Glad to have you with me again at the old Diamond Cave. I was thinking today about a most interesting trip
I took some years back to South America and about a yarn a friend of mine told me I
Think you might enjoy it too. It's a little different
But if you like strange stories about gold and lost cities and exciting adventures, you'll like this story very much
So forget your cares and worries and come with me to Inca land the treasure house of the ancient world
From the tack from of Ken Maynard Diamond Cave Ranch. We're bringing you stories of adventure stories of circus life
Fascinating transcribed tales of the old west where cowboys still follow the cattle trails
stories of rodeos and parades colorful legends of the red man hidden gold and
Buried treasure the exciting tales from the Diamond Cave are told by Hollywood's champion of Western stars
internationally famous Ken Maynard now Ken has a
Whopping story to tell you today and as he said it's a story of Inca land
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Well as I told you I'd like to take you with me today on a trip down to South America
And tell you about the lost city of the Incas just as it was told to me some years ago. I
Was staying at Lima in Peru and a friend of mine who runs a museum there told me I must leave Peru without seeing the lost
City
Manatee said I know you're a great one for hunting lost things like mines and treasures and I want you to see this city
Which was lost for 400 years
I'd like it very much. I told him was any gold found there
He laughed and said yes and some things more important too
But the most interesting story is the way the old city was found. Would you like to hear it?
I said I sure would so he sat down and told me the following tale which I will tell you
It seems the ancient race called the Incas and other unknown races before them built great civilizations centered around huge rock cities
They were conquered by the Spaniards several hundred years ago because the Spaniards agreed for gold was very great
And the Incas had more gold than any race who ever lived but to the Incas it was not a precious metal
But a beautiful sacred substance easily worked and decorated you can imagine how the Spanish size glittered to see temples idols
Chains and even furniture made of solid gold
They stole all they could but the Incas hid many tons of it and is still there somewhere to this very day
I have looked for it myself
But the Incas were very clever and the great underground caverns where they probably hid most of it was sealed and no one today
Except maybe a few surviving Indians know where it is and they will never tell
Anyway, the whole story of the Incas is one of the most fascinating in the world
And I want you to remember to read about it when you get time
Now the lost city of the Incas is a very real place
It is called Manchu Pichu until a few years ago. It was unknown even to the remaining descendants of the Incas
They had forgotten all about it. It was so old and it was hidden by Den's jungle
Nearby down in the Arumba Valley
Lived the Kicha family, which is what the descendants of the old tribes are called today
They are farmers tilling the high barren soil as their forefathers did thousands of years before
There was a young brother and a sister in this family and the names are Titu and Kita
Titu was strong brown-skinned lad and his sister was his companion on exploring trips
Which they loved to make far up in the mountains whenever they got the chance
They helped their father tend the sheep and hoe the gardens
But during the rainy season when the great storms came in from the sea and filled their stone sisters
They had more time together. One day their fathers told them they could have all the next day to themselves
So they made plans to explore further into the mountains than they'd ever gone before
They got up early before the sun and packed a basket with bread cheese and water
Fastening on their straw sandals and wrapping up in their warm cloaks. They started out
The air was so clear and pure they could see for miles across the valleys
Thousands of feet deep and up to the snow-capped mountains thousands of feet still higher
If you had tried to go with them you'd have been out of breath in no time because the air is so thin in that high country
But Titu and Kita were used to it and it didn't bother them a bit
Titu carried a strong stick to help him climb and to guard against snakes
There are lots of them there and they're very dangerous
They climbed for hours and at last in the early afternoon came out on a high ridge
With a great gorge falling away on all sides
There were strange rocks all about them
And of huge size and Kita climbed up on one of them and said that's where they would have their lunch
So they did and enjoying the wonderful view of purple and blue mountains and green valleys while they ate their bread and cheese
So far they hadn't seen any ruins of old cities or anything unusual
But all at once Kita said to her brother look there Titu. She pointed to the very rock on which they were sitting
They're almost hidden by the grass and underbrushed with some odd looking figures
Carved on the side of the big boulder in no time. They both scrambled down to have a closer look
Titu worked at the mossy covering in the creeping vines and dirt of centuries
He used a sharp knife and with Kita to help him in a few minutes
They'd uncovered a wonderful face carved in the stone the face of an ancient Inca one of their ancestors
They worked like beavers to clear away more of the undergrowth and every minute seeing something new brought to light
