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CONTENTS

[LEGENDS OF BURIED TREASURE AND LOST MINES]

[An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas] J. Frank Dobie 3
[The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine.] J. Frank Dobie 12
[Lost Gold of the Llano Country] E. G. Littlejohn20
I. [The Brook of Gold Discovered by Lost Rangers]
II. [The Smelter on the Little Llano]
[Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba] Julia Estill24
I. [A Legend of the Blanco Mine]
II. [The Mythical Bowie Mine]
[Treasure Legends of McMullen County] J. Frank Dobie28
I. [The Rock Pens]
II. [A Week Too Late at the Laredo-San Antonio Crossing]
III. [The Chest at Rock Crossing on the Nueces]
IV. [San Caja Mountain Legends]
V. [The Mines]
VI. [Loma de Siete Piedras]
VII. [The Metate Rocks of Loma Alta]
VIII. [When Two Parallel Lines Intersected]
IX. [A Lucky Post Hole]
[Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces] J. Frank Dobie43
I. [Fort Ramirez on the Ramireña]
II. [The Legend of Casa Blanca]
III. [Lutzer’s Find at Fort Planticlan]
[Treasure Chest on the Nueces] Mary A. Sutherland 49
[The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma] J. Frank Dobie 51
[How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends] J. Frank Dobie 52
[Native Treasure Talk up the Frio] Fannie Ratchford 57
[The Silver Ledge on the Frio] J. Frank Dobie 60
[Lost Mines Near Sabinal] Edgar B. Kincaid62
I. [The Quicksilver Mine of the Rangers]
II. [Lost Lead Mine]
[The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend] J. Frank Dobie 64
[Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains] J. Marvin Hunter 67
[Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County] R. E. Sherrill 72
[Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County] L. D. Bertillion 77
[The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains] J. Leeper Gay [[viii]]78
[The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls] J. Frank Dobie 80
[Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County] Lillian Gunter 81
[The Treasure Cannon of the Neches] Roscoe Martin 84
[The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush] Mary A. Sutherland 89
[Steinheimer’s Millions] L. D. Bertillion 91
[The Snively Legend] J. Frank Dobie 95
[Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County] Louise von Blittersdorf99
I. [The San Gabriel Mission in Legend]
II. [The Gold Protected by Snively’s Ghost]
III. [Pope’s Ghost at the Gap]
[The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek] L. W. Payne, Jr. 103
[Moro’s Gold] Fannie Ratchford 104

[LEGENDS OF THE SUPERNATURAL]

[The Legend of Stampede Mesa] John R. Craddock 111
[The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers] Adele B. Looscan 115
[The Devil and Strap Buckner] N. A. Taylor 118
[The Legend of Cheetwah] Edith C. Lane 130
[The Mysterious Woman in Blue] Charles H. Heimsath 132
[The Headless Squatter] John R. Craddock 135
[Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River] Bertha McKee Dobie 137
[The Death Bell of the Brazos] Bertha McKee Dobie 141
[The Legend of the Salt Marshes] Bertha McKee Dobie 143
[Rhymes of Galveston Bay] John P. Sjolander143
I. [The Boat That Never Sailed]
II. [The Padre’s Beacon]
III. [Baffle Point]
IV. [Point Sesenta]
V. [Gumman Gro]

[LEGENDS OF LOVERS]

[The Enchanted Rock in Llano County] Julia Estill 153
[Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton] L. W. Payne, Jr. 157
[Lover’s Retreat and Lovers’ Retreat, Palo Pinto.] J. S. Spratt [[ix]]159
[Lover’s Leap in Kimble County] Flora Eckert 163
[The Waiting Woman] John R. Craddock 167
[Lover’s Leap at Santa Anna] Austin Callan 169
[Antonette’s Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell] J. Frank Dobie 171

[PIRATES AND PIRATE TREASURE IN LEGEND]

[From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach] Stanley E. Babb 179
[Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate] E. G. Littlejohn179
I. [Jean Lafitte: Man and Pirate]
II. [Credence in the Lafitte Legend]
III. [The Horror Guarded Treasure of the Neches]
IV. [Pirates and Their Sacks of Gold]
V. [Lafitte’s Treasure Vault]
[The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte] Julia Beazley 185
[Lafitte Lore] J. O. Webb 189
[The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Allston] J. W. Morris 191