How the treasury of the 1898 republic vanished – continued:

When the story was finally told, Lowe’s Scouts jumped for their guns and started for the canyon. Every man had visions of great chests of silver pesos and sacks of Spanish gold.We were about halfway to the canyon when a troop of the Third Cavalry passed us on the gallop. In some mysterious manner the story of the treasure had circulated through the town. We were on foot, and of course the cavalry left us far behind in the race.When we arrived at the canyon, we saw the boxes of silver being packed on commandeered carts. A box of gold coin was also found. We learned afterward that more than two hundred thousand pesos had been turned over to the officers of the Third Cavalry. To my knowledge this was not all of the treasure.We were an angry and disappointed bunch of men. We watched those cavalrymen with war in our hearts. Every time a cavalryman moved he clanked like a sack of money. Even their saddle pockets were stuffed with silver. Drearily we hiked back to town.

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