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Rebel Gold

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by Warren Getler


  Hoyt, Henry, 106–7

  Hunter, Joe, 149

  Hutchins, Rex, 107–8

  Icke, George, 24–25

  Illinois, 18–19, 22, 109

  Indiana, 18–19, 22

  Indian Territory, 4, 54, 59–60, 95, 103, 104, 140–68, 183. See also Oklahoma

  Inside View of the Rebellion, The (Conkling), 57

  International Anti-Horse Thief Association, 113

  Iowa, 18–19, 22, 80, 103, 109

  Italy, 109

  James, Frank, 96, 102, 103, 105, 155

  James, George, 103, 105

  James, Jesse, 96–114, 149

  in Addington/Monument Hill, Oklahoma, 155, 163–64

  aliases of, 107, 192–93, 228

  in Arkansas, 4, 5, 12, 13, 252–53

  “death” of, 97, 102, 104, 161

  Jesse Robert “Dingus” James, 102–7, 124

  Jesse Woodson James/J. Frank Dalton, 79, 98–114, 116, 119, 129, 154, 157, 188, 192–93, 212, 246, 260, 263, 265

  maps of, 116–19, 121–24, 135–68, 193, 198, 201–4, 241, 244

  Robin Hood image of, 96, 98

  in Wapanucka, Oklahoma, 165–67

  James, Jesse III (Orvus Lee Howk/Jesse Lee James), 93–95, 99–114, 131–35, 153–54, 159, 188, 191, 192, 201, 213, 246, 252, 257, 260, 263, 269

  James, Jesse Lee (Orvus Lee Howk/Jesse III), 93–95, 99–114, 131–35, 153–54, 159, 188, 191, 192, 201, 213, 246, 252, 257, 260, 263, 269

  James, Mollie Dalton, 103

  James, Robert, 105, 106

  James, Sylvester Franklin, 103

  James, Zerelda Cole, 105, 106

  Jefferson, Thomas, 44, 57

  Jerusalem, 268

  Jesse James: The Outlaw (Walker), 114

  Jesse James and the Lost Cause (James/Howk), 100, 109, 188, 191, 192

  Jesse James (Stiles), 97

  Jesse James Was One of His Names (Howk/James and Schrader), 93–95, 99–114, 102–7, 115–18, 131–35, 156, 192, 246, 263, 269

  Johnson, Andrew, 71

  John Wilkes Booth (Wilson), 66–67

  Kansas, 79, 80, 103, 105, 106, 182–83

  Kansas City Times, 98

  Kansas Pacific Railroad (Muncie, Kansas) robbery (1874), 106

  Kentucky, 17, 43, 57, 67, 73, 103, 104

  Kettell, Thomas P., 64

  Key to the Sacred Pattern, The (Lincoln), 271

  King Solomon’s Temple, 223, 260

  Kiowa-Comanche Nation, 142–43, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150–51

  Klement, Frank, 17–19

  Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) artifacts of, 19

  Canadian connections of, 68–69, 70–71, 75, 78, 112, 182–83, 271–72

  castles, 18, 58, 63, 175

  described, 15–16, 58

  documents of, 19

  English connections of, 70–71, 77, 112, 266, 271

  established history of, 16–23

  European connection, 109, 188, 266–72

  French connections of, 44–45, 55, 267–72

  front men, 16–23

  geographic “Golden Circle” of, 17–18, 48, 272

  hand signal, 19–20, 269

  Holt Report and, 42–43, 61, 69, 103, 112

  Inner Sanctum of, 43–71, 107–8, 112

  International Anti-Horse Thief Association, 113

  Jesse James and, 96–114, 204

  “Knights Gallant,” 79–80

  Knights of the Iron Hand, 105

  Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 71–77, 112–13

  Knights of the White Camellias, 113

  Lincoln and, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21–22

  members, 18

  Mexican connections of, 17–18, 65, 70–71, 78, 103–4, 112, 182–83

  new codes and protocols, 62–63

  North/South strategy, 18–23

  number of members, 42

  political agenda of, 20–21

  political offshoots of, 19, 71–77

  possible treasure depositories of, 16, 61, 77–80, 100, 108–12, 116–17, 131–34, 135–68, 180, 204, 212–39, 252–65

