"Here is the article printed in the Chico Daily Enterprise, Nov. 9, 1908, on the discovery of the last Yahi village:

PRIMITIVE INDIANS FOUND IN THE MILL CREEK COUNTRY

Aborigines Are Found by Chico Hunters While in That Section

The wild Indians of Deer Creek canyon have been found. The questions, debated through these many years by the stockmen of Tehama and Butte counties, as to whether or not a remnant of the once ruthless band of Mill Creek remains in the remote gorges of the hills, has been answered affirmatively.

The claims made by I.N. Speegle, Jacob Moak and others that their cattle camps have been frequently plundered by these wild savages has been bolstered by almost conclusive evidence.

An Indian was seen by a couple of surveyors late Thursday evening. These two were passing up Deer Creek canyon en route to a camp occupied by other surveyors near the mouth of Sulphur Creek. They saw a stranger on the creek bank above them and called to him, thinking possibly they had encountered one of the party from above.

Immediately the stranger whirled on them and showed the astonished whites the features of an unusually bad looking Indian. The two had been looking diligently for a crossing over the turbulent stream, and both frankly admit that they found one then and there. "

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How the discovery was reported, 100 years ago (The Chico Enterprise-Record 11/9)

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Discovery of Yahi village revealed 100 years ago today (The Chico Enterprise-Record 11/9)