616 A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



depont. was ashore upon the Island of Ireland, with one Captn. 

 Dickinson,* deceased, and ffound there three heaps of stones in a try- 

 angle and a yellow wood tree, on which was severall letters or 

 names, the discovery thereof much reffresht the memory of this 

 depont. of what he had often heard his father and other antient men 

 of these Islands say, viz. that there was such marks and signes 

 left hy some Spaniards belonging to a great ship cast away there- 

 abouts, being richly loaden, and had there put on shore and buried a 

 great part of their treasure and covered it with their ships hatches, 

 which putt this depont. with some others upon serch and digging 

 upon Cross Island, neare Ireland At the same time this depont. 

 was possest with a panick ffeare, unwilling to make any ffurther 

 prograce in serening or digging. 



This depont. ffurther sayth that the three heapes of stones and 

 yellow wood tree were directly opposite to Cross Island and that he 

 saw the stump of the tree, on which was the cross, one hand thereof 

 pointing to Spanish Point, the other hand directly to the three 

 heapes of stones and yellow wood tree, as this depont. hath been 

 credibly imformed. 



This depont. ffurther sayth that he hath often heard his ffather 

 say that there was a Spanish ship came to ffetch the money left on 

 these Islands, but on their approach to ye Castle harbour mett with 

 a shott from thence discharged by the then Governor, which soe 

 astonished them, ffinding the Island to be inhabited, that they dis- 

 pared of pursueing what they came forf 



John Keeling." 



"Sworne this 27th day of November, 1693. Before his Excel- 

 lency the Governor, John Goddaed." 



" The Deposition of Capta. Samuell Brangman, Commandr of 

 one of their Maties. fforts called Southampton ffort here in these 

 Islands, who deposeth and sayth :" 



''That since his childhood this depont. hath ever heard much dis- 

 course of great treasure hid in the Island called Cooper's Island and 

 that three yellow wood trees wch stood in a tryangle, upon one of 

 which was a brass plate and cross thereon & upon the other two 



* Probably Francis Dickenson, Capt. of militia in Southampton parish, 

 1678-86. 



f This is, apparently, an independent and direct traditional account of this 

 occurrence, narrated by Governor Butler, in 1619, but not published at the time 

 of these depositions, except in Capt. Smith's history, which was probably 

 then unknown in Bermuda. The father may have been a witness of the attack. 



