WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Hi there buckaroos. This is Ken Minters with the Diamond Cave. 00:08.200 --> 00:13.600 And that was Tarzan joining me in saying hello. About this time we get to looking 00:13.600 --> 00:17.200 forward to seeing you drop around to the tack room for a bit of palaver and a 00:17.200 --> 00:21.800 story about hidden gold, some lost mine, or about some colorful character of the 00:21.800 --> 00:25.560 West. It's mighty interesting how gold and buried treasure have become associated 00:25.560 --> 00:29.320 with the Southwest, but then you're apt to find a lost treasure most anywhere. 00:29.320 --> 00:35.080 Might be one in your backyard for all you know, but don't get out of the 00:35.080 --> 00:38.280 shovel and start digging. I don't think your mother and dad would like finding a 00:38.280 --> 00:42.480 lot of new holes in a petunia bed or under that new fence. I'll give you an 00:42.480 --> 00:46.000 idea of how this whole treasure business started as soon as we've had a word from 00:46.000 --> 00:49.960 my announcer. From the tack room of Ken Minard's Diamond Cave Ranch we're 00:49.960 --> 00:54.000 bringing you stories of adventure, stories of circus life, fascinating 00:54.000 --> 00:57.840 transcribed tales of the old West where cowboys still follow the cattle trails, 00:57.840 --> 01:02.720 stories of rodeos and parades, colorful legends of the red man, hidden gold and 01:02.720 --> 01:07.000 buried treasure. The exciting tales from the Diamond Cave are told by a Hollywood 01:07.000 --> 01:12.040 champion of Western stars, internationally famous Ken Minard. Now Ken has a real 01:12.040 --> 01:15.200 thriller in store for you today, Baccarouz, just like he said a minute ago. 01:15.200 --> 01:20.280 And speaking of thrills, can you imagine Ken coming right into your living room 01:20.280 --> 01:25.600 and saying hello to you personally? Boy what a thrill, and that's not all. No sir. 01:25.600 --> 01:30.320 After Ken speaks directly to you he'll tell you two of his favorite stories 01:30.320 --> 01:34.080 about the Wild West. Now of course many of you know I'm talking about the Ken 01:34.080 --> 01:38.200 Minard personalized record album that you can have for your very own. Now you 01:38.200 --> 01:43.280 can't buy it in any store, no sir. This is Ken's own Diamond Cave brand record 01:43.280 --> 01:46.760 album. It's all in color with a big picture of Ken and Tarzan right on the 01:46.760 --> 01:51.720 front and a wonderful story about Ken on the back too. And inside are two big 01:51.720 --> 01:56.120 eight-inch unbreakable phonograph records made of expensive pure vinylite. 01:56.120 --> 02:00.480 Ken and Tarzan's picture is right on the record too, and here's the best part of 02:00.480 --> 02:04.520 all. When you put the record on your phonograph you'll hear Ken talking 02:04.520 --> 02:10.400 right to you with a personalized message. Why Ken will say, hello Erastus, or hello 02:10.400 --> 02:15.840 Moes, or whatever your name is. This Ken Minard album will be your very own and 02:15.840 --> 02:20.360 nobody else's. And here's all you do, just put a dollar bill in your name and 02:20.360 --> 02:24.080 address in an envelope and send it to Records in care of this radio station. 02:24.080 --> 02:28.960 Isn't that amazing? Why you get two wonderful records with two real Western 02:28.960 --> 02:35.480 stories all in a beautiful colored album for only one dollar. Send in right now 02:35.480 --> 02:38.920 kids and just wait till you see how surprised your friends will be when you 02:38.920 --> 02:44.440 play the records and Ken speaks right to you personally. Their standard 78 rpm 02:44.440 --> 02:48.400 speed records, ask mom and dad about it to play on the regular kind of 02:48.400 --> 02:52.240 phonograph that everybody's used for years. So send your name and address now 02:52.240 --> 02:56.200 to Records in care of this station and enclose just a little old one dollar 02:56.200 --> 03:00.320 bill. Be the first in your neighborhood to own a real Ken Minard personalized 03:00.320 --> 03:08.920 record album. Now Ken. Back about 1536, a long long time ago, let me see, that would 03:08.920 --> 03:13.440 be well over 400 years back. The party of Spanish were exploring some of the barren 03:13.440 --> 03:17.720 lands down along the Gulf of California. These Spanish had found plenty worth 03:17.720 --> 03:21.480 hunting for in Mexico and they were investigating new possibilities. They 03:21.480 --> 03:25.280 hadn't seen anybody for days, so you can well imagine how surprised they were 03:25.280 --> 03:29.400 when they saw some folks approaching. They were prepared in case those coming 03:29.400 --> 03:33.020 weren't friendly