Mission San Antonio de Senecú Treasure Legend

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Mission San Antonio de Senecú Treasure Legend

Lost Treasure TX • El Paso County County
Description
El Paso district legend of a Piro mission-community cache near historic Senecú, north of Ysleta on the Rio Grande frontier.
Historical Notes
San Antonio de Senecú was established in 1682 for Piro refugees of the Pueblo Revolt. The settlement later lay chiefly on the south bank of the Rio Grande in Mexico; a Texas historical marker north of Ysleta marks the approximate site. Senecú shared the El Paso missions' pattern of open villages where indigenous leaders controlled communal property. Folklore describes mission-era bullion and trade silver buried when Apache pressure increased in the eighteenth century. Coordinates approximate the Senecú historical marker site north of Ysleta, El Paso County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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