Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event . heen So fitful from MiiTor Lakes bed. Te North and South Domes,^ Ten-ie-yas lake homes, Clouds Rest. and high Tis-sa-ack lone;Mute Sentinel, Brothers, ye Starr King, ye others— 1 Rock Chief, a literal translation of Tote-ack-ah-noo la, rendered El Cap-itan in Spanish, from the likeness of a mans head upon thi wall. * The Yosemites were known as the Bear tribe. Ten-ie-ya was cliief.*Scho look is the Indian name for the ? High Fall; Ah wah ne, the old name of Valley, and Kay o pha (the sky), the name of highest or s
Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event . heen So fitful from MiiTor Lakes bed. Te North and South Domes,^ Ten-ie-yas lake homes, Clouds Rest. and high Tis-sa-ack lone;Mute Sentinel, Brothers, ye Starr King, ye others— 1 Rock Chief, a literal translation of Tote-ack-ah-noo la, rendered El Cap-itan in Spanish, from the likeness of a mans head upon thi wall. * The Yosemites were known as the Bear tribe. Ten-ie-ya was cliief.*Scho look is the Indian name for the ? High Fall; Ah wah ne, the old name of Valley, and Kay o pha (the sky), the name of highest or snow-cladpeaks. * At intervals at the Vernal a round rainbow is formed, perfect as a finger Glacier Fall. in place of Too loo lo-we ack. 6 Sentinel Dome was known to the disc >verers as the South Dome, and Tlssa ack, meaning cleft rock, as the Half Dome. 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 time. From the teon the world had birth!. Looking up the valley from aheight of about 1,000 feet abovethe Merced River, and above sealevel 5,000 feet, giving somefaint idea of the beauty, grand-eur and masrnitude of this mas:-nificent work of nature. DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE. DISCOVERY OF THE YOSEMITE. CHAPTER I. Incidents leading to the discovery of the Yosemite Valley—Majjor Savageand Savages—Whiskey, wrangling and War—Skinned AUve—A briskFight—Repulse—Another Fight, and Conflagration. During the winter of 1849-50, while ascending the oldBear Yalley trail from Ridleys ferry, on the Merced river,my attention was attracted to the stupendous rocky peaksof the Sierra Nevadas. In the distance an immense ciililoomed, apparently to the summit of the mountains. Al-though familiar with nature in her wildest moods, I lookedupon this awe-inspiring column with wonder and admira-tion. While vainly endeavoring to realize its peculiarprominence and
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