Book/Printed Material Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event. Copy 1
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Image 2 of Copy 1- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 9 of Copy 1 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE AND THE INDIAN WAR OF 1601 WHICH LED TO THAT EVENT BY a re LAFAYETTE HOUGHTON BUNNELL MD OF THE MARIPOSA BATTALION ONE OF THE DISCOVEREBRS LATE SURGEON…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 10 of Copy 1 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18801892 by L H BUNNELL In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 11 of Copy 1 DEDICATION TO THE HON CEARLES E BERERY THIS BOOK IN REMEMBRANCE OF KINDLY SUGGESTIONS IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 12 of Copy 1 TT ITI IV Vit VII VIL LX XI XII XIII XIV 28 E XVI VAT XVIII XIX XX Xi LIST OF TLLUSTRATIONS PAGE Mars 5 a C FRONTISPIECE PortTRAIT 3 A C…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 13 of Copy 1 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Incidents leading to the Discovery of the Yosemite ValleyMajor Savage and SavagesWhiskey Wrangling and WarSkinned AliveA brisk FightRepulseAnother Fight and Conflagration 1 CHAPTER 14 The Governor of California issues…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 14 of Copy 1 6 CONTENTS CHAPTER VI Out of ProvisionsA Hurried MoveMills where Indians take their Grists and Pots in which they Boil their FoodAdvance Movement of Captain DillA Hungry SquadEnjoymentNeglect of DutyEscape of IndiansFollowing…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 15 of Copy 1 CONTENTS 6 SS CHAPTER XI Camp AmusementsA Lost ArrowEscape of a PrisonerEscape of An therShooting of the ThirdIndian DiplomacyTaking His Own MedicineTenie ya CapturedGrief over the Death of His SonAp petite under…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 16 of Copy 1 8 CONTENTS CHAPTER XVI A Trip to Los AngelesInterview with Colonel McKeeA Night at Colonel Fremonvs CampManagement of Cattle by the Colonels HerdsmenBack to Los AngelesSpecimen Bricks of the Angel CityAn Adaition…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 17 of Copy 1- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 18 of Copy 1 4 COTTONWOOD PK 1 633 S33 rer au WA HILk ate BQOUNDARY KIL bos x gS ase aos t S os 4 QL 3 EN QF areRCED i 5m L i A…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 19 of Copy 1 hs Ne we IMAP O Fe THE YO SEMITE NATIONAL PARK SITUATED IN TUOLUMNE MARIPOSA FRESNO wes Pn ano MoO NO COUNTIES FATE OF GALI FORNIA qs ys x Rony N f…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 20 of Copy 1- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 21 of Copy 1 INTRODUCTION 9 INTRODUCTION The book here presented is the result of an attempt to correct existing errors relative to the Yosemite Valley It was originally designed to scmpress the matter in this…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 22 of Copy 1 10 INTRODUCTION While engaged upon this work the writer was aided by the scientific researches of Prof J D Whitney and by the acute and helpful criti cism of Doctor James M…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 23 of Copy 1 INTRODUCTION 11 The wild world of lightfrom Beatitudes height Old Rock Chief El Capitan true Thy head proud and high white brow to the sky Thy features the thunderbolts dare Thou oerlookest…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 24 of Copy 1 12 INTRODUCTION Oh what of the past have ye known To you has been given the mission from heaven To watch through the ages of earth Your presence sublime is the chronicled…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 25 of Copy 1 SHRI NOL NN WN Nyx i fr N Soy VIEW OF THE YOSEMITE Looking up the valley from a height of about 1000 feet above the Merced River and above sea level…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 26 of Copy 1- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 27 of Copy 1 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE 1 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE OB APTER Incidents leading to the discovery of the Yosemite ValleyMajor Savage and Savages Whiskey wrangling and WarSkinned AliveA brisk FightRepulseAnother Fight and…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 28 of Copy 1 2 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE During the winter of 185051 I was attached to an expe dition that made the first discovery of what is now known as the Yosemite Valley While…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 29 of Copy 1 AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851 2b 185051 Among these settlers was one James D Savage a trader who in 184950 was located in the mountains near the mouth of the South Fork…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 30 of Copy 1 3a DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE try and plunder them of their property To strengthen his influence over the principal tribes Savage had accord ing to the custom of many mountain men taken…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 31 of Copy 1 AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851 3 The trip was made without any incidents of importance but to Savages disappointment and regret Jose developed an instinctive love for whiskey and having been liberally…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 32 of Copy 1 4 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE and Vowchester two Indian chiefs known to be friendly The trader had taken two of his wives from their tribes Savage greeted all with his customary salutation…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 33 of Copy 1 AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851 4 any of his schemes the trader remarked as he finished his speech A chief who has returned with me from the place where the white men…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 34 of Copy 1 5a DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE war upon and the Indians would finally be destroyed In his speech Jose evinced a keenness of observation inconsist ant with his apparent drunken stupidity Savage had…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 35 of Copy 1 AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851 5 Jose observing the effects of these statements excitedly interrupted Savage by entering the circle exclaiming He is telling you words that are not true His tongue…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 36 of Copy 1 6 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE started with his squaws for home and again gave the settlers warning of what was threatened and would soon be at tempted These occurrences were narrated to…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 37 of Copy 1 AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851 6b pursuers in the race Close upon the heels of this report came a rumor from the miners camp on Mariposa creek that Savages establishment at that…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 38 of Copy 1 Ta DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE and demanded tribute for rossing their territory Looking upon the demand as a new form of Indian beggary but lit tle attention was paid to them After…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 39 of Copy 1 AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851 vi The party that went out to the place of attackDr Thomas Payns now Visalia named for Nat Vice an ac quaintance of the writerfound there the…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
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Image 40 of Copy 1 8 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE The Indians had here taken all the advantages of position and successfully repulsed the attack of the whites who withdrew and allowed the former to continue their…- Contributor: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton
- Date: 1892
About this Item
Title
- Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event.
Summary
- Lafayette Houghton Bunnell (1824-1903) was a member of the Mariposa Battalion that became the white discoverers of the Yosemite Valley in 1851 when they rode out in search of Native American tribal leaders involved in recent raids on American settlements. Dr. Bunnell later served as a surgeon in the Civil War. Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851 (originally published 1880) contains his account of that event, beginning with the history of the battalion and the tribal unrest that inspired its creation. He goes on to chronicle the unit's march from its camp near Agua Fria into the mountains down the South Fork of the Merced River. Bunnell recalls his comrades' reactions to the natural grandeur they encountered in the Yosemite Valley as well as the trivia of camp life and encounters with the native tribes they were sent to pacify. The book concludes with chapters of the Valley's history after 1851, discussions of the region's flora and fauna, and a chapter on the discovery of the sequoias and their later exploitation.
Names
- Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton, 1824-1903.
Created / Published
- New York, Chicago, F.H. Revell company [c1892]
Headings
- - Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
- - Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865
- - Indians of North America--California
- - Ethnic groups--California
- - Law--Political aspects--California
Medium
- 12, 349 (i.e. 359) p. front. (port.) illus., plates, double map. 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F868.Y6 B9
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- rc01000626
Rights Advisory
- No known restrictions on publication.
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- online text
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