Carvings of animals and animals of the past
Seeing something new brought to light carvings of animals decorations of many kinds
And when Titu began digging with his hands at the bottom of the rock they found what appeared to be a stone step
Titus and Kita sat down to rest for a bit
Now that they knew what to look for
They could see the other big rocks were carved too in strange ways. There was no doubt
They were sitting on top of a buried city, but it was getting late and soon they'd have to start home
Titus wanted to stay there all night. Kita said they'd have to go home and tell their father about it. Maybe come back another day
Suddenly Titus noticed a small hole under the rock. It was no bigger than a rabbit hole
But he poked his stick in it and all around and couldn't touch the end of it anywhere
With his knife and hands he enlarged it enough to crawl in
It was dark and scary in there and very damp
Then his foot touched something something that rattled and he leaned down to pick it up
Well now folks i'm going to give the story a rest for just a minute while I calm down a bit
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Now back to our story for the day
Well t2 picked up the object he found in the ancient cave and crawled out to see what it was
It was a jar of old inca pottery and tita peeked in to see what was rattling in there
And he found a
K-shirt with a
It was a jar of old inca pottery and tita peeked in to see what was rattling in there. There was so much dirt
She couldn't tell for sure so they carefully packed the jar in their food sack and hurried home as fast as they could go
It was long after dark when they got there and their parents were about to go and search for them
They got quite a scone for staying out so long, but t2 didn't mind
He breathlessly told his father the whole story, but his father didn't believe a word of it
He thought t2 and tita had made it all up so they'd be allowed to go on more exploring trips next time
But t2 suddenly remembered the pottery jar
He'd been so busy eating and talking he'd forgotten for a moment
He ran and got up from the knapsack and his father examined it closely under the candlelight
It was beautifully made and carved the father nodded his head. Maybe you are telling the truth
He said this is a real vase from the olden times
But what is it that rattles inside?
He shook it and turned it upside down the kitchen table
Everyone held their breath because there among the dust and pebbles
Out tumbled a beautiful golden necklace and lay there in the candlelight
Gleaming through the dust of centuries
Father father t2 cried. Do you believe now that I've found the ancient city?
Yes, son, I do
And you must take me there tomorrow. I would see this wonder with my own eyes
So they carefully hid the golden necklace the next day went back up the long valley and climbed the great mountain to t2 city in the sky
The father looked at the carvings and the steps in the cave and poked other dens jungle growth for the faint outlines of buildings temples and walls could be seen
t2 was very happy
Oh father, let's let's come here for a week and take away the gold which must be hidden
We'll be rich and have fine things that never work anymore
But the father shook his head
The father shook his head. No, he said we will leave it just as you found it
This is a sacred city of our ancestors if we come and take away the treasures then others will soon know and come to and destroy
No, let's leave it as you found it and keep the secret
Some day when the time is right, you may tell that only if you know the sacred things will be protected and preserved
So they covered the steps and closed the cave and went home keeping the secret to themselves strange as that may seem
Well, sir, many years later after t2's father and mother had passed away and t2 was living alone farming the old place and visiting
Kita every week the right time came along
Both of them kept the sacred secret all those years and kept the golden necklace safely as a family treasure
Then one day a great american university sent an exploring expedition into that valley seeking to find and preserve the remains of the ancient days
t2 watched them and talked with the leader of the party and became convinced that at last the time was right to reveal his long kept secret
And he did
He led the expedition to the manchu pi shoe and without t2 they could never have found it
Today the lost city is clean restored and preserved and the sacred things are safe in museums where they may be studied and admired by the whole world
So who will say that t2's father was not wise and a great man?
Well when my friend finished telling me this story I stopped thinking a long time wondering if other lost cities might not be sleeping up there in the great mountains
What became of the necklace? I asked him he got up took me over the glass showcase
There it is. He said and sure enough they're gleaming and beautiful lay the masterwork of a long dead goldsmith the priceless treasure
Which graced the lovely neck of some Inca princess in the long long ago
Well now everybody I think that is just as ken said a truly amazing story
And you know ken has had so many exciting adventures himself. He just never runs out of adventurous stories
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Well folks, we're back again
Well folks, it's time to bring our story round up to a close. This is ken mainard and tarsin
Closing up the tack room at the diamond k ranch till I see you next time when i'll tell you the story the city of gold
We'll be looking for you
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