Waters halt (or temporarily stop) at a lake: hence, Yellowstone Lake is our And take it in the canyon down: Naturally, Yellowstone Canyon. Fenn’s “where” is located within the “there”.Īnd hint of riches new and old… Hiding the treasure at his spot has now allowed Fenn to set the puzzle, the Nine Clues: The Chase! How thrilling!īegin it where warm waters halt: Most people, especially those who are international (The “Little Girl from India”?), when they think of warm waters in the Rockies, will think of Yellowstone. I can keep my secret where… He’s intending to keep it: which I take to mean that the poem won’t actually lead to the exact spot (the where), but that the general location (the there) – which is still a relatively small and private place that will be where we’re led to. This line should stoke our imaginations, even though we know of some of the treasures already! Think BOLD, rather than bold in the sense of audacity.

Treasures bold means just that: treasures which are striking to the eye. I believe they act as a kind of prologue to The Chase: a setting of the scene, so to speak…Īs I have gone alone in there… Because Fenn has found a secret place (there) where he has gone on his own, he can keep his secret where, or in other words the precise spot he has hidden the treasure.Īnd with my treasures bold… Many have read too much into this, I’m minded. That said, it’s unlikely that Fenn will have spent a number of years composing these words in particular without intending them to be of some use or meaning. In my reading of the poem, I’m persuaded that this stanza holds no clues: at least none that function as directions to the treasure. Go and get it if you think the below is legit.Īs I have gone alone in there/And with my treasures bold,/I can keep my secret where,/And hint of riches new and old. My solution to the Thrill of the Chase – Samuel Lovell

The thrill of the chase