After nearly a week of travel through wild country, following the river, they safely reached Fort Winnebago. The Indians of that region were hostile and it was a miracle that they escaped attack. The money chest was probably later recovered. There was, however, some doubt about this. In recent years, before the river highway was con¬ structed, treasure hunters had dug many pits along this shore of the Wisconsin in a hope of finding the Fort money chest.
JUG OF GOLD DUST—Some children were once playing on a hill at Eastman, in Crawford County. In the course of their games they overturned a rock, and, much to their surprise, found buried beneath it in sandy soil an earthenware crock. In taking oft the cover they dropped it. It was filled with bright yellow sand which poured out as the crock, rolled down the hillside and finally broke. The children went home and there told of the finding of the crock but no one thought it of particular ipteye^t. .Ye^rj latgr a Prairie du Chien old lady, who told the story, saici 'thaP she hajij'learned that a soldier who once lived at Eastman, had'buried a^jug'-of California gold dust on the hillside where they played as children. So a fortune sufficient to enrich all of the surrounding settlers was unknowingly lost. The bright yellow sand was grains of pure gold.
POTAWATOMI CACHE-In 1835, the U. S. Government removed some 2,000 Prairie Potawatomi from southern Wisconsin to a reserva¬ tion in Iowa. About an equal number of these Indians remained behind. These fled into northeastern Wisconsin and northern Michi¬ gan. Some fled to Canada. The night before some of them left Mil¬ waukee they constructed a cache. This was on the bank of the Mil¬ waukee River not far from the store of the trader, Solomon Juneau. They dug a deep pit and in it placed two large brass kettles. Between them they placed a large thick tin bucket. In this they placed gold and silver coins wrapped in buckskin.   Also a quantity of beads and