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The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida, Monday, 28 July 1930, Volume LI. No. 178
ISLE OF PINES SAYS NUNS GET TREASURE MAP
Cuban Government Recently Found Pirates' Treasure Cache, Reports Now Current, Say
(By Associated Press)
SANTA FE, Isle of Pines, July 28. -- Rumors persist that Sisters of Charity who operate a citrus farm near here, have come into possession of several ancient maps indicating the location of a long-hidden hoard which is believed to consist of church property of great value.
Santa Fe, once the capital of this island, was sacked and burned by Sir Francis Drake late in the 16th century, so history tells us, "by way of singeing the beard of the King of Spain."
Pirate Rendezvous
For years the rebuilt town was a rendezvous of buccaneers and pirates. A mango grove at the northern end was the scene of many wild revels when the swashbucklers of the Carribean came ashore to divide their bloodstained loot.
Sword blades flashed and pirate duels were fought to the death. Beneath those mangoes, nine unmarked mounds testify that the dead were buried where they fell. Hallowed ground could not sepulchre those who followed the black flag.
On certain nights, the Cuban sky is marked by what the "Pineros" term "El Camino de Santiago" or the road of St. James. It is a sort of Milky Way, and when it appears, the mango grove is avoided by country folk. They say that it heralds the arrival of restless buccaneer spirits who come to hold ghostly revels on then old stamping ground.
Did Convicts Find It?
Many believe that the Isle of Pines is the locale of Stevenson's "Treasure Island." Its landmarks correspond with those in the entrancing story which has kept more than one youngster awake of nights.
Cuba claims 50 per cent of all treasure trove, and it is said that the government recently made a "find" of its own. This "find," rumor had it, was made by convicts at the Isle of Pines Prison who, while quarrying marble, came upon the entrance to a cave which was filled with mysterious chests.
Nothing was heard of the chests after they had been sent to Havana to be examined, so the rumor went.
ISLE OF PINES SAYS NUNS GET TREASURE MAP
Cuban Government Recently Found Pirates' Treasure Cache, Reports Now Current, Say
(By Associated Press)
SANTA FE, Isle of Pines, July 28. -- Rumors persist that Sisters of Charity who operate a citrus farm near here, have come into possession of several ancient maps indicating the location of a long-hidden hoard which is believed to consist of church property of great value.
Santa Fe, once the capital of this island, was sacked and burned by Sir Francis Drake late in the 16th century, so history tells us, "by way of singeing the beard of the King of Spain."
Pirate Rendezvous
For years the rebuilt town was a rendezvous of buccaneers and pirates. A mango grove at the northern end was the scene of many wild revels when the swashbucklers of the Carribean came ashore to divide their bloodstained loot.
Sword blades flashed and pirate duels were fought to the death. Beneath those mangoes, nine unmarked mounds testify that the dead were buried where they fell. Hallowed ground could not sepulchre those who followed the black flag.
On certain nights, the Cuban sky is marked by what the "Pineros" term "El Camino de Santiago" or the road of St. James. It is a sort of Milky Way, and when it appears, the mango grove is avoided by country folk. They say that it heralds the arrival of restless buccaneer spirits who come to hold ghostly revels on then old stamping ground.
Did Convicts Find It?
Many believe that the Isle of Pines is the locale of Stevenson's "Treasure Island." Its landmarks correspond with those in the entrancing story which has kept more than one youngster awake of nights.
Cuba claims 50 per cent of all treasure trove, and it is said that the government recently made a "find" of its own. This "find," rumor had it, was made by convicts at the Isle of Pines Prison who, while quarrying marble, came upon the entrance to a cave which was filled with mysterious chests.
Nothing was heard of the chests after they had been sent to Havana to be examined, so the rumor went.
