Bob wrote: > I KNOW 49er/doctor/Private L. H. BUNNELL was a member of the Mariposa > Battalion. But he kept no diary. He supposedly wrote his book "Discovery of > the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851" from his REMINISCENCES some 30/40 > years later.- But Bunnell WAS there; and he probably thought up Yosemite's > name. Hi Bob and all others interested in Yosemite, BUNNELLs book _ Discovery of the Yosemite, and the Indian war of 1851_ along with several other books relating to the discovery and history of Yosemite can be found on line at (where else!) the Mariposa County GenWeb page: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/maripcty.htm Just scroll down to "The Reading Room". While there you may also want to read the Gold Rush Journals that are there too! More will be added soon. If you read the Brunnell book you will find many references to Captain John BOLING of the Mariposa Battalion. Here is the obituary of the Captain taken from the Mariposa Gazette, June 17, 1864: CAPTAIN BOLING DIES-DISCOVERER OF YO SEMITE(:)) In Mariposa, Tuesday evening, June 17, 1864 of Consumption, Capt. John Boling, aged 43 years. The old pioneers have been gradually passing away until but few of those who settled here in early times are remaining. Captain boling was one of the first who settled in Mariposa County. He was a native of Tennessee, and about 41 years of age(?). He has been identified with the organization of this county more or less since its organization. In the Indian wars of '50 and '51 he commanded a company which he led in many skirmishes with the Indians, finally driving them into their mountain retreat, Yo Semite Valley. He and his company were the accidental discoverers of the Valley, and the first white men who ever gazed upon its indescribable beauties. He was afterwards sheriff of this county. As a man, he was gold (good?), honorable and independent, and possessed those peculiar traits that indicated at once his fearlessness and his high sense of humor. He leaves a wife and children in +Nevada Territory+, where he expected to join them this month, and many friends in this part of the State will long remember him, and lament his early demise. ========================= Sure am glad that ole JR Norris spent some of his very interesting life in Mariposa County - Enjoy, Carolyn