Category: History - Other
The Governor of California issues a Proclamation--Formation of the Mariposa Battalion--The Origin and Cause of the War--New Material Public Documents--A Discussion--Capt. Walker--The Peace Commissioners’ Parley and the Indians’ Pow-wow--The Mysterious Deep Valley--Forward, Mar...
The Governor of California issues a Proclamation--Formation of the Mariposa Battalion--The Origin and Cause of the War--New Material Public Documents--A Discussion--Capt. Walker...
33. CHAPTER XII.Bears and Other Game--Sickness of Captain Boling--Convalescence and Determination--A Guess at Heights--A Tired Doctor and a Used-up Captain--Surprising an Indian--Know-nothingne...
34. CHAPTER XIII.The Indian Names--Difficulty of their Interpretation--Circumstances Suggesting Names of Vernal, Nevada and Bridal Veil Falls--Mr. Richardson’s Descriptions of the Falls and Roun...
28. CHAPTER VII.Campaign against the Chow-chillas--The Favorite Hunting Ground--A Deer Hunt and a Bear _Chase_--An Accident and an Alarm--A Torch-light Pow-wow--Indians Discovered--Captain Boli...
26. CHAPTER V.The date of our discovery and entrance into the Yosemite was about the 21st of March, 1851. We were afterward assured by Ten-ie-ya and others of his band, that this was the firs...
35. CHAPTER XIV.A Mountain Storm--Delay of Supplies--Clams and Ipecac--Arrival of Train--A Cute Indian--Indian Sagacity--A Dangerous Weapon--Capture of Indian Village--An Eloquent Chief--Woman’...
38. CHAPTER XVII.Captain Boling elected Sheriff--Appointment of Indian Agents--Ten-ie-ya allowed to return to Yosemite--Murder of Visitors--Lt. Moore’s Expedition and Punishment of Murderers--Go...
40. CHAPTER XIX.Engineering and History--Speculation and Discouragement--A New Deal--Wall Street--A Primitive Bridge--First Woman in the Yosemite--Lady Visitors from Mariposa and Lady Teachers...
24. CHAPTER III.March Down the South Fork--Capture of an Indian Village--Hungry Men--An able Surgeon--Snow Storms--Visit of Ten-ie-ya, Chief of the Yosemites--Commander’s Dilemma--Unique Manner...
36. CHAPTER XV.A marked and peculiar feature observed in the landscape of the Merced River slopes, while going to the Yosemite, especially on the Coultersville route, is the dense growth of th...
22. CHAPTER I.During the winter of 1849-50, while ascending the old Bear Valley trail from Ridley’s ferry, on the Merced river, my attention was attracted to the stupendous rocky peaks of the...
37. CHAPTER XVI.A Trip to Los Angelos--Interview with Col. McKee--A Night at Col. Fremont’s Camp--Management of Cattle by the Colonel’s Herdsmen--Back to Los Angelos--Specimen Bricks of the Ang...
32. CHAPTER XI.Camp Amusements--A Lost Arrow--Escape of a Prisoner--Escape of Another--Shooting of the Third--Indian Diplomacy--Taking His Own Medicine--Ten-ie-ya Captured--Grief over the Deat...
41. CHAPTER XX.It has been said by an earnest and astute observer, that “The cooled earth permits us no longer to comprehend the phenomena of the primitive creation, because the fire which per...
27. CHAPTER VI.Out of Provisions--A hurried Move--Mills where Indians take Their Grists, and Pots in which they Boil their Food--Advance Movement of Captain Dill--A Hungry Squad--Enjoyment--Ne...
31. CHAPTER X.While Captain Boling was engaged in capturing the Indians we had “treed” on the north side of the valley, scouting parties were sent out by Lieut. Chandler. They spread over the...
30. CHAPTER IX.Starvation subdues the Chow-chillas, and the Result is Peace--Captain Kuykendall’s Expeditions--An Attack--Rout and Pursuit--A Wise Conclusion--Freezing out Indians--A wild Coun...
25. CHAPTER IV.My devout astonishment at the supreme grandeur of the scenery by which I was surrounded, continued to engross my mind. The warmth of the fires and preparations for supper, howev...