and when they got near they saw one of the strangest sights you 03:33.020 --> 03:37.800 could imagine. There was an old man, practically no clothes on, but his long 03:37.800 --> 03:41.560 hair and beard served as some cover. They wouldn't have known he was a white man 03:41.560 --> 03:46.920 until he started to talk and with him was a moor, an African fellow called Esti 03:46.920 --> 03:52.200 Ben or Stephen. They had about 10 or 12 Indians with him too. The white man said 03:52.200 --> 03:56.200 his name was Cabesa de Baca, said he was a Spaniard and that his ship had been 03:56.200 --> 04:00.520 wrecked off the coast of Florida. You can see, Buccaroos, that that was a long way 04:00.520 --> 04:04.040 off, for here he was now clear on the other side of the continent at the 04:04.040 --> 04:08.440 Pacific Ocean. Well as you can imagine, this Cabesa de Baca fella had quite a 04:08.440 --> 04:12.720 story to tell about trekking across the country, living with and fighting off the 04:12.720 --> 04:16.760 Indians and almost starving to death. A lot can happen in eight years and that's 04:16.760 --> 04:21.360 what it had taken him, eight long years to get across. Well now here was a fellow 04:21.360 --> 04:25.000 who had surely done a lot of scouting and the Spaniards realized he might be of some 04:25.000 --> 04:28.960 help to them, a great deal of help. So they went out of their way to be 04:28.960 --> 04:32.360 accommodating, offering him food and drink and being as polite as you please. 04:32.360 --> 04:37.200 Among all the places he's passed through, this Cabesa de Baca seemed to have been 04:37.200 --> 04:41.160 the most impressed by a group of seven cities. Of course they couldn't compare 04:41.160 --> 04:45.160 in size with what we'd call a city today, but I guess they were pretty crowded the 04:45.160 --> 04:49.800 way he talked. Anyway he said the people there wore fine clothes, lived in great 04:49.800 --> 04:54.920 palaces and the sapphires and turquoise as they had, not to mention the gold. Well 04:54.920 --> 04:58.600 there was just no limit to the stuff. You can well imagine how interested the 04:58.600 --> 05:02.940 Spaniards got. They began pumping Baca for fare about what he called the seven 05:02.940 --> 05:07.920 cities of Cebola. Well believe me that surely started a rush, but to do the 05:07.920 --> 05:12.320 thing right an expedition had to be organized. The first was led by a fine 05:12.320 --> 05:17.040 looking adventurer by the name of Francisco Vázquez-Carnata, probably one 05:17.040 --> 05:19.920 of the biggest and most elaborate expeditions ever made in the whole of 05:19.920 --> 05:24.240 North America. While according to reports it included about 300 Spaniards, a 05:24.240 --> 05:28.800 thousand Indians and about a thousand or more extra horses. They took along whole 05:28.800 --> 05:33.040 herds of sheep and swine for food, driving them along behind the main group 05:33.040 --> 05:37.200 so the smell wouldn't be so bad. Of course they had the best guns available 05:37.200 --> 05:41.080 at the time, but more important in case of a fight they had about the blood 05:41.080 --> 05:44.920 thirstiest band of cutthroats you could imagine. Yes sir, they were prepared for 05:44.920 --> 05:50.840 anything. Carnata chose as his chief Scouts Stephen or Esteban, the same 05:50.840 --> 05:54.640 fellow who had been with Baca. He should know the territory if anybody did. 05:54.640 --> 05:59.280 Carnata told Stephen to let him know how he was making out through a series of 05:59.280 --> 06:04.000 secret signals. Stephen was to send back a small black cross if the reports of 06:04.000 --> 06:07.520 the wealth in the cities was not exaggerated, and the cross was to be 06:07.520 --> 06:11.360 proportionally larger if things were better than expected. I'll tell you what 06:11.360 --> 06:15.600 Stephen sent back in just a minute. Well let's just come along a fast 400 years 06:15.600 --> 06:19.440 to today, and while we rest just a minute let me interrupt the story to tell you 06:19.440 --> 06:23.840 about something I'm mighty proud of. Have you heard about my K-shirt? It's a real 06:23.840 --> 06:27.560 Western shirt that a friend of mine designed especially for me. It started 06:27.560 --> 06:31.680 like a t-shirt you know, in nice cotton about the color of desert sand with a 06:31.680 --> 06:35.520 flaming red diamond K brand centered on the front, and it's got a picture on it 06:35.520 --> 06:39.760 too, me and Tarzan. Well the kids in my neighborhood took a fancy to it and 06:39.760 --> 06:44.000 wanted one like it, so my friend made them up special. Kid said I ought to tell 06:44.000 --> 06:47.680 you about them so that's what I'm doing. If you figure you'd