Per information at http://myclouds.tripod.com/shasta/centvall.html, originally buried at New Campbell Cemetery, reinterred before the flooding of Shasta Lake.
Amanda Brock, born Sutatot, was a Wintu woman widely believed to have been the paramour of poet Joaquin Miller, the model for the character "Paquita" in his novel "Life Amongst the Modocs" and the mother of his daughter, Cali-Shasta. However, at the time of her death Miller denied they had ever been more than friends. Historical accounts say Sutatot and her daughter were kidnapped by Modocs and enslaved for some years until they were freed by a scout named Jim Brock. Sutatot married Brock and took the name Amanda. James, Amanda, and son David Brock are listed in the 1880 U.S. census living in Shasta County, California.
POET JOAQUIN MILLER'S INDIAN WIFE IS DEAD
Buried on McCloud River With the Rites of Her Tribe
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
REDDING, June 8. - Amanda Brock, an Indian woman aged 75 years, died Monday afternoon at her home on McCloud river. She was an Indian with a history.
She was the first wife of Joaquin Miller, the poet, and while living with him she was made a captive by a band of Modoc Indians for many years, and she was held prisoner and escaped with the aid of Bill Brock, a white scout, whom she married and has since lived with.
The Indian woman was buried Tuesday afternoon in the Indian burial grounds on the McCloud. The Indians for miles around gathered and the ceremony was conducted with the regular rites of her tribe.
San Francisco Call, Volume 106, Number 9, 9 June 1909 (Wednesday)
Santa Ana Register (California) Thursday, 10 Jun 1909
ROMANCE SHATTERED BY JOAQUIN MILLER
San Francisco, June 10. – The romantic story of the early marriage of Joaquin Miller to Sutatot Shasta, an Indian woman, was denied today by Miller.
Miller said he regarded her as a heroine and as his best and truest friend. He paid a tribute to her character and her womanliness, and also said that Sutatot saved his life after a fight with the Modocs. Later she married Jim Brock, the noted scout. She died yesterday.
Amanda Brock, born Sutatot, was a Wintu woman widely believed to have been the paramour of poet Joaquin Miller, the model for the character "Paquita" in his novel "Life Amongst the Modocs" and the mother of his daughter, Cali-Shasta. However, at the time of her death Miller denied they had ever been more than friends. Historical accounts say Sutatot and her daughter were kidnapped by Modocs and enslaved for some years until they were freed by a scout named Jim Brock. Sutatot married Brock and took the name Amanda. James, Amanda, and son David Brock are listed in the 1880 U.S. census living in Shasta County, California.
POET JOAQUIN MILLER'S INDIAN WIFE IS DEAD
Buried on McCloud River With the Rites of Her Tribe
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
REDDING, June 8. - Amanda Brock, an Indian woman aged 75 years, died Monday afternoon at her home on McCloud river. She was an Indian with a history.
She was the first wife of Joaquin Miller, the poet, and while living with him she was made a captive by a band of Modoc Indians for many years, and she was held prisoner and escaped with the aid of Bill Brock, a white scout, whom she married and has since lived with.
The Indian woman was buried Tuesday afternoon in the Indian burial grounds on the McCloud. The Indians for miles around gathered and the ceremony was conducted with the regular rites of her tribe.
San Francisco Call, Volume 106, Number 9, 9 June 1909 (Wednesday)
Santa Ana Register (California) Thursday, 10 Jun 1909
ROMANCE SHATTERED BY JOAQUIN MILLER
San Francisco, June 10. – The romantic story of the early marriage of Joaquin Miller to Sutatot Shasta, an Indian woman, was denied today by Miller.
Miller said he regarded her as a heroine and as his best and truest friend. He paid a tribute to her character and her womanliness, and also said that Sutatot saved his life after a fight with the Modocs. Later she married Jim Brock, the noted scout. She died yesterday.
Per information at http://myclouds.tripod.com/shasta/centvall.html, originally buried at New Campbell Cemetery, reinterred before the flooding of Shasta Lake.
Amanda Brock, born Sutatot, was a Wintu woman widely believed to have been the paramour of poet Joaquin Miller, the model for the character "Paquita" in his novel "Life Amongst the Modocs" and the mother of his daughter, Cali-Shasta. However, at the time of her death Miller denied they had ever been more than friends. Historical accounts say Sutatot and her daughter were kidnapped by Modocs and enslaved for some years until they were freed by a scout named Jim Brock. Sutatot married Brock and took the name Amanda. James, Amanda, and son David Brock are listed in the 1880 U.S. census living in Shasta County, California.
POET JOAQUIN MILLER'S INDIAN WIFE IS DEAD
Buried on McCloud River With the Rites of Her Tribe
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
REDDING, June 8. - Amanda Brock, an Indian woman aged 75 years, died Monday afternoon at her home on McCloud river. She was an Indian with a history.
She was the first wife of Joaquin Miller, the poet, and while living with him she was made a captive by a band of Modoc Indians for many years, and she was held prisoner and escaped with the aid of Bill Brock, a white scout, whom she married and has since lived with.
The Indian woman was buried Tuesday afternoon in the Indian burial grounds on the McCloud. The Indians for miles around gathered and the ceremony was conducted with the regular rites of her tribe.
San Francisco Call, Volume 106, Number 9, 9 June 1909 (Wednesday)
Santa Ana Register (California) Thursday, 10 Jun 1909
ROMANCE SHATTERED BY JOAQUIN MILLER
San Francisco, June 10. – The romantic story of the early marriage of Joaquin Miller to Sutatot Shasta, an Indian woman, was denied today by Miller.
Miller said he regarded her as a heroine and as his best and truest friend. He paid a tribute to her character and her womanliness, and also said that Sutatot saved his life after a fight with the Modocs. Later she married Jim Brock, the noted scout. She died yesterday.
Amanda Brock, born Sutatot, was a Wintu woman widely believed to have been the paramour of poet Joaquin Miller, the model for the character "Paquita" in his novel "Life Amongst the Modocs" and the mother of his daughter, Cali-Shasta. However, at the time of her death Miller denied they had ever been more than friends. Historical accounts say Sutatot and her daughter were kidnapped by Modocs and enslaved for some years until they were freed by a scout named Jim Brock. Sutatot married Brock and took the name Amanda. James, Amanda, and son David Brock are listed in the 1880 U.S. census living in Shasta County, California.
POET JOAQUIN MILLER'S INDIAN WIFE IS DEAD
Buried on McCloud River With the Rites of Her Tribe
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
REDDING, June 8. - Amanda Brock, an Indian woman aged 75 years, died Monday afternoon at her home on McCloud river. She was an Indian with a history.
She was the first wife of Joaquin Miller, the poet, and while living with him she was made a captive by a band of Modoc Indians for many years, and she was held prisoner and escaped with the aid of Bill Brock, a white scout, whom she married and has since lived with.
The Indian woman was buried Tuesday afternoon in the Indian burial grounds on the McCloud. The Indians for miles around gathered and the ceremony was conducted with the regular rites of her tribe.
San Francisco Call, Volume 106, Number 9, 9 June 1909 (Wednesday)
Santa Ana Register (California) Thursday, 10 Jun 1909
ROMANCE SHATTERED BY JOAQUIN MILLER
San Francisco, June 10. – The romantic story of the early marriage of Joaquin Miller to Sutatot Shasta, an Indian woman, was denied today by Miller.
Miller said he regarded her as a heroine and as his best and truest friend. He paid a tribute to her character and her womanliness, and also said that Sutatot saved his life after a fight with the Modocs. Later she married Jim Brock, the noted scout. She died yesterday.
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