CHAPTER XXX. 
THE MAI/-DU, OR MAI’ DEH. 
This is a large nation, extending from the Sacramento to Honey Lake, 
and from Big Chico Creek to Bear River. As usual in the case of an exten- 
sive nation in this State, they have no name of general application, except 
that they all call themselves maz’-du, mai'-deh Indians). Of separate tribes or 
villages there are many. I give what I could collect, first premising that 
the same name is applied to the locality and to the inhabitants of it, hough 
this is not always the case, for there is a village on Chico Creek whose 
inhabitants are called O-td-ki, while the village itself is known as O-ta- 
ktim’-ni. 
In Indian Valley, up in the mountains, are the To-si-ko-yo; at Big 
Meadows, the Né-kum; at Susanville, the Ku-lé-mum. On Feather River 
are the Ol’-la, opposite the mouth of Bear River; next above, on the same 
side, the Kil/-meh, the Hoak (Hock), the Ti-shum, the Wi-ma, and the 
Yii-ba, the latter being opposite the mouth of Yuba River. Next, on the left 
bank, are the Toam/-cha and the Hoan’-kut, the latter being just below the 
mouth ofthe Honeut Creek. Then, on the right bank again are the Bé-ka, 
the Tai’-chi-da, the Bai’-yu, and the Hol-é-lu-pai, the latter being oppo- 
site Oroville. The Taichida had avery large town, and their chief in early 
days was Ya-hai’-lum. On Honeut Creek, going up, are the Té-to and the 
Hel’-to; on Butte Creek, the Es’-kin; on Chico Creek, the Mich-op’-do. 
In Concow Valley are the Kon’-kau, once a large and powerful tribe, and 
probably the best representatives of this nation. On the Yuba, at Nevada 
City, are the Us-t6-ma; lower down, the Pan’-pa-kan. All these tribes, in 
giving their full designation, add the word maidu, thus Ustoma Maidu. 
Bear River and all its tributaries were occupied by the Nishinam, so that 
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