Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-25
THE DEAD CHIEFTAIN.
Chief Maxine Dies at the Advanced Age
of i13 Years.

OF lib Years.
The Gait Gazette of the 22d has the fol-
lowing:
California has just lost one of her great
est warriors and Oldest chieftains in the
death OF Chief Maxine. which occurred on
the Sth inst, near Lock eford, at the ad /
yanced age of 113 years. The deceased
warrior was at the head of the Digger In
dian tribe for many years in this State and
was monarch of all he surveyed He was
born IN little valley near Lockeford,
known to the Indians and even to early
white settlers as the Tudela ranchero.
Iere he lived the greater portion of his
lie, and was well known to many of our
pioneer citizens. His early life has been
eventful OF many strange episodes, and his
experience with kindred tribes, in endeav-
oring to maintain supremacy of the hunt
ing grounds claimed by the Digger Indians,
was marked with daring fights and bloody
encounters. He was recognized from an
early age as Chief" by his tribe. and re-
spected accordingly. He was the eldst son
OF Ha Plpia. the great sycamore of the
Digger tribe, and was well liked by his
| people. He was an expert shot, and had
been IN possession of an old-style rifle since
1913. lbs old comrades state that he was
able to kill deer, elk and other heet-footed
! invariably never miss a shot. 1t is also
automatically stated that he could shoot
Jack-rabblts on the run and quail on the
wing up to within three weeks of his death
with his time-honored rife. Maxine
was regarded by the remaining remnant
of his tribe as having been a brave and
noble warrior, whose attributes of charac-
ter were of much higher order than the
average American Indian. When General
Suffer came to California he sought en- in
teryew and courted the acquaintance of
Maxine. The friendlest feelings existed
between the two from the start, and Maxi
mo furnished Suffer with all the Indian
help required to do work at Suffers Fort.
However, as time rolled on it seems Max
mos eldest son, a strapping fellow of some
4o summers. engaged in desperate Indian
fight III Jackson valley, on which occasion
many were lost. Suffer had the chief son
arrested among other leaders in the Jack
son valley massacre, and put to death.
Maxine was much angered that his son was
made to suffer death, and never forgave
Sulter for the deed. II was Maxine who
also furnished men to work on the old San
Jose Mission, and he used to take bands of
indians from the rancherO on the Mokel-
umne river to San Jose in early DAYS for
that purpose. The deceased visited Gait
last summer, and looked much care-worn.
old and haggard. In an interview with him
at that time we obtained much of the in
formation in this item. His memory was
very good, and he was rather intelligent.
His nose was pierced, and bore the indenta-
tons of the nasal ornamental appendages
CT rank worn in his chieftain DAYS. Our
great aboriginal chief and ruler of north
ern California is dead and laid away to rest.
with no one to mourn his loss save an only
son by his second wife. No epitaph is in
scribed to his memory or monument raised
to mark his last resting place He sleeps,
numbered among the dead past.