Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera County, CA COZ, Vicente Plot Location Code. (B2, R. 17, P.K&L, Lot 56) Age: 76, 11/13 Born 4/5/1821 Died 3/18/1898 Deed To: Thomas AUTRAND Harriet

Hey, Harriet, thanks for digging out and sharing these interesting articles and especially the names of Miwoks who participated in building the Madera roundhouse. Is it still there? Regarding roundhouses, there is still a Miwok roundhouse at the Tuolumne Reservation, which was built in the traditional ways probably around the same time that this article was written. It seems to me it was there in the '60s when I was in college and used to go up for the annual Acorn Festival that was held in September. When I last visited the Tuolumne Rez several years ago with my niece, the roundhouse was still there and we took some photos. The roundhouse in Tuolumne has what is called a "foot drum" -- this is made by digging a hole and stretching a deerhide or other hide across it, tight enough so that a drummer can stand on it and drum with his feet. Joan ====================================================== In a message dated 10/29/00 7:17:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, harriet@madnet.net writes: > > Miwok Culture From: > > MADERA COUNTY DIAMOND JUBILEE COMMITTEE > AND MADERA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY > > BY Charles W. Clough > > Part -1- > > A Remaining Bit Of An Earlier Culture > > Madera County has the unique distinction of having within its > boundaries the last Miwok Indian Round House (hangi), which is > also variously called semi-subterranean assembly, dance, > or ceremonial house. There is no assurance that the county > will continue to enjoy this distinction as the wooden building > stands in a field of dry grass on private property which is for > sale. It is located about a half-mile north of the Ahwahnee post > office in the Wasuma Valley. > > The Round House was built in 1903 to replace one which was > burned in 1893. It differs from the historic specifications > for such houses in some details. The following is a description > of the traditional house as told in Barret and Gifford’s Miwok > Material Culture: > > “The assembly house was for social and ceremonial gatherings. > It was the place where gambling and dancing were conducted. > It was never used as a dwelling or even as a sleeping quarters > for the men, except sometimes when a ceremony was being held > in the village. > > “A large pit, forty or fifty feet in diameter, was dug to a > depth of three or four feet. Over this was erected a roof in > the form of a low cone, supported by heavy beams. These in > turn were supported by means of four center posts and eight > side posts. The edges of the cone rested on the edge of the > pit. This cone was covered with thatch and earth, which made > the roof air and water tight. > > “A thatch of brush, topped with Digger or Western Yellow Pine > needles, never Sugar Pine needles, was put on. This was > followed by the final covering of earth. Altogether the roof > was a foot and a half or two feet thick. The opening in the > top of the conical roof served as the smoke hole, the fire > being built directly under it. The entrance was on any side.” > (Some other authorities say the entrance was always on the > east.) > > A pit was not dug for the Ahwahnee house. Five-foot upright > walls served the purpose of the pit and supported the cone. > Lumber and nails were used and the roof was covered with shakes. > >

Mel, This might not be of much help, but the NORTH FORK Library is the repository of most of the Indian information in Madera County, This book may be available there. Who knows perhaps the Mariposa Libray has it because of the Yosemite Indians or Merced libraries has it. Don't know if they would inter library loan it or not. Wouldn't hurt to ask. I'll check Madera this next week. Harriet -----Original Message----- From: Kelley [mailto:tkelley@yosemite.net] Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 11:00 PM To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CAMARIPO] Miwok Indians of Yosemite Did I miss something, or did we all know this???? Taylor, Rose (Schuster). The Last Survivor. San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger, 1932. "The story of To-tu-ya (Foaming Water) known as Maria Lebrado, the granddaughter of Tenaya, chief of the Yosemite Indians." "Reprinted by permission of the regents of the University of California from the University of California chronicle, January, 1931, vol. XXXIII, no. 1 and January, 1932, vol. XXIV, no. 1". Mel ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== List of All of California Genealogy Discussion Lists: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ca.html

Madera Heritage Quarterly Last Survivors Part –5- :Like most women, and her valley ancestresses, she was eternally feminine. When one elderly woman asked how old she was, aged TABUCE replied promptly, “ I am 16—how old are you?” LUCY PARKER TELLES succeeded TABUCE as basket maker and visitor attraction in the late 1940’s. Her grandmother, SUZIE SAM, Scorned white men’s housing for life in the labyrinth Indian Caves of the Valley. LUCY, had lived at the mouth of those caves for a time, and used the grinding hole for preparing acorn meal. After living for years in poverty, in a bark humanacha, she began to weave baskets in the 1920’s. This brought her and her family comparative wealth and fame. She spent four years on an enormous basket that was three feet high and over nine feet around. It took first prize in the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco and was admired by million. It and many other specimens are on display in the Yosemite Museum. Fine basket weaving was the hallmark of the Ahwahneeches. They were closely woven, of many practical types and uses, and decorative as useful. In the 1960’s the dying art of basket weaving was revived by JULIA PARKER, a POMO Indian who married Ralph PARKER, a PIUTE, and lives in Yosemite Valley. Summer visitors are impressed with her attractive quiet charm and her demonstrations of ancient customs. It seems fitting that a few Indians live, as did the original inhabitants within Ah-wah’-nee, “deep, grassy valley.” -End- --(Comment) There are pictures of Mary, Tabuce and Lucy Telles in this article. The quality is poor but I will scan them if anyone wishes.