29. CHAPTER VIII.It was not until after we had partaken of a hearty supper and produced our pipes, that the lively hum of conversation and the occasional careless laughter indicated the elastic...
39. CHAPTER XVIII.Murder of Starkey--Death of Ten-ie-ya and Extinction of his Band--A few Surviving Murderers--An Attempt at Reformation--A Failure and loss of a Mule--Murders of Robert D. Sevil...
42. CHAPTER XXI.In speaking of the discovery of the “_Big Trees_” of Calavaras, Mr. Hutchings, in his “Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity,” says that: “In the spring of 1852 Mr. A. T. Doud, a hunte...
43. CHAPTER XXII.Records of the number of visitors to the Yosemite down to and inclusive of 1875, show that in 1852 Rose and Shurban were murdered by the savages, while their companion, Tudor, t...
21. CHAPTER XXII.The book here presented is the result of an attempt to correct existing errors relative to the Yosemite Valley. It was originally designed to compress the matter in this volume...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Captain Boling elected Sheriff--Appointment of Indian Agents--Ten-ie-ya allowed to Return to Yosemite--Murder of Visitors--Lieut. Moore’s Expedition and Punishment of Murderers-...
6. CHAPTER VI.Out of Provisions--A Hurried Move--Mills where Indians take their Grists, and Pots in which they Boil their Food--Advance Movement of Captain Dill--A Hungry Squad--Enjoyment--Ne...
7. CHAPTER VII.Campaign against the Chow-chillas--The Favorite Hunting Ground--A Deer Hunt and a Bear _Chase_--An Accident and an Alarm--A Torch-light Pow-wow--Indians Discovered--Captain Boli...
13. CHAPTER XIII.The Indian Names--Difficulty of their Interpretation--Circumstances Suggesting Names of Vernal, Nevada and Bridal Veil Falls--Mr. Richardson’s Descriptions of the Falls and Roun...
16. CHAPTER XVI.A Trip to Los Angeles--Interview with Colonel McKee--A Night at Colonel Fremont’s Camp--Management of Cattle by the Colonel’s Herdsmen--Back to Los Angeles--Specimen Bricks of t...
9. CHAPTER IX.Starvation Subdues the Chow-chillas, and the Result is Peace--Captain Kuykendall’s Expeditions--An Attack--Rout and Pursuit--A Wise Conclusion--Freezing out Indians--A Wild Coun...
19. CHAPTER XIX.Engineering and History--Speculation and Discouragement--A New Deal--Wall Street--A Primitive Bridge--First Woman in the Yosemite--Lady Visitors from Mariposa and Lady Teachers...
14. CHAPTER XIV.A Mountain Storm--Delay of Supplies--Clams and Ipecac--Arrival of Train--A Cute Indian--Indian Sagacity--A Dangerous Weapon--Capture of Indian Village--An Eloquent Chief--Woman’...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Murder of Starkey--Death of Ten-ie-ya and Extinction of his Band--A few Surviving Murderers--An Attempt at Reformation--A Failure and Loss of a Mule--Murders of Robert D. Sevil...
2. CHAPTER II.The Governor of California issues a Proclamation--Formation of the Mariposa Battalion--The Origin and Cause of the War--New Material Public Documents--A Discussion--Capt. Walker...
12. CHAPTER XII.Bears and Other Game--Sickness of Captain Boling--Convalescence and Determination--A Guess at Heights--A Tired Doctor and a Used-up Captain--Surprising an Indian--Know-nothingne...
3. CHAPTER III.March Down the South Fork--Capture of an Indian Village--Hungry Men--An able Surgeon--Snow Storms--Visit of Ten-ie-ya, Chief of the Yosemites--Commander’s Dilemma--Unique Manner...
11. CHAPTER XI.Camp Amusements--A Lost Arrow--Escape of a Prisoner--Escape of Another--Shooting of the Third--Indian Diplomacy--Taking His Own Medicine--Ten-ie-ya Captured--Grief over the Deat...
8. CHAPTER VIII.5. CHAPTER V.1. CHAPTER I.15. CHAPTER XV.10. CHAPTER X.4. CHAPTER IV.20. CHAPTER XXI.