Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event . and as he glanced down the smoky val- 86 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE, ley, said: This affords us the best prospect of any yet ; jast look! Splendid! I promptly replied,Yo-sem-i-te must be beantifully grand a few weeks laterjwhen the foliage and flowers are at tlieir prime, and therusli of water has somewhat subsided. Sucli cliffs and wa-ter- alls I never saw before, and I doubt if they exist in anyotlier place. I was surprisedand somewhat ir-ritated by thehearty laugh withwhich my replywas greeted. TheMaj
Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event . and as he glanced down the smoky val- 86 DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE, ley, said: This affords us the best prospect of any yet ; jast look! Splendid! I promptly replied,Yo-sem-i-te must be beantifully grand a few weeks laterjwhen the foliage and flowers are at tlieir prime, and therusli of water has somewhat subsided. Sucli cliffs and wa-ter- alls I never saw before, and I doubt if they exist in anyotlier place. I was surprisedand somewhat ir-ritated by thehearty laugh withwhich my replywas greeted. TheMajor caught theexpression of myeye and shruggedh i s slioulders ashe hastily said: Isuppose that is allright, Doctor,about the water-falls, &c., for tliereare enough ofthem here for onelocality, as wehave all discover-ed; but my re-mark was not inreference to thescenery, but tlieprospect of theIndians being starved out, and of their coming in to sue forpeace. We have all been more or less wet since we rolled upour blankets tliis morning, and this lire is very enjoyable, but. VERNAT. PAT,L.(350 feet in height.) AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851, 87 tlie prospect that it offers to my mind of smoking out theIndians, is more agreeable to me than its warmth or all thescenery in creation. I know, Doc, that there is a gooddeal of iron inyou, but there isalso considerablesentiment, and Iam not in a verysentimentalmood. I repliedthat I did notthink that any ofus felt very muchlike making loveor writing poetry,but that Ten-ie-yas remark tohim about theGreat Spiritproviding sobountifiily forhis people, hadseveral times oc-cuiTed to me sinceentering here, andthat no doubt toTen-ie-ya, this was a veritable Indian paradise. Well,said the Major, as far as that is con-cerned, although I have not cari-ied aBible with me since I became a mount-ain-man, I remember well enough thatSatan entered paradise and did all the mischiet iie could,but I intend to be a bigger devil in this Indian paradise
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