Yosemite Valley and Merced Canyon to Nevada Fall explored by men with Savage, March 26. Bunnell, p. 72. Battalion withdrew from Yosemite without having found more Indians, March 27. Bunnell, p. 91. Second entry to Yosemite made by Capt. John Boling’s Company, May 9. Bunnell, p. 142; Boling, June 12; Kuykendall, p. 9. First letter dispatched from valley, May 15. Boling, June 12; Kuykendall, p. 9. Boling captured Yosemite Indians at Tenaya Lake, May 22. Indians were escorted to Fresno Reservation, but in winter Tenaya and his family were permitted to return to the mountains. Boling, June 14; Kuykendall, p. 10; Bunnell, p. 228. 1852 Eight prospectors entered valley May 2, and two were killed by Indians. Russell, 1926, p. 332. Lt. Tredwell Moore entered Yosemite with detachment of 2d Infantry in June. Bunnell, p. 275; Elliott, p. 172; Hutchings, 1862, p. 75. Yosemite Indians took refuge with Mono Indians and were not found by soldiers. Elliott, p. 172. In August Lt. Moore found promising mineral deposits east of Sierra crest. Bunnell, p. 277. Mariposa Grove discovered by party of prospectors. Elliott, p. 172; Russell, 1926, p. 332, YNHA, 1929, p. 51. 1853 Yosemite Indians left Monos and returned to Yosemite, but stole horses, and Monos nearly annihilated the Yosemites for their treachery. Bunnell, pp. 275, 291; Hutchings, 1862, p. 75. Eyewitness account at variance with Bunnell’s (see p. 47). A number of parties of prospectors entered Yosemite Valley in the fall of 1853. Bunnell, p. 295. 1854 James Capen Adams visited Yosemite to capture grizzlies, which he trained. Hittell, T. H., p. 196. 1855 J. M. Hutchings organized first party of sightseers to enter Yosemite. First Yosemite pictures made by T. A. Ayres in June. Bunnell, p. 304; Hutchings, 1862, p. 77; Hutchings, 1886, p. 79; YNHA, 1944, pp. 21-25. Trail from South Fork (Wawona) built to Yosemite Valley by Milton and Houston Mann. Finished in 1856. Bunnell, p. 304; Brockman, 1943, pp. 53-54. Galen Clark engaged in surveying ditch to supply water to Mariposa Frémont Grant. Foley, p. 108. First house, a shack, built in Yosemite Valley by surveyors, including Bunnell. (Use of Yosemite Valley as a reservoir contemplated.) Bunnell, p. 304; _Country Gentleman_; Whitney, 1870, p. 18. 1856 “Coulterville Free Trail” from Bull Creek to Yosemite built by G. W. Coulter and Bunnell. Bunnell, p. 315. T. A. Ayres made second trip to Yosemite and made more pencil drawings. Bunnell, p. 310; Farquhar, 1926, p. 111; Ayres. “Lower Hotel,” first permanent structure, built by Walworth and Hite at base of Sentinel Rock. Bunnell, p. 309.