Dear Friends,
I'm posting this in the Treasure Marks/Signs forum because I know many of you wander around out in the sticks and many of you are accomplished researchers and historians.
In my research I have read that the missionaries of New France would often raise large crosses at Native American villages where they intended to establish missions. Some of these crosses were over 20 feet high. I assume they were made of wood because wood was plentiful in the northeast.
I've been to west Texas and southwest Colorado before and it seems to me that wood is scarce in these areas and I assume, from a lot of the pictures I've seen on this forum, that wood is scarce in a lot of the areas of the southwest.
Has anybody ever read of missionaries from any order using iron crosses about 3-4 feet high and attaching them high on a bluff near a Native American village? When I say high on a bluff, I mean about 45-75 feet. If you have read about such a thing I would appreciate a link or a book title. And if you have seen it in the field, I would appreciate a description or picture.
I've never seen such a thing myself but I have read one story about such a cross and I was wondering if it was a common practise in the southwest. The story I read has nothing to do with treasure.
Thanks for your help.
Rick
I'm posting this in the Treasure Marks/Signs forum because I know many of you wander around out in the sticks and many of you are accomplished researchers and historians.
In my research I have read that the missionaries of New France would often raise large crosses at Native American villages where they intended to establish missions. Some of these crosses were over 20 feet high. I assume they were made of wood because wood was plentiful in the northeast.
I've been to west Texas and southwest Colorado before and it seems to me that wood is scarce in these areas and I assume, from a lot of the pictures I've seen on this forum, that wood is scarce in a lot of the areas of the southwest.
Has anybody ever read of missionaries from any order using iron crosses about 3-4 feet high and attaching them high on a bluff near a Native American village? When I say high on a bluff, I mean about 45-75 feet. If you have read about such a thing I would appreciate a link or a book title. And if you have seen it in the field, I would appreciate a description or picture.
I've never seen such a thing myself but I have read one story about such a cross and I was wondering if it was a common practise in the southwest. The story I read has nothing to do with treasure.
Thanks for your help.
Rick
