Battalion withdrew from Yosemite without having found more Indians, March 27. Bunnell, p. 91.
Second entry to Yosemite made by Capt. John Boling’s Company, May 9. Bunnell, p. 142; Boling, June 12; Kuykendall, p. 9.
First letter dispatched from valley, May 15. Boling, June 12; Kuykendall, p. 9.
Boling captured Yosemite Indians at Tenaya Lake, May 22. Indians were escorted to Fresno Reservation, but in winter Tenaya and his family were permitted to return to the mountains. Boling, June 14; Kuykendall, p. 10; Bunnell, p. 228.
1852
Eight prospectors entered valley May 2, and two were killed by Indians. Russell, 1926, p. 332.
Lt. Tredwell Moore entered Yosemite with detachment of 2d Infantry in June. Bunnell, p. 275; Elliott, p. 172; Hutchings, 1862, p. 75.
Yosemite Indians took refuge with Mono Indians and were not found by soldiers. Elliott, p. 172.
In August Lt. Moore found promising mineral deposits east of Sierra crest. Bunnell, p. 277.
Mariposa Grove discovered by party of prospectors. Elliott, p. 172; Russell, 1926, p. 332, YNHA, 1929, p. 51.