Savage, who had been the leading figure in the war against the Indians, was perhaps their best friend while in capti

who were also conquered in 1851, were put upon t

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eemed to be contented, and to enjoy the novelty of their new mode of life. The young, able-bodied men were put to work assisting in clearing, fencing and cultivating fields for hay and vegetables, and th

of defeat. He suffered keenly from the hot weather of the plains, after his free life in the mountains, and begged to be

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s remnant of his band he returned to the Yosemite, but not long afterwards they were set upon by the Monos, a tribe from the eastern side of the Sierras, with whom they had quarreled, and

ED TO

tribes, that if their people were again allowed their freedom, they would forever remain in peace with the white settlers, and try and s

sites were now in possession of white settlers. As there was a very large crop of acorns that season, they gathered an abundant supply for winter us

raph b

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ey. Supposed to be 105 years old,

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y became demoralized socially, addicted to many bad habits, and left the reservations in worse condition than when they were taken there. Their ol

nsitory, and many of them were, at times, in a condition near to starvation. In these straitened and desperate circumstances, many of their young women were used as commercial property, and

r diseases of a malignant character, which their medicine men

mites who were living, even as children, when the Valley was first discover

aph by

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back, like all burdens, and suppor