  post-Civil War activities of, 16, 23, 70–77

  principles of, 19–21

  and Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 43–70

  seal of, 19, 62–63

  Second War of Secession plans, 15, 97

  as secret society, 16–19

  Southern power centers, 22

  symbols of, 48–49, 60, 77, 106. See also treasure signs/indicators

  third-way belief system and, 264–65

  treason trials, 69–70

  Knights of the Iron Hand, 105

  Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 71–77, 112–13

  Knights of the Temple, 44

  Knights of the White Camellias, 113

  Knights Templar, 44, 54, 63, 98, 108, 223, 228, 244, 267–69

  Kollenborn, Thomas J., 174–76, 232–33

  Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 71–77, 112–13

  Lawrence, Dan, 84

  Lawton Constitution (Oklahoma), 98–99, 149

  Lee, Robert E., 80

  Legacy of the Civil War, The (Warren), 44

  Leigh, Richard, 267

  Life magazine, 172

  Lincoln, Abraham, 17, 54, 65–70, 191

  assassination, 15, 20, 66–70, 113

  election of 1860, 57, 58

  Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC), 15, 17, 18, 20, 21–22

  suspension of writ of habeas corpus, 18

  Lincoln, Henry, 267, 271

  Little Missouri Falls, Arkansas, 90, 91

  Little Missouri Valley, Arkansas, 91

  Lodge of the Double-Headed (Fox), 74

  London, John, 131, 132, 153, 250

  Lopez, Narciso, 50, 51

  Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 100, 132–34, 180, 189–90

  Lossing, Benson, 22–23

  Lost Cause myth, 74

  Lost Dutchman treasure, Arizona, 168, 169–249

  Louisiana, 73, 80, 93

  lynchings, 73

  MacLeod, Brian, 199, 205, 208–18, 234, 239, 240–49, 250

  Madrugada map, 146–51, 154, 156, 163, 165

  magnetometers, 35, 37

  magnets, 35–37, 129–30

  Mammoth Mine, Goldfield, Arizona, 170–71

  Map Tree (Bible Tree), 9, 32–34, 93, 94–95, 116, 129, 137, 162, 179, 251–52, 266–67, 271

  Maricopa, 173

  Marmaduke, John S., 98, 103

  Maryland, 67

  Master Mason, 54, 63, 179, 242

  Maxey, Samuel B., 103

  Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 104

  Mazzini, Giuseppe, 70

  McClellan, George B., 65–66

  McCulloch, Benjamin, 60

  McPherson, James, 21–22, 78

  Memphis Daily Appeal, 74–75

  Mena Star (Arkansas), 253, 258

  metal detectors, 35, 37, 39–40, 81–82, 119–20, 121, 126, 134, 155, 158–59, 214–15, 248

