there was more shouting and arguing and then shadowhawk heard the first man pleading for his life.-no , no , dont shoot.-but a shot rang out and one of the men fell to the ground.- the one who had shot him motioned for the other one to shove him into the hole where they had evidently buried the gold bars they had stolen from the bank and then they both covered the hole.-one of them got a small axe and made an x mark on an oak tree that stood nearby.-then he walked to another oak tree on the other side of the hiding place and emblazoned another x on that one .