Hidden Gold Near "Swatara" Schuylkill County
One of the Indian legends related by an aged resident of
the Panther Valley, was that of an Indian ghost, who wandered
around the crags and bluffs through which the Swatara creek
runs, near Swatara. His father told him that the Indians who
lived there had been out on a marauding trip, and returned with
a large amount of loot and some gold. One of the braves concealed
the gold under a rock near the creek. He was killed by
his companions for the treachery, and ever after his wraith
was seen wandering in and out among the rocks to find his illgotten
treasure. The narrator remembered frequently tracing
his steps in and out on the Indian causeway, to find that treasuire.
His genii was the red man's ghost, whom he hoped to encounter
some time unexpectedly, and wrest from him his secret
of wealth, that would prove as fabulous as that of the hidden
recesses in Monte Christo's Halls, but he never found him nor
the treasure.
Gold was said to have been found upon the "Gobbleberg,"
and the Indian- superstition claimed that when it thundered and
lightened the rocks were sometimes cleft in twain and the hidden
recesses were discovered to be gorged with nuggets of gold.
From
Old Schuylkill Tales page 145
One of the Indian legends related by an aged resident of
the Panther Valley, was that of an Indian ghost, who wandered
around the crags and bluffs through which the Swatara creek
runs, near Swatara. His father told him that the Indians who
lived there had been out on a marauding trip, and returned with
a large amount of loot and some gold. One of the braves concealed
the gold under a rock near the creek. He was killed by
his companions for the treachery, and ever after his wraith
was seen wandering in and out among the rocks to find his illgotten
treasure. The narrator remembered frequently tracing
his steps in and out on the Indian causeway, to find that treasuire.
His genii was the red man's ghost, whom he hoped to encounter
some time unexpectedly, and wrest from him his secret
of wealth, that would prove as fabulous as that of the hidden
recesses in Monte Christo's Halls, but he never found him nor
the treasure.
Gold was said to have been found upon the "Gobbleberg,"
and the Indian- superstition claimed that when it thundered and
lightened the rocks were sometimes cleft in twain and the hidden
recesses were discovered to be gorged with nuggets of gold.
From
Old Schuylkill Tales page 145
