When nightfall came, the two Mohegans took their shovels into the woods and at last came upon the great tree and the large boulder. They went to the spot where the light had appeared and began digging. Soon, one of the shovels hit a metal box. As they uncovered the box they could see that it must surely hold a great treasure. One of the men grew so excited, he let out a yell, and suddenly a skeleton of a man appeared dressed in a long robe! When the men looked down in the hole they had dug, the box had disappeared!

    The two were so frightened, they threw down their shovels and ran as fast as they could, not stopping until they reached the safety of their homes. It is needless to say, they never again ventured near that part of the woods again.

     Why did their box of gold disappear? Why did they see such a grotesque figure of a man? Now, everyone knows that when Captain Kidd buried his fortune he always killed one of his crew and threw him in the pit with the gold before covering it. This was so that the spirit of the dead pirate would guard his treasure against any who might seek to take it.

      And of course Indian legend has it that if a man dreams of a spot where treasure might be buried, he should take with him a close friend to that spot to find their fortune. And when they see the treasure, they must both be very quiet, for if a word is spoken, the pirate guarding the treasure will suddenly appear, and the treasure they had seen will surely disappear.
 
 

       Most people have heard the legendary stories about Captain Kidd and his pirate adventures, but most people are not aware that this famous bandit made regular trips to the Connecticut
River area and stayed there with the Indians.

       In fact, many of the Mohegan, Pequot and Narragansett tales about hidden treasures stem from the time when Captain Kidd would roam through their land, supposedly burying
treasure chests of gold.
 
 

         To this day, we have not heard a legend about anyone actually digging up and keeping a buried treasure. Maybe someone has but never told the story? Makes one wonder . . . how
many chests of gold are still buried out there in the woods on the northeast coast? If you should have a dream about a buried treasure, and you should be so lucky as to dig up that treasure, remember to be very quiet and not utter a word, for who knows what the pirate spirit might do!
 

 
                             by OtterMoon

 

 

 

 

I do not know if the story of Captian Kidd is true.
I did this one story for fun..
 

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