Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-16
California Indian Chiefs.

iASOChE, " cSuo. - L us j uihu was
Head Chief of all the tribes between
the Consumes and Marced; aged
about forty-fve years, SIX foot tall,
straight as an arrow, a majestic fore>
head and keen, penetrating look-he
was the Red Jacket of the Sierra Ncva-
da, well educated (while under the
charge of the Padres at Santa Clara
Mission he probably the most apt of
all the Indians in the mines. This
chief was very aristocratic, and had
many peculiar notions Zone of which
was unvarying honesty, } although gen.
erally well informed and good lingu-
ist and Spanish scholar, his pride of
character wonld not allow him to con
verse with the whites only through an
Interpreter, his native dignity seeking
higher aim than the commonalities of
the English language. Five chiefs un-
der Hasuche were, Packno, Antonio,
Polo, AlcaIde Charley, and Panchito.
Hasucae died on the Moke!umne river,
at Frenchman's store, some time in
the winter OF lS5l-2. 1t is supposed
that be was poisoned, as when int, XII
Gated he was particularly down on
the French, and in fact every other
nation except the Americans, and dur
ing these tantrums was very quarrel
so ne, frequently so abusive to The Spa
nish and Mex.cans as to be intolerablc.
After the mines we're first discover
cd, at Weber's old Dry Diggings, Mess
ChaIles NJ. Weber, DIR. Isboll, James
Woods and Jane Savage, were trad
ing with the minesrs and indians at
that place. About this time, June or
July, lS4S, Mr.. Weber returned 10 his
ranch, near Stockton, and while there
was visited by Hasucle and some Of the
under chiefs Mr.. Weber told the In
diars of the discovery and explained to
th' IN the value of the metal, AID III Il
it was evident there was also gold on
the Caleveras, near Hasnches rancho
ria, and that if he would go up iano
tn mountains with his tribe, and uc-
cced in fndius gold, 1t would be g
great benefit to the Indians of that re-
gion. Hasuche accordingly detailed
Alcalde Charley, and five or six of hi,
tribe to accompany Mr.. Weber on his
return to the diggings, to see the gold
and learn how the liners obtained 1t;
their object being to return and search
for gold on the Caleveras Afier some
time Alcaldc Charly returned to his
rancherla on the S;dnislans, mustered
his tribe and started to discover gold
proceeding up Carson's Creek, TO a
small gulci emtying into the creek
near where the town of Carson is now
situated, here they discovered gold.
Thi, was the first 90 d discovered in the
Southern mines, or south OF the old
Dry Diggings at Hang,own. The next
discovery OF gold was at Woods Greek.
which was also made by one If Alcalde
Charley's Indian. The ohief is now
living near Murphy's. worthless and
miserable drunkard.
PAcK-No, the chief of the tribes on
Sianislaus, was civilized Ind Ian, who
had once belonged to the Mission Of
Santa Clara, he was the most active
Iudian in the mountains, an exec lent
horseman, brave and daring. lie had
great influence over his tribe, which
numb red some two hundred warriors,
women and children.
ALcALDE CHARLEY-This chief was
a kind of sub In the service of Hasu-
che, and was very important Charac-
Ter at the time OF the gold discovery,
he was one of the stoutest Indians in
mountains, aged about twenty-five or
thirty, and weighing about 230 pounds,
he was perfect giant IN strength and
symmetry, his frame of iron was knit
together with sinews Of steel. This
chief once packed two hundred pounds
of -four IRON M'Lean's Ferry, on the
Stanislaus, to Vallecito, formerly cal
led the head of Coyote Creek, John
Murphy employed him to perform the
feat
Poro--This chief was wild lndi-
an, and formerly one of the most sue
cessful horse thieves in the mines. Pre-
viouslv he was under-chief in Hasu-
che's tribe, but rebolled, afterw ards
carryieg on bloody and relentless war
for several years. The reason that
Polo became obstreporous, so Hasuche
said, was that he wished to steal horses
from the Americans as well as from
the Spaniards, which be { Hasuche)
would not tolerate. Polo was shot by
an ex Lieutenant of Stevenson regi
fnent at R.ch Bar, en- the Mokelumne
river, during drunken spree IN the
spring of 1851 Polo was the most
sreacnerous and villainous Indian IN
the mines, or in fact, in California.
Iu the fall and winter of lS4S, Hasu-
che offered one hundred pounds ofgold
for his head, but Polo escaped up INTO
the mounts ins. 1t was Polos tribe
that attacked and shot Dick Armor,
some time during the winter and which
caused the FIRST Indian war; IN some
of the skiru.ishes, the whites, and the
Indians also, loaded their rifles with
gold slucs. and their double b blrreled
guns with gold buck shot. Polo's tribs
are now living near West Point, and
between that and Mokelunne Hill
ANTONIO. OF the many chiefs that
the whites came in contact with, 10
1889, none was so good or so true
as this noble old chef, he was an aged
man, aud one who knew no harm nor