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Show NELLIE CAYUSE LOSES HER TREASURE OF BURIED GOLD One-Hundred-Year-Old Klickitat Squaw Learns and Unlearns Thrift From Squirrels. Goldendale, Wash, Nellie Caynse, whose one hundred years have left her Wrinkled and bent, and one of tin last Of the one-time powerful Klickitat tribe, learned from the squirrels that she should provide for the future. The gray diggers near her dilapidated dilapi-dated shack put away weed and grass seeds, and wheat and barley from nearby fields. Nellie Cayuse worked at odd Jobs tor ber white women neighbors. The silver she exchanged for gold. The gold she burled beneath her cabin floor. The gold, which she hoarded for nearly seventy-five years, hart grown to about $100 by his time. Squirrels, In rapidly expanding family fam-ily circles, dug an addition to theix home which took them beneath the shack. Powerful claws dislodged n tin can which contained the gold, and pushed It up through a loose floor board. Dogs came digging after the squirrels. squir-rels. The can was dug out, the gold scattered about Neither dogs nor squirrels care for gold, but some person was agreeably surprised by the sight of eagles and double eagles strewn about the floor. The Intruder hurriedly scooped up the gold and fled. Nellie sought the aid of the sheriff. j A current legend Is that Jake llunt and Skookum Wal-I-hee, departed chiefs of the Klickitat tribe, left Roches of gold coin, not revealing the ilding places even on their death beds. The theft of the old squaw's savings has added weight to the legends and a superstitious hunt Is on for the other treasure. |