According to legend, the Peruvian dropped anchor near the island of Oahu somewhere off of Ka'ena Point, where a number of crew members downloaded the treasure. What follows is their story.
Two of the ships officers, Robinson and Brown, hatched a plan to steal some of the treasure for themselves. Convincing the ship's quartermaster, Monks, and three crewmen to assist them, they trapped the rest of the crew onboard the ship, downloaded treasure into a longboat to bring ashore, and sank the Peruvian with the crew still inside.
Once ashore, Robinson asked Monks to guard the boat while the others took the treasure inland to hide the chest. After some time, Monks heard several gunshots, then Robinson and Brown returned without the three crewmen. Upon their return, they made Monks swear on his life to never tell a soul about what happened.
Later that month, Robinson and Brown boarded a ship bound for Australia off on another mission to acquire more treasure, intending to return later to consolidate their wealth in the tropical paradise of Hawai'i. However, the ship was lost at sea and neither Robinson nor Brown were ever seen or heard from again.
Immediately after their departure, Monks was found stabbed and beaten, but alive. Monks would never publicly reveal who attacked him, but Robinson and Brown were the rumored suspects, attempting to close their only loose end in the location of their hidden treasure. According to Monks, he was afraid for his life and never went looking for the treasure. However, legend has it that Monks not only went searching for the treasure himself, but he allegedly found it and skimmed some treasure off the top over the years. As his health began to fail in his old age, Monks supposedly left a map behind for those daring enough and clever enough to go after the treasure.
To this day, no one has found the complete map or location of the lost treasure of the Peruvian. All that remains of the legend is this story and an incomplete portion of the map found with Monks upon his death (below), now preserved only in the historical archives of the Bishop Museum.
Good luck on your adventure!
Please replace the "containers" exactly as you found them, and please do not take any of the components as they are necessary for future cachers use. Thanks