The Gold Cache

by James Willard Schultz

Adventures of a youth and some Blackfoot Indians who travel far in search of buried gold. The dangers of the way and hostile Indians add excitement. The ever potent lure of buried treasure carries the hero into a series of dangerous experiences with the Indians leading to the finding of gold. The characters in this book are old favorites with Mr. Schultz's readers. Lone Chief shows young Tom Fox twenty dollar gold pieces, which he calls buttons, saying that he found a thousand of these on a trip through the South country. He could not carry them so he buried the rest. The adventures of Tom and his pals in search of the treasure makes a thrilling story. There are striking illustrations.

This book originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1917 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 12, 2013

About the author

James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (born August 26, 1859, died June 11, 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfoot Indians.

James Willard Schultz (J.W. Schultz) started writing at the age of 21, publishing articles and stories in Forest and Stream for 15 years. He did not write his first book until 1907 at age 48. The memoir: ''My Life as an Indian tells the story of his first year living with the Pikuni tribe of Blackfeet Indians East of Glacier. In 1911, he associated himself with publishers Houghton Mifflin who published Schultz's subsequent books for the next 30 years. In all, Schultz wrote and published 37 fiction and non-fiction books dealing with the Blackfoot, Kootenai, and Flathead Indians. His works received critical literary acclaim from the general media as well as academia for his story telling and contributions to ethnology. Sometime after 1902, while living in Southern California, Schultz worked for a while as the literary editor of the Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

[K Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another Great True Story!!

I really enjoyed this book and know that it is true because my family has lived for over 100 years in the area that this book was written about and know that it is correct! Really a page Turner and wonderful perspective on the West that was and has changed dramatically!!

[Daniel Cullen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

Short but we'll written adventure tale. Seems to be historically accurate rendition of a great plains journey by a young Blackfoot, a young white man, and their Mexican companion.

[Sarah B Wilkerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

I am a fan of Mr Schultz. It is amazing the adventures he recounts in his book. The details are astounding! I highly recommend his body of work.