like to have a K-shirt 06:47.680 --> 06:51.280 like I wear when I'm practicing tricks and fooling around, I'll see that you get 06:51.280 --> 06:55.040 one if you drop me a note. A fellow said he'd fix you up with one for only a 06:55.040 --> 07:01.040 dollar, and that sure surprised me. Just name your size, two, four, six, eight, ten, or 07:01.040 --> 07:04.720 twelve, and if you want a K-shirt like mine just send me your name and address 07:04.720 --> 07:09.400 and the size and slip a dollar bill in the envelope too and send it to K-shirt 07:09.400 --> 07:14.800 in care of this station. You remember I was telling you how Coronado was waiting 07:14.800 --> 07:18.640 to hear from your scout Stephen. The size of the cross sent back was to give an 07:18.640 --> 07:22.920 idea of the wealth they could expect to find in those seven cities. A word finally 07:22.920 --> 07:26.440 came back that the message was on its way and everybody was out peering in the 07:26.440 --> 07:30.160 distance, each wanting to be the first to catch sight of the messenger. Well, 07:30.160 --> 07:34.160 buckaroos, you can just imagine what Coronado said when he saw what the man 07:34.160 --> 07:40.320 was bringing. A cross as tall as a man, as a tall man at that. The order was 07:40.320 --> 07:44.360 given at once to advance with all speed on and on. The great expedition moved 07:44.360 --> 07:48.480 across the desert and into the mountains and across the desert again. There's no 07:48.480 --> 07:52.320 small task moving that number of men and all that equipment, not to mention the 07:52.320 --> 07:56.160 sheep and swine back there in the rear. And although Coronado was hoping to get 07:56.160 --> 08:00.760 some more detailed information from Stephen, none came. Still on and on they 08:00.760 --> 08:05.480 went, driven as one can only by that lust for gold. Well, they'd been moving for 08:05.480 --> 08:09.360 some time and they didn't begin to find those golden cities. The men started 08:09.360 --> 08:13.320 grumbling and fighting among themselves and Coronado was hard-put, maintaining 08:13.320 --> 08:18.560 order. Remember, he had a tough bunch of ombres to handle. At first, Coronado kept 08:18.560 --> 08:22.600 the real meaning of the cross from the men, letting them believe it was just good 08:22.600 --> 08:27.080 news. But when he told them what it really meant, it didn't have the effect 08:27.080 --> 08:31.960 he'd hoped for. The men began deserting, wanting first pickings. But do you know 08:31.960 --> 08:36.120 Buccarus? Though Coronado searched and searched, all he found was the mud-walled 08:36.120 --> 08:41.320 cities of the Zuni Indians in what is now Arizona, and never a trace of the seven 08:41.320 --> 08:46.640 golden cities of Sibola, with the streets paved with sapphires and turquoises. When 08:46.640 --> 08:50.040 his guides and interpreters asked the Indians about the fabulous cities, they 08:50.040 --> 08:54.200 would nod their heads and point to the horizon. There was also talk of the Grand 08:54.200 --> 08:58.440 Quivira, a place where the plates, the jugs, and bowls, and even the water jars 08:58.440 --> 09:03.880 were made of gold. So Coronado went on and on and on. A thousand miles across the 09:03.880 --> 09:07.200 mountains and cracked lands where the water was so scarce the ground surface 09:07.200 --> 09:11.680 broke into huge cracks, like the lips of a man dying of thirst. And the Grand 09:11.680 --> 09:15.360 Quivira turned out to be a mirage that melted into the desert, like the stray 09:15.360 --> 09:19.600 drops from the dripping canteen. Yes, sir Buccarus, Coronado searched and 09:19.600 --> 09:24.320 searched, but he found nothing. Not even a trace of Stephen, who had led him on with 09:24.320 --> 09:29.200 this fabulous province. And no one has ever come upon the answer. Was the whole 09:29.200 --> 09:32.760 story of Cabeza de Baca a false one, dreamed up in the mind of a man, 09:32.760 --> 09:37.200 possibly crazed by eight years of hazardous wandering? Maybe he believed it 09:37.200 --> 09:42.040 himself. The mind plays queer tricks on the fellow now and then. Or maybe he 09:42.040 --> 09:45.440 thought it was the only way to keep from being killed by the Spaniards who found 09:45.440 --> 09:50.240 them. And it's just possible that Stephen, afraid of being killed too, if they found 09:50.240 --> 09:54.800 out the truth, had to keep up the falsehood. But why, when he was safely 09:54.800 --> 09:59.520 away, did he send back such a huge cross? Was that his final joke on the Spaniards, 09:59.520 --> 10:03.840 or what? But believe me, Buccarus, no matter what happened, it surely hasn't 10:03.840 --> 10:07.600 kept folks from looking for that wealth ever since. And