Re: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite ????

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From: Ken Lee
Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 00:00

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In article <Bernadette_Luna-180595163827@lucas.arc.nasa.gov>,
   Bernadette_Luna@qmgate.arc.nasa.gov (Bernadette Luna) wrote:
>Does anyone know the meaning of the Ahwannee Indian name, Tenaya ?
>
>It's the name of a lake near Tioga Pass in Yosemite, and an Indian 
Chief
>who camped there in 1885, but what's he known for?

Chief Teneiya (spelled like that in my book) was the leader of the last 
Indian tribe to live in Yosemite Valley.  He moved there from the east 
(over Mono Pass) in the early 1800s.  European-Americans started moving 
into the area during the 1849 gold rush.  Chief Teneiya had a running 
feud with these settlers and with neighboring tribes during the early 
1850s.  He and most of his Ahwahnechee tribe was killed in Yosemite 
Valley in 1853.  Tourists from San Francisco started visiting Yosemite 
shortly thereafter.

Ken

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Ken Lee, kenton@rahul.net, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/

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Subject: Re: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite ????
Date: 1995/05/20
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