Yosemite Historian

If you could look back and wonder if you were the first people to have seen Yosemite Valley, what would you have thought? That is what it may have seemed for John Muir. He was not the first person to have seen the valley the first people in the valley. The first known people in the valley were the Ahwaneechee Indian or some call them Yosemite Indians. Their Chief was Chief Teneiya and there was eight villages including one at the base of Yosemite Falls called Ah-wah´-nee. The first know white man that came to the valley was in 1851. These men were looking for Indians and they had the intention of driving the Indians away from their land.

The valley was named by a young doctor, who gave the valley the name Yosemite. This is where I was confused many of the books and website I have read said that the Indians was Yosemite Indians but a website I just saw said that the doctor called the land Yosemite thinking that is what the Indians were named. This website said that the young doctor made a mistake. In a way I do not know if could trust that website as true history, but one can change history and made it the way he or she would have liked to see it. I am sure this website is true in most cases but many times a history story or a past story can also be made to more than it was at the time. Meaning making it a bigger deal then it was at the time. Now I am going to research the young doctor and see if this website got that right. Well according to this website the young man was named Lafayette Bunnell. I was interested in learning more about man. I searched his name on yahoo and found that it is true that he was one of the ones who first saw the Yosemite Valley. He was a doctor and was on Mariposa Battalion which purpose was to find Native American tribal leaders that lead raid on American settlements. I would like to read a book that has this man?s story of the discovery of Yosemite.

This book is called ?Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851?. I will try to find a copy of this book and read it. I wanted to know more so I searched again. Bunnell encountered Chief Tenaya. Burnnell was the first non-Indian to see Chef Tenaya or at least that is what the website I saw said.

If you like this please check out this blog at http://www.yosemitehistorian.com

No related posts.

Source: http://toddsblogs.com/referenceandeducation/2012/07/28/yosemite-historian/

mega millions winning numbers autism speaks ubaldo jimenez ncaa final country music awards autism awareness angelman syndrome