that's one of the reasons 10:07.600 --> 10:12.000 why the southwest is one of the most dug-over places in the world. It seems 10:12.000 --> 10:16.160 these folks just won't stop looking for the seven lost cities of Cibola, where 10:16.160 --> 10:20.400 the streets are paved with gold, and the sapphires and turquoise are so numerous 10:20.400 --> 10:24.760 the boys play marbles with them. Well, that seems almost a little incredulous, 10:24.760 --> 10:28.400 if you don't mind my using a big word, Ken. You know, I've learned a lot of 10:28.400 --> 10:32.800 history from you today that I never got in school, I must confess. You know, that 10:32.800 --> 10:38.360 was really a humdinger of a story. I felt like I was really there during all those 10:38.360 --> 10:43.000 far-off years, in the days of Coronado, in his search for the seven cities of 10:43.000 --> 10:48.440 Cibola. And say, kids, how would you like to have Ken really there, right in your 10:48.440 --> 10:53.360 living room, anytime you want? Why, it's just like having Ken in person when you 10:53.360 --> 10:57.640 own one of his wonderful Diamond K record albums made especially for you. 10:57.640 --> 11:03.280 You remember what I told you earlier? You got a whole record album. There are four 11:03.280 --> 11:08.600 sides, that's two complete Ken Main and Western stories, in a beautiful album for 11:08.600 --> 11:13.120 only a dollar. What do we mean by four sides? Well, we mean there are two records 11:13.120 --> 11:16.600 and each record has two sides, and two and two makes four, that's pretty simple, 11:16.600 --> 11:21.080 isn't it? Yes, sir, you get these two wonderful, beautiful vinyl-like records 11:21.080 --> 11:25.120 for only a dollar. And both the album and the records have colored pictures of Ken 11:25.120 --> 11:29.920 and Tarzan blazing right across the front. Now, don't forget, these records are 11:29.920 --> 11:35.600 personalized with a message from Ken, just for you, and he'll call you by name. 11:35.600 --> 11:40.240 Or, if you want to give these records to a friend as a gift, send us the name of 11:40.240 --> 11:45.760 the friend and Ken will say hello to the friend the same as he will to you. Now, as 11:45.760 --> 11:49.600 we said, these are real high-quality records made from pure vinyl-like, the 11:49.600 --> 11:53.720 finest material that money can buy. It's impossible to break one of these 11:53.720 --> 11:57.960 wonderful records and you can play them over and over as many times as you want. 11:57.960 --> 12:03.760 So, be sure to send your name and address right now to Records in care of this 12:03.760 --> 12:08.720 radio station. Enclose a dollar bill. The records in the album will be sent right 12:08.720 --> 12:13.700 to you, postage prepaid from Hollywood. Hurry now, the quicker you write, the 12:13.700 --> 12:19.000 sooner you'll have your Western record album to hear and enjoy. Now, let's get 12:19.000 --> 12:23.440 back to Ken and have him tell us what his next story is going to be. Well, 12:23.440 --> 12:27.440 buckaroos, maybe you know now a little more about the early beginnings of 12:27.440 --> 12:31.640 treasure hunting in one of my favorite sections of the country. Of course, that 12:31.640 --> 12:34.440 includes Texas. 12:36.080 --> 12:41.600 Mustn't forget Texas, huh, Tarzan? Anyway, I hope you'll be sending for your K-shirts 12:41.600 --> 12:45.240 and personalized record albums and we'll be showing up here at the tack room with 12:45.240 --> 12:49.160 a diamond K next time I get the mood for yarn spinning when I'll tell you the 12:49.160 --> 12:53.920 story about unburied treasure. This is your old saddle pal, Ken Maynard and 12:53.920 --> 13:04.240 Tarzan. Saying so long. You've been listening to Tales from the Diamond K, 13:04.240 --> 13:07.920 stories of adventure told by Ken Maynard and the nationally famous cowboy and 13:07.920 --> 13:12.040 Hollywood's champion of Western stars. We hope you're one of the regular visitors 13:12.040 --> 13:15.920 to Ken's tack room. You know the door is always open here at the Diamond K Ranch 13:15.920 --> 13:19.880 every weekday at the same time. Invite your friends to come along for a trip 13:19.880 --> 13:24.240 into the adventures of the wild wild west and we bet mom and dad will enjoy these 13:24.240 --> 13:28.120 stories too. Ken is a real riding, roping, shooting 13:28.120 --> 13:31.840 cowboy who's traveled all over the world looking for excitement and lost treasure. 13:31.840 --> 13:37.200 Starring in circuses, rodeos, and motion pictures and he's chock full of root and 13:37.200 --> 13:41.640 tootin' stories. He'll be looking for you. Tales from the Diamond K was transcribed 13:41.640 --> 13:58.880 and produced in Hollywood.