204 A. EF. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 616 
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 by 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 serching 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, ftinding the Island to be inhabited, that they dis- 
pared of pursueing what they came fort 
Joun KEELING.” 
“Sworne this 27th day of November, 1693. Before his Excel- 
lency the Governor, JouN GopDARD.” 
“ The Deposition of Capta. Samuell Brangman, Commandr of 
one of their Maties. frorts called Southampton fort 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. 
+ 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. 
