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Title: Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851, which led to that event
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton, 1824-1903
Subjects: Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865 Indians of North America Ethnic groups Law
Publisher: New York, Chicago, F.H. Revell company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n was as many-hued, and if possible more glo-rious, than the most vivid borealis of the northern climes.But when the sun appeared, seemingly like a sudden flash,amidst the distant peaks, the climax was complete. Myopportunities for examining the mountain scenery of theSierra Nevada above the immediate vicinity of the Yosem-ite, were such as to only enable me to give a somewhat gen-eral description, but the views that I had during our explor-ations afforded me glimpses of the possibilities of sublimemountain scenery, such as I had never before comprehended,although familiar with the views afforded from some of tliepeaks of Mexico and of the Eocky Mountains. I doubteven if the Yellow Stone, supreme in some of its attractions,affords such varied and majestic beauty. Looking back to the lovely little lake, where we had beenencamped during the night, and watching Ten-ie-ya as heascended to our group, I suggested to the Captain that wename the lake after the old chief, and call it Lake Ten-
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AND INDIAN WAR OF 1851. 237 ie-ya. The Captain had fully recovered from his annoy-ance at the scene in camp, and j-eadily consented to thename, but added that I had evidently mistaken my vo-cation. Noticing my look of surprise, he jokingly said that if Ihad only studied divinity instead of medicine, I could havethen fully gratified my passion for christening. This, ofcourse, brought out a general guffaw, and thinking me an-noyed, he said: Gentlemen, I think the name an appro-priate one, and shall use it in my report of the expedition.Beside this, it is rendering a kind of justice to perpetuatethe name of the old chief. When Ten-ie-ya reached the summit, he left his peopleand approached where the Captain and a few of us werehalting. Although he had been snubbed by the Captainthat morning, he now seemed to have forgotten it, and hisrather rugged countenance glowed with healthful exercisein the sunlight. I had handled him rather roughly the daybefore, but as he now evidently wished to be

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