Note 4 — BURIED TREASURE LEGENDS OF COOKE COUNTY

Thus is seen again how legend has preserved in a vague way what history long ignored but eventually established. Comparison should be made with “The San Gabriel Mission in Legend.”4 Again, “Old Spanish Fort” was the name given by Westerners to the ruins of the San Saba presidio before the history of the site became generally known.5 The deduction need not be made that legend is always correct in anticipating history!—Editor.]