Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That Event
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--Gold Discoveries on Eastern Slope of Sierras--Report of Expedition, and First _Published_ Notice of Yosemite--Squatter Sovereignty--Assault upon King’s River Reservation--The supposed Leader, Harvey, Denounced by Major Savage--A Rencounter, and Death of Savage--Harvey Liberated by a Friendly Justice--An Astute Superintendent--A Mass Meeting--A Rival Aspirant--Indians and Indian Policy 272