THE MOROCOTAS (COINS OF GOLD) OF THE TREASURE OF EDUARDO GUEVARA

Atapirire, year 1905, land where my great grandparents and Grandparents lived
On one occasion, a weekend, a cockpit, on the premises of Atapirire came a squad of soldiers on horseback and rodeo the same, preventing the departure of those present, mostly men. The Commander of the Platoon set up a table and all the men were put in line India, and they were calling them one by one and they were requisitioning them, they had to put on the table the contents of their pockets and saddlebags, daggers, revolvers. But what they really wanted was to seize or collect the so-called Golden Currency, the Morocota, which was the real reason for that raid. In return they were given a kind of Voucher or Letter, which was backed by the government, payable by the Central Bank of Venezuela.
After requisitioning the men in that place, they sent a commission of soldiers with the man to his house to check it, to search and also look for the morocotas that they had hidden there.

"This name of La Morocota was given to the American ounce by General José Tadeo Monagas, when by The first time this coin was received in Caracas ", supposedly because of the resemblance of the coin to the morocoto fish (also known as white cachama).
The Morocota also called "Double Eagle", was a gold coin that was issued in the United States between 1849 and 1933, with a denomination of twenty dollars. Its alloy was 90% gold with 10% copper."

Among those people, who were locked in that cockpit, was Eduardo Guevara, Uncle of my grandfather, Uncle second of my Mother, and therefore My Third Uncle, who being temporarily detained, unable to leave the place, called his Nephew minor Saul Guevara, 12, who was in the place selling some buns called *** "Catevia" ***, which were some buns stuffed with meat, which his mother Matilde Guevara prepared and which Saúl left to sell in Places like the gallera.

Being a Boy, Saul went in and out without any inconvenience besides that in the middle of the mess, he sold several buns to the soldiers who were hungry.
Eduardo calls Saúl and says:

Look boy go to the house and tell Maria (Eduardo's wife) to take out the jar that is in the room where she knows and hide it in the bush.

Saul left at once with his uncle Eduardo's charge, towards the country house. This story is told by Saúl Guevara 70 years after this fact.

Saúl tells that when he arrived at the house and gave the message to Eduardo's wife, between the two they pulled out the Tinaja or Botija, which was heavy, but so heavy, that they carried it with great difficulty, but they fulfilled the entrusted . They hid it in the mountains and when the commission arrived at the house to search it, it found absolutely nothing.

Eduardo Guevara dies, 37 years after that fact, in 1947 of a fulminating heart attack; and from that moment in his family many people were dedicated to try to find the whereabouts of that treasure. Made up of those gold coins or morocotas. Which they knew Eduardo had left buried there in those lands in Atapirire. There were many attempts to find the whereabouts but all were unsuccessful.

Saúl Guevara, the character that tells the story, of which he was the protagonist when he was just a child, grew up but he never forgot the existence of that treasure, he knew it was true, that it was not just any story.
On one occasion he arrived in the city of El Tigre, a sorcerer or fortune teller who began to consult and spiritualist sessions, where he said he could communicate with the dead and talk to them. This rumor reached the ears of a member of the family, who, dazzled by the stories of the sorcerer, told him about the history of the Treasury. The Warlock upon hearing this Story immediately told this person:

Quiet, no problem, I am myself, you have arrived at the right place, today we are going to call Eduardo's spirit to start making preparations to ask him to reveal the place where he left that tinaja buried. Because his soul is wandering and in pain, for that buried Treasure. I'm going to take it out, and my payment will be a quarter of the treasure.

Deal in which they were all in agreement.

They made several trips to the lands that belonged to Eduardo to carry out a reconnaissance of the Place and the Warlock, he said:

Yes, here is a buried treasure, I feel its vibrations rubbing its arms !!!

The relatives of Eduardo, everyone was excited!

The Warlock said again:

But this requires that several steps be followed, in order to remove that soul from sorrow and reveal the exact place of the burial.

Excited with all that, Saúl Guevara, on his way back to Tigre, went to a dealer of the Ford Motors of Venezuela and took out a model car that at that time had something that was new: An acetate disc player and handed it to the Sorcerer, as part of advance payment for the work he was about to do: The Desolation of the Morocotas, so sought after by Eduardo Guevara.

After several days of parties and meetings of aguardiente and carne asada, the moment indicated by El Brujo arrived. They made the trip at nightfall, heading towards Atapirire. El Brujo asked to be left alone, because he had to dig up the jar without another person present, since he had to make a sacrifice right there when digging in the ground. For this he brought a black and a white hen, as well as two black doves, which would be sacrificed in honor of the spirits who were guarding the treasure.

It was 8:30 p.m. Saul, who was accompanied by a niece, stayed at the country house and the sorcerer went into the mountain to carry out his work. They were 4 hours long wait until at 12; 45 Pm, they heard the witch's calls, so they could help him carry the treasure, which had turned out to be larger than expected. It was a large sack, which was covered with a tarp and tied at the ends with a rope.

Between the three of them, they loaded the sack and put it in the car of Saúl Guevara, a truck of the year 1958, model of the year, and left for Tigre. On the way the witcher told them that this sack should be kept for 15 days in a dark place, to finish freeing it from bad influences and `after that, it could be uncovered to be distributed.

They arrived at the tiger early in the morning and took him to a house that Saul had in the town, where they left him covered as the wizard suggested that this was not uncovered after 15 days, because otherwise Eduardo's spirit would not get see the light.

A nephew of Saul Guevara also coincidentally named Saul, brother of one of the women who participated in this unbelieving search totally of what had been said and done by the sorcerer and his relatives; and who did not convince him at all this Witch, one day I can not stand the curiosity and decided to uncover the canvas, to see the contents of the bag; and what a surprise it was, it was a sack full of coconuts and stones. Tremendous scam that they did to Saúl Guevara.

He immediately called his uncle and his sister and informed them of what had happened. Upon realizing that he had been cheated, Saúl Guevara, informed the authorities for the arrest of this character, who as a payment advance, had given him a new car. The truth is El Brujo disappeared from El Tigre.

108 years have passed since this story and the treasure of Eduardo Guevara still does not appear hidden who knows where and in what part, sleeping the dream of the Treasures, like many treasures that came to be buried by the people of the time, seeking to protect his famous golden morocotas.

"In Venezuela, another gold coin came to circulate, which they called the Fort of gold, but they also called [Pachano](http://joseluissiete1.blogspot.com/2014/05/sabes-que-es- a-morocota.html), many called it morocota because of its similarity with the size of the American currency."