An Old Time Rebellion

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 August 1916, Page 3

An Old Time Rebellion

Si'A.ViAHDS L.N i i;, .J, A i L H) lui e t r-capod atenuuii, leiiuu'k.s an Aih«;i ic-aa vv r:l., Ilal the spot on Hie l\.'ri\* ,',.a.-t ,>. reiiir.d where Rogei Casi'iiicia . ■!■; n hi.s cnll;ipsib:v boat iiov-mv-i.y an liniiuiiKs means ol conveyance lor a man <ent on an i insurrection is dentieal uii.il a placi) where a sma;; uvaiiiiijj ionv o! Spaniards. with a e\v [taiians, landed in ilit l rt■ ili,ti o; Ivlizab. ti>, to lake pan in a rejoiiioii against her rn.e ih u.an izr,i ~\ 111' ioadcr 111 ihr Sum I v u, ; . i".v-. ti'f Karl of I'i l >11!o11ii. ■Hi-.[liraloi > in I reia nil. Mi •• v. !:• : ; ,i 11 v led hi.- ar-si-tancc. o : ; ji■ >1 <■ -:11. a, <> timi*. Iho Spanish-It i a,i - V'!- iel't ill (hi- ill M■: i , ;o .||. 0 .. •y Sir Walter Hab-inii, w ua■aiclied lor tin- purpose i«, tin so : >y the Virgin Oueoe. Sii Wa ! it i|r •I'll; d in a rant any terms. L;a \ o a lii a iter and tit.- raiders wer • oxt.-ion, i tod. ft is a ma iter of 1r ■o' iii <. n that i»oro the >pan ; ard,s and Italians oll'ore 1 0 surrender, they buried in th? groin:-! Vt'l'y lai'iie amount of gold which the'. ad brought with them To;- the Kar! I.i )e-mond and his omitfe. ami mr t:h laynii nt of the Irish troops they e\ 'eciod tn reeiuit. In fact, the ruir:f !he fort which they erected s! i : pars to tins day the name of Fort T)" ii'o, that is to sny. the Kort of Hob 1 1 number of attempts have been mad' o recover the treasure, but wither nco.'Ks and owing to the fact i'v >|e"ty of iion pyrites are found in 11: - bavins: a yellow histi. ike bra-,-;, it is a matter of local trao ion that when Sir Walter's Prote.stni" loops killed the Spaniards the Tilosse.l 'irgin turn or] their gold info brass. One of Sir Walter Rahdah's obie! ion tenants on tho occasion of hip ca o aire of Fort Deloro and of his oxter ninafioTi of the Spanish and Ttalian in 'ador.s was Sir Aniva.s Loiodi. and tlx itory of this episode is literally an : rraphioally dofjorihod By Canon Kirn .ley in his popular historical nov ■! •'Westward Hoi"