HOMI- OF CHIEF KILLBUCK 

 and the landing. He was setting a trap at an 

 old rat house in the bayou when he made a 

 discovery. In sticking a talley stake in the old 

 rat house it struck something hard and sounded 

 hollow, like striking a stick against an old box. 

 He removed the top off the rat house and found 

 a small iron box covered with rust, sand and 

 moss, from which rats used to build their houses. 

 Prom the appearance of the box it had been 

 hidden away in the bayou for many years and 

 the rats had built quite a large house over it. 

 In opening the box it was found to contain an 

 outfit of counterfeiting tools, dyes, plates, leads 

 and things that are used in the making of bogus 

 money. Possibly this outfit belonged to part of 

 the gang that was captured on Bogus Island in 

 the early sixties. There are many dark, mys- 

 terious stories connected with the early history 

 ef this island. Aany years ago a man by the 

 name of Beeler was hunting in the swamps and 

 his dogs ran a fox into a hole on the island and 

 in digging out the den for the fox he dug up the 



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