Madera Heritage Quarterly Part –4- That was the case with most of the last survivors. They were liked and part of the pioneer community, and their inability to hold liquor was taken for granted as was their love for bright clothes. Dressed in white woman’s castoffs, the Indian “women displayed a wealth of color that rivals the nasturtium…gowns exceed the resources of the dye pots in the matter of red...Soloman in all his glory was not arrayed like any of these” One Indian woman who endeared herself to white people was TA-BU-CE, meaning “Grass Nut” or “Sweet Rots”, whose Americanized name was MAGGIE HOWARD. Although born a Piute, at Mono Lake, TABUCE spent much of her long life in Yosemite Valley accepting, and adapting to, white man’s ways. She worked in the Sentinel Hotel, and private homes, as a maid and housekeeper and became as adept at acquiring tips as any saucy Irish maid. In her maturity she reverted to ancestral ways, communicating this primitive life to visitors who thronged to the Indian Village to see her give demonstrations of basket weaving and acorn preparation. She picked up where MARIA LEBRADOR had left off in interpreting Indian life. She learned to handle a microphone, lecture with composure, answer questions with dignity and pose for pictures patiently, though reluctantly. When cameras clicked without her permission, she grew annoyed. Once she muttered, about an inconsiderate cameraman, “Him take picture, all same bear!” However, picture-taking permission was always forthcoming upon receipt of a tip! TABUCE was noted locally for her frugality. Her electricity bill never rose above the 35 cents minimum and she saved about $1800 from tips, basket and acorn bead sales. Her English was good, but speaking a rude, broken dialect to keep up an authentic atmosphere for tourists became almost habitual with her. In talking of bicycle riding, she said “No, No, me killum self on bicycle. “Her transportation was shank’s mare unless someone she knew gave her an automobile ride. She was superstitious. A reserved salamander reminded her of a day: “Long time ago way down by El Portal we go hunting for Indian wild grass. We see that on (salamander). He walk along very slow like him not go very far. He (Indian companion) say not kill that one. He bad one. But I not know that so I picked up a stick and killed him. Right away hoo-pa-oo-cha (rain) came. We get all wet!” She was afraid of evil witches and prayed to animal gods before eating, believing that food cold not hurt her after prayer. -CONTINUED-

Madera Heritage Quarterly Part –3- During the Valley’s development by white pioneers, a group of Indians lived thee in rough camps. The men earned money by fishing, and Breaking horses, Some women did laundry and maid work; others Begged for money or food. Some married white men; others did not; either way half-breed children resulted. One white man traded a mule for a squaw, but the squaw left after three days, explaining, “I no stay, he no good.” KALPINE was requested to be a midwife for may white births. Indian MARY ENJOYED ANSWERING CONDESCENDING TOURIST QUESTIONS WITH “Me no savee.” Later, she would regale friends with a basic English recital of the tourist’s looks, manners and morals. SALLY ANN DICK was a pretty, full blooded Yosemite Indian, who married W. G. Stegman, a miner who had struck it rich. They lived in San Francisco where she had a carriage, beautiful clothes and plenty of money. None of that compensated for being away from the beauty and freedom of Yosemite Valley so she ran away one night, taking a modern vestige of civilization with her—a sewing machine. For years she was the only woman in the Valley to Own one and took it to sewing sessions with BRIDGET DEGMAN. She made a poor wife to two other husbands, one Indian, one Italian, deserting the first one for long periods of time. “Johnny beat her and still she would not stay,” LENA BROWN commented. SALLY ANN “never had a retiring disposition; well-fortified by bad liquor, she added considerably to the general hilarity” of a July 4th horse race. She perched atop the roof of her house, urging riders on. Despite her alcoholic sprees, SALLY ANN was liked and respected. -continued-

MADERA HERITAGE QUARTERLY -Part 2- In route to the Valley, the Battalion had met a large band of surrendering Indians, who were herded off toward a reservation. Among them was Maria, a young granddaughter of Chief Tenaya, who was humiliated by surrender and exhausted from walking through deep snow. Three-quarters of a century later, she recalled that the Indians, in 1851, “Got no shirt—got no pontloon. Pretty near nothing on women pretty near (nothing) on men.” She remembered Savage as “no good,” a man who was unfair to Indians who mined for him, and whose “ketchum young girl” marriage to several Indian maids antagonized some of her people. She was bitter over Chief Tenaya’s treatment. “When white men fight him and get him, they tell him they give him money. He no want money. They tell him clothes. He no want clothes. They take him Mono reservation. He die.” His death did not take place on a reservation, however. A Mariposa asked to be taught Indian words, and had difficulty writing down Maria’s speech. Maria laughed, “You can no spell it? You no can spell what a bird sings.” In 1928 75 years after her capture, Maria LEBRADO revisited Yosemite Valley in Company with sympathetic naturalists. She was bent and grizzled, but physically strong and mentally alert. Her nostalgia for early life and Indian friends was eloquent. “Long, long time!: She was cheered at the sight of Yosemite Falls, calling it by its Indian name, “Chorlock, Chorlock no gone!” and Sentinel Rock inspired her reverence “Loya, Loya! Long time’go.” Maria was delighted with most of the tribal exhibits in the(then) brand-new Yosemite Museum, and spent hors in the re-created Indian Village at its back shelling acorns, preparing native dishes, and sharing customs, traditions and lore with white friends who recorded her words and actions. Her death in April 1931, she was about one hundred, was a loss to friends, red and white. -Continued-