  Mexican War, 48, 49–53, 172, 179

  Mexico, 70–71, 78, 103–4, 112, 172, 179, 182–83

  in “Golden Circle,” 17–18, 65, 272

  Miles, Nelson A., 237

  Milk Ranch Creek Road, Arizona, 197

  Millsite Canyon, Arizona, 221

  mining claims, 9, 27–28, 85, 109–11, 174–76

  Minnesota, 78, 80, 192

  Mississippi, 48–52, 73, 80, 183, 187

  Missouri, 17, 60, 67, 79, 80, 97, 103, 105, 109

  Mitchell, George A., 84, 89–90, 94–95, 194–95, 211

  Mitchell, Rita, 194–95

  Moffatt, D. H. (alias of Jesse Woodson James), 107

  Money Pit, Nova Scotia, 271–72

  Montana, 80, 109

  Montgomery, Alabama, 22

  Morals and Dogma (Hutchins), 107–8

  Morgan, John Hunt, 19

  Mound Mountain, Arizona, 232–36, 238

  Napoleon III, 108

  Narrative of Edmund Wright (anonymous), 57–58, 62, 63

  Nashville, Tennessee, 22,
112

  Natchez, Mississippi, 51, 174, 187–88

  Nebraska, 80, 103

  Neutrality Law (1818), 50

  Nevada, 109

  New Echota, Georgia, 95

  New Mexico, 48, 49, 50, 59, 77, 78, 80, 97, 103, 109, 133, 172, 175, 193, 239

  Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) and, 182, 191

  and Mexican-American War, 179

  New Orleans, Louisiana, 22, 47, 50, 51, 55, 56, 80

  New York City, 22, 45, 55

  North Carolina, 80, 102, 103, 109, 174, 188

  North Dakota, 80

  Northern Uprising (1863), 19

  Northwestern Confederacy, 19

  Northwestern Conspiracy, 22

  Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Spanish galleon), 25

  Nullification, 46–47

  Ogelsby, Mike, 156

  Ohio, 18–19, 22, 109

  Oklahoma, 54, 59, 77, 103, 109, 111, 118–68, 180

  Addington/Monument Hill site, 135–68, 177, 212, 250–51

  Wapanucka site, 116–28, 149, 152, 164–67

  Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales (Wilson), 146–48, 149, 156

  Old Leavenworth Trail, 122

  Old Northwest, 18

  Old West magazine, 89–90, 91

  Order of American Knights, 19

  Order of the Lone Star, 50

  Oregon, 80

  Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, 1–14

  Bible Tree (Map Tree), 9, 32–34, 93, 94–95, 116, 129, 137, 162, 179, 251–52, 266–67, 271

  Brushy Valley, 7–14, 25, 30, 84, 131, 212, 230, 252–65

  Cossatot region, 117–18, 131, 252–65

  Equity AU operations, 25–26

  Ouachita National Forest, 84, 89

  Albert Pike in, 62–63, 89–90, 95, 252, 253

  sentinels in, 1–2, 7–14, 155–56, 158, 217, 252–65

  Smoke Rock Mountain, 6, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32–34, 84, 88, 91, 92, 158, 251–52, 257, 259

  Solomon’s Temple treasure, 254–65

  treasure grid, 32–41, 79–80, 254–65

  Ouachita River, 89

  Outremer (Palestine), 230–32

  Pageant Press, 100

  Peace Democrats (Copperheads), 18, 19

  Peralta family, 172

  Peralta Land Grant, 175

  Peralta/Superstition stone tablets, 172–74, 178–79, 185, 187, 197–98, 200–201, 219–21, 223, 229, 232, 246, 267

