In the Heart of the Sierras by James Mason Hutchings (1888)
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In the Heart of the Sierras by James Mason Hutchings (1888) James Mason Hutchings 1886, by J. M. Hutchings In the Heart of the Sierras by James Mason Hutchings (1888) Table of Contents In the Heart of the Sierras by James M. Hutchings (1888).............................................................................1 Contents...................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction..............................................................................................................................................1 Photography: George Fiske and Ansel Adams........................................................................................3 Bibliographic Note...................................................................................................................................3 Preface..................................................................................................................................................................7 Table of Contents................................................................................................................................................8 Illustrations........................................................................................................................................................13 Map of Routes to the Yo Semite Valley..........................................................................................................18 THE YO SEMITE VALLEY...........................................................................................................................19 CHAPTER I......................................................................................................................................................20 AS OTHERS SEE IT........................................................................................................................................21 CHAPTER II.....................................................................................................................................................27 CAUSES LEADING TO ITS DISCOVERY..................................................................................................28 CONNECTING LINKS OF KINDNESS.............................................................................................28 THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM....................................................................................................29 AN ACT OF SIMPLE JUSTICE..........................................................................................................29 TELEGRAPHING BY FIRE AND SMOKE.......................................................................................30 EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF RUNNERS,...............................................................................................31 ISOLATED INSTANCES OF INDIAN VIOLENCE..........................................................................31 THE FIRST OPENLY HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION.....................................................................31 ANOTHER CLOUD WAS GATHERING..........................................................................................31 SAVAGE QUIETLY PLANNED A COUP D’ETAT.........................................................................31 NOT FRUITFUL IN RESULTS,..........................................................................................................32 A FITTING OPPORTUNITY FOR A TALK......................................................................................32 JOSE JUAREZ, THE INDIAN CHIEF, MAKES A SPEECH............................................................32 BREATHING DEFIANCE, EXCITEDLY INTERRUPTED SAVAGE.............................................33 JOSE REY, THE LEADING CHIEF OF THE CHOW-CHILLAS,....................................................33 UNHEEDED WARNINGS..................................................................................................................33 COL. ADAM JOHNSTON’S LETTER...............................................................................................34 SAD EXPERIENCES AT SAVAGE’S FRESNO STORE..................................................................35 SAVAGE’S OTHER STORE PILLAGED AND DESTROYED........................................................35 MAJOR BURNEY AND JAMES D. SAVAGE RAISE A COMPANY.............................................36 MAJOR BURNEY’S LETTER TO GOVERNOR McDOUGAL.......................................................36 THE FIRST CONFLICT ALMOST A DEFEAT.................................................................................37 GOVERNOR McDOUGAL’S PROMPT RESPONSE.......................................................................38 i In the Heart of the Sierras by James Mason Hutchings (1888) Table of Contents CHAPTER III...................................................................................................................................................40 HOW AND WHEN DISCOVERED...............................................................................................................41 A CALL FOR TWO HUNDRED ABLE-BODIED MILITIA,............................................................42 FORMATION OF THE MARIPOSA BATTALION..........................................................................43 OFFICERS ELECTED TO COMMAND THE BATTALION............................................................43 THE MARIPOSA BATTALION TOOK UP ITS LINE OF MARCH................................................43 THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA WAS BREAKING.............................................................................43 LETTER OF GEN. THOMAS B. EASTLAND.*................................................................................43 INSTRUCTIONS TO COL. J. NEELY JOHNSON............................................................................44 SUITABLE PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN...................................................46 SPEECH TO THE MARIPOSA BATTALION.*................................................................................46 PEACE MESSENGERS SENT TO THE INDIAN VILLAGES.........................................................46 FIRST INTIMATIONS GIVEN OF THE EXISTENCE OF YO SEMITE.........................................47 RESERVATION GROUNDS AND QUARTERS...............................................................................47 THE BATTALION TO FORM INTO LINE........................................................................................48 INTERVIEW BETWEEN TEN-IE-YA AND MAJOR SAVAGE......................................................49 AN EXPEDITION TO THE MYSTIC VALLEY WAS RESOLVED UPON....................................50 YO SEMITES MET UPON THE TRAIL............................................................................................50 THE YO SEMITE VALLEY FIRST SEEN BY WHITE MEN..........................................................50 CHAPTER IV....................................................................................................................................................52 THE NAME—”YO SEMITE"—ITS ORIGIN AND MEANING...............................................................53 THE MUSICAL NAME—YO SEMITE..............................................................................................54 LEGENDARY TRADITION CONCERNING “YO SEMITE.”.........................................................54 CHAPTER V.....................................................................................................................................................56 CLOSE OF THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN........................................................................................................57 SMOKE FROM A SLUMBERING PICKET FIRE.............................................................................57 A VIVIFIED EGYPTIAN MUMMY,”................................................................................................57 CAPTIVES LEAVE SOUTH FORK FOR THE RESERVATION.....................................................58 THE INDIAN CAMP WAS ENTIRELY DESERTED,......................................................................58 A NEW CAMPAIGN WAS RESOLVED UPON................................................................................59 THE SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE YO SEMITES.....................................................................59 THREE OF TEN-IE-YA‘S SONS TAKEN PRISONERS...................................................................59 LURE THEIR PURSUERS INTO A TRAP;.......................................................................................60 ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.................................................................................................................60 TEN-IE-YA’S YOUNGEST SON WAS SHOT DEAD,.....................................................................60 MESSENGERS SENT TO TEN-IE-YA..............................................................................................60 CAPTURE OF TEN-IE-YA.................................................................................................................61 TEN-IE-YA ATTEMPTING HIS ESCAPE.........................................................................................61 SURPRISE OF THE INDIAN VILLAGE...........................................................................................62 THE NAMING OF LAKE TEN-IE-YA...............................................................................................62