From: MADERA HERITAGE QUARTERLY Madera Genealogy Society VOL. VI – 2, MAY 1988 LAST SURVIVORS – Part 1 Ah-wah’-nee was the Indian meaning for “deep grassy valley,”and so the glacier –cut, granite-walled, unique, lush valley was named by them way back the other side of yesterday. For centuries braves roamed the seven-mile long canyon hunting and fishing while their squaws pounded acorns into meal and, stoically, saw to their men’s comfort. Wars and a black sickness interrupted and nearly destroyed their pastoral life and when, years afterwards, survivors drifted back to re-establish homes in Ah-wah-nee, white miners were encroaching on the Sierra Nevada. Ten-eye-ya was the chief of the new tribe which called itself “Yo-sem-ite,” meaning “Grizzly bear.” It was inevitable that the Yosemites and neighboring tribes should clash with the whites who took possession of their land, killed their game and cut their oak trees, thus eliminating their chief food, acorns. In retaliation the Indians raided, stole, and killed white invades, but bows and arrows were not match for rifles. These descendants of Yosemite Valley’s first inhabitants were reduced by killing, disease and reservation life to a band of last survivors. This portion of this article give a fragmentary history of the lives of Indian women in adapting to the whiteman’s tenure in their Ahwahnee. In March pf 1851, a punitive white battalion led by Major James D. Savage, entered Yosemite Valley in pursuit of marauding Indians. Although no braves were found to be captured, Savage and his men proceeded to discourage their return by burning their belongings, provisions, and u-ma-cha dwellings Lafayette H. Bunnell, a miner-member of the Mariposa Battalion, unearthed the only Indian who had not fled. An aged feeble squaw peered indifferently at him from the shelter of a huge rock at the base of North Dome, know by Indians as To-k-ya, “the basket”. Bunnell replenished her fire, pitying the woman who had been left behind to die. Savage questioned her in her Indian dialect, but she did not have much to say to him. She would not even tell him her age. -Continued-

found in a Pacific Books old auction site: June 1998 A DOCTOR AT MURIETA'S HIDEAWAY 89. (Skinner, James Sidney, M.D.) Archive of letters and other material relating to Dr. James Sidney Skinner, who practiced in Ohio in the 1840's, and thereafter traveled west to California. In 1860 he was in Hornitos, in Mariposa County (occasional hideaway of famous bandit Joaquin Murieta), and thereafter moved to San Francisco, where he continued to practice medicine. The archive consists of: * 7 letters written from J.S. Skinner at Hornitos to his son Charles, who was attending the Collegiate Institute at Benicia, California. All written during the autumn of 1860. * Membership certificate for Skinner in the Ohio State Medical Society, signed by the president and secretary of the society. (Lower left corner torn off.) Dated Jan. 6, 1849. * Printed letter filled out in ink, informing Skinner that he was granted an honorary medical degree from the Cleveland Medical College. Dated 8 Marmch 1850. * 6 letters of recommendation for Skinner written by various friends and colleagues in Ohio. All dated 1851. * Printed business card of Dr. Skinner, giving his address as 44 Second St. San Francisco (tarnished). c.1860's. * 2 letters to Charles Skinner from his sister Abbie. Dated San Francisco: 1864 and Stockton: 1865. Various places: 1850's & 1860's. Interesting archive pertaining to a medical doctor in eary California, most notable for the letters from Hornitos, a wild town near Quartzburgh which was founded by Mexican miners, gamblers and dance-hall women in 1850. * Oct. 14: Apparent racial prejudice regarding possible culinary habits, "Some one stole Flora's little dog on Wednesday night ant I have offered Ten Dollars reward for him by as yet cannot hear anything from him I have looked every where. But I think that some Chinamen stole him from the front door...." * Oct. 16: Medical costs are revealed, "I have been to Merced River today to see a patient and got 25 dollars for my visit & also received 60$ from other patients today...." * Oct. 22: "My business is still very good I shall take off a man's leg about 6 miles from here on Thursday next he got run over by one of the bit teams... Ma sewed 500 yds. ceiling yesterday for that big Brick building in China town for those Italians, she got $19.50 for the job." * Oct. 26: There had been a fire, described in the letter of Oct. 14, and "It is generally believed her now, that Elias set his own store on fire...he got his store insured for $14,000 Dollars before the fire occured... Frank Reynold's in McClatchy's had the Delerium Tremens on Monday night last, and tried to shoot Watson, he shot very close to him but did not hit. Frank is in Ben Brooks charge for threatening Watson's life...." * Nov. 21: Gives instructