THE LOST CANNON OF FEDERAL HILL

From my 1964-ish Riverdale School report on the History of Riverdale:

"There is another legend that says that a man who was a member of a surveying party discovered a solid brass cannon (some people say it was solid gold, but this is not true). When he saw this cannon he hid it under some stones so that he wouldn't have to split the money with anyone in case it was worth anything. After they were finished surveying, the men left without the cannon. A few days later the same man came back for it and could not find it. Some people still go up there with hopes of finding it."