One day he was at the auction house as usual, when a small and exceedingly light trunk was put up for sale. He bought and opened it.
It was empty! NO! A little bit of paper was in the bottom with this written on it.
IDAHO
Being an intelligent young man he knew that this was a clue for finding Hidden TREASURE! Then after a while he made this: In Black Canyon, Idaho, 570 feet west of some mark, 10 feet below a tree Treasure will be found. Beware of Black Eagle (Indian). But he forgot the (1).
Chapter III.
James at once took two friends into his secret: an old sailor (Jack), and a young frontiersman.
They all agreed that they must start for Black Canyon at once. The frontiersman said he had heard of Black Canyon in Idaho. But who could Black Eagle be?