1853
Yosemite Indians left Monos and returned to Yosemite, but stole horses, and Monos nearly annihilated the Yosemites for their treachery. Bunnell, pp. 275, 291; Hutchings, 1862, p. 75. Eyewitness account at variance with Bunnell’s (see [p. 47]).
A number of parties of prospectors entered Yosemite Valley in the fall of 1853. Bunnell, p. 295.