  Philip IV (king of France), 44

  Picketpost Mountain, Arizona, 223, 229, 234–38, 247

  Pierce, Franklin, 52, 70, 71, 179

  Pike, Albert, 53–56, 59–65, 73, 74, 107, 122, 262

  exile in Canada, 70–71, 75

  Greasy Cove cabin, 62–63, 89–90, 95, 252, 253

  Pea Ridge, Arkansas skirmish (1862), 60, 71

  trip to Europe, 266

  underground network and, 61–62, 76, 79, 80

  Pima, 173

  Pollock, Frederick, 77

  popular sovereignty, 44

  Porter, Arthur, 90

  Poston, Charles Debrill, 239

  Poston Butte, Arizona, 238–39

  Poussin, 268

  Price, Sterling, 60–61, 98, 103, 191–92

  Public Land Survey System, 144

  quadrangle maps, 144, 186, 200–201, 220–23, 229, 230, 236, 247

  Quantrill, William Clarke, 79, 103, 105, 114

  Quapaw Indians, 3

  Queen Creek, Arizona, 196, 197, 221, 222, 223

  Quitman, John Anthony, 48–52, 55, 174, 187–88

  radar, 134

  Radclyffe, Charles, 45

  Radical Reconstruction, 71

  Radical Republicans, 97

  Ramsay, Andrew Michael, 45

  Reavis, Elisha Marcus, 175–76, 192, 228, 230, 232

  Reavis, James Addison, 175

  Reconstruction, 70–77, 97

  remote sensors, 215, 217, 241

  Rennes-le-Château (France) treasure grid, 267–68, 270, 271

  Reymert, Arizona, 192, 223, 229, 230–33

  Reymert, James DeNoon, 192, 230

  Richmond, Virginia, 22

  Ridge, Major, 95

  Ripsey Wash, Arizona, 228, 229, 230

  Roberts, Allen E., 64

  Roberts, Brush Bill “Billy the Kid,” 106–7

  Robert the Bruce, 223, 228

  Robinson, John J., 72–73

  rods, 37

  Roman Catholic Church, 44–45, 108, 266, 269

  Rosicrucians, 107–8, 140–41, 266, 269

  Ross, Chief John, 61, 95

  Ross, Tamie, 161

  Rules, Regulations and Principles of the K.G.C., 19

  Ruth, Adolph, 171, 218

  St. Louis Dispatch, 98

  Salt River Valley, Arizona, 176

  Sanders, George, 70, 78–79

  Santa Anita Press, 99

  Santo Domingo, 55

  Saunière, François Bérenger, 268, 269–71

  scale, 186–87

  Schellenberger, Paul, 267–69

  Schrader, Del, 93–95, 99–114, 131–34, 180, 189–90, 246, 252, 263, 269

  Scotland, 44–45, 271

  Scottish Rite Museum of Our National Heritage, 63

  Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 43–70, 71, 80, 223, 239, 270

  European origins of, 44–45

  key manifesto, 54

  Supreme Council, 43–47, 49, 51, 55–56, 58–59, 73–74, 107–8, 239

  world headquarters, 45, 55, 80

  secessionists, 17, 45–47, 49–52, 58, 61, 189–91

  Second War of Secession, 15, 97

  secret oaths, 18

  Seminole, 59–60

  sentinels

  in Arizona, 171, 180–85, 187–91, 213, 214–18, 230, 232

  in Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, 1–2, 7–14, 155–56, 158, 217, 252–65

  separatism, 46

  Settle, William, 106

  Seward, William Henry, 69

  Shelby, Joseph Orville, 98, 103, 104, 112

  Shelby and his men: or the war in the West (Shelby), 98

  Sherman, Edwin A., 190

  Silver Bell Mine, Arizona, 229

  Simmons, William Joseph, 73

  Six Mile Cemetery, Arkansas, 14, 272

  Six Mile Creek, Arkansas, 6

  slavery, 42–44, 46–52, 56

  Smith, J. P., 92, 252

  Smith, Robert L. “Snuffy,” 82–88, 90–91, 117, 265

  Smoke Rock Mountain, Arkansas, 6, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32–34, 84, 88, 91, 92, 158, 251–52, 257, 259

  Solomon’s Temple treasure, Arkansas, 254–65

  Sons of Liberty, 19

  South Carolina, 21, 43, 46–47, 49–50, 73, 80, 103, 109, 179

  South Dakota, 109

  Southern Commercial Conventions, 51

  Southern Empire, 21

  Southern Rights Clubs (SRCs), 46, 47–48, 51

  Southern Rights Conventions, 51

  Spain, 212

  Spanish dip needle, 35

  Spanish distance measurements, 30–31

  Spanish Gold Mine, Arkansas, 256

  “Spanish” treasure, 25–26, 29–31, 38, 91, 93, 207, 212

  Spider Rocks of Texas, 194–95, 204

  Stanton, Edwin M., 42, 112

  states’ rights, 17, 44, 45, 46, 49–50, 56–57

  States’ Rights Associations, 49, 51

  Steers, Edward, Jr., 70

  Stiles, T. J., 97

  Stinking Creek, Oklahoma, 141–42, 144, 150–51

  stone tablets. See Peralta/Superstition stone tablets

  Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes, 68–69

  Sumner, E. V., 190

  Superstition stone tablets. See Peralta/Superstition stone tablets

  Supreme Council, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 43–47, 49, 51, 55–56, 58–59, 73–74, 107–8, 239

  Surratt, John, 69

  surveying methods

  American surveyor system of measurements, 34–35, 37–38, 39

  compass-based, 28, 35–37, 129–30,
234, 255

  Global Positioning System (GPS), 129–30, 163, 207, 210, 220, 234, 248

  heliograph/fire, 237–39

  metal detectors, 35, 37, 39–40, 81–82, 119–20, 121, 126, 134, 155, 158–59, 214–15, 248

  quadrangle maps, 144, 186, 200–201, 220–23, 229, 230, 236, 247

  Spanish distance measurements, 30–31

  triangulation, 39–40, 90, 130, 134, 229, 236, 238, 256–57

  U.S. Geological Survey, 30, 180, 185–86, 192, 197, 200–201, 228 See also treasure signs/indicators

  Sutter, John, 174

  Swanson, James, 232–33

  symbols. See surveying methods; treasure signs/indicators

  Taylor, Zachary, 49, 50

  Teniers, David, 268

  Tennessee, 73, 80, 94, 102, 103, 112

  Texas, 13, 50, 59, 60, 73, 77, 78, 80, 85, 93, 97, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 112–13, 194–95

  This One Mad Act (Forrester), 68

  Thomas, Julia, 169–70

  Thompson, Jacob, 78

  Tilley, Bob, 82–86, 88, 90–92, 120, 250, 253, 262–63, 265

  Tilley, Wanda, 253

  Tishomingo Savings Bank (Corinth, Mississippi) robbery (1874), 106

  Tomb of God, The (Andrews and Schellenberger), 267–71

  Trammell, John, 104–5

  Treasure Hunter Confidential, 131–32, 247

  TreasureNet.com, 251

  Treasure of the Golden Triangle (Chaumeil), 270

  treasure signs/indicators, 28–30

  anagrams, 91, 124–26, 136–42, 144, 146, 148, 173, 186–87, 196, 229–32

  Arizona Desert Treasure map, 193, 198, 201–4, 241, 244

  arrow symbol, 90, 94, 205, 207–8, 271, 272

  beehive symbol, 233–34, 236

  Bible Tree (Map Tree), Arkansas, 9, 32–34, 93, 94–95, 116, 129, 137, 162, 179, 251–52, 266–67, 271

  bird symbol, 10, 30, 94

  blazes, 11, 39, 119

  circle symbol, 130, 131–32, 230, 231, 232–36, 238, 272

  Confederate Army code, 94, 135, 137, 140–41, 157

  crescent moon symbol, 48, 60, 84

  cross symbol, 90, 123–24, 173, 198, 209–10, 229, 230, 242, 267, 272

  dagger symbol, 105, 198, 221

  deer symbol, 30, 254–65

  directional markers, 1–2, 30, 32, 33, 35, 38–39, 81, 86–87, 118, 120, 124–26, 128–30, 135–36, 144, 158, 163, 218, 219–21, 223–28

  double J symbol, 105, 123–24, 209–10

  elephant-like symbol, 195, 209–10

  eye symbol, 236, 238, 265

  five-pointed star symbol, 48, 60, 130, 210, 211

  geometric patterns, 130–31, 133–51, 212–39, 254–63, 267, 268

  Golden Circle symbol, 242, 246

  grafted tree limbs, 11, 32, 86–87, 125

  hand signal, 19–20, 269

  heart symbol, 119, 173, 179, 205, 207–8, 215, 221–23, 224–25, 229, 234–36, 243, 244, 247, 256–57, 267, 271, 272

 

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