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Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That EventBunnell, Lafayette Houghton

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Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That Event

Name: Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That Event
Author: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton

Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton

Indians of North America -- California; Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865; Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

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[Illustration: _L. H. Bunnell_]

DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE,

And the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to That Event.

by

LAFAYETTE HOUGHTON BUNNELL, M.D.,

Of the Mariposa Battalion, One of the Discoverers,
Late Surgeon Thirty-Sixth Regiment
Wisconsin Volunteers.

Third Edition--Revised And Corrected.

Fleming H. Revell Company,
New York:              | Chicago:
30 Union Square: East. | 148 and 150 Madison St.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1880-1892, by
L. H. Bunnell,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

  DEDICATION.

  TO THE

  HON. CHARLES H. BERRY,

  THIS BOOK,

  IN REMEMBRANCE OF KINDLY SUGGESTIONS,

  IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

                                          PAGE

      I.  MAPS                    FRONTISPIECE.

     II.  PORTRAIT

    III.  THE YOSEMITE VALLEY                13

     IV.  EL CAPITAN                         54

      V.  BRIDAL VEIL FALL                   59

     VI.  HALF DOME                          74

    VII.  NORTH DOME AND ROYAL ARCHES        75

   VIII.  CATHEDRAL ROCKS                    77

     IX.  GLACIER FALL                       84

      X.  VERNAL FALL AND ROUND RAINBOW      86

     XI.  NEVADA FALL                        87

    XII.  CACHES, OR ACORN STOREHOUSES      129

          FIRE STICK                        134

   XIII.  THREE BROTHERS                    146

    XIV.  YOSEMITE FALL                     166

     XV.  MIRROR LAKE                       204

    XVI.  SENTINEL ROCK                     213

   XVII.  THE INDIAN BELLE                  219

  XVIII.  LAKE TEN-IE-YA                    236

    XIX.  LAKE STARR KING                   290

     XX.  BIG TREE                          333

    XXI.  RIDING THROUGH A TREE TRUNK       339

          TUNNELED TREE                     340

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER I.

    Incidents leading to the Discovery of the Yosemite
    Valley--Major Savage and Savages--Whiskey, Wrangling and
    War--Skinned Alive--A brisk Fight--Repulse--Another Fight, and
    Conflagration                                                    1

  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--The
    Peace Commissioners’ Parley and the Indians’ Pow-wow--The
    Mysterious Deep Valley--Forward, March!                         29

  CHAPTER III.

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