Publisher's Synopsis
Lost Indian Gold is the story of an eleven year old boy, Spud, who became lost in the swamps when his family was evicted from their farm. He soon teamed up with two girls his age, Laura and Suzy, and two Indians, Cricket and Gold Eagle, to discover the lost Indian treasure ahead of two local bullies. But before he did, he had to scrap for his life when a 'gator got after him and he was forced to act like a "swamp creature" in a County Fair.
When Spud gets hopelessly lost in the swamp, he makes himself a camp and sets out to survive. He has a confrontation with a hungry alligator and some close shaves with two bullies, even takes a swim in an underground river. But his luck isn't all bad. He makes friends with two girls his age, Laura and Suzy. Not only that, he overhears the bullies talk about gold buried someplace in the swamp, maybe on a sacred island. That gold could mean a new farm for his Mama and Papa. They had just been evicted.
After a Halloween confrontation with the bullies, Spud ends up swimming for his life in an underground river that leads him to the sacred island. The girls and Spud team up with an Indian man and his son, Cricket, to find the gold. Spud finds the "sacred island," but no gold. Just some old leather skins marked with strange symbols. Then, thanks to the two bullies, he ends up in a traveling circus as a "wild boy."
That's when something happens that makes him believe he knows exactly where that gold is buried. But he has to get rescued from the circus first, and then he has to get to the gold before the bullies can catch him. Laura and Suzy help rescue him and they head into the swamp to find the treasure. Unfortunately, the two bullies are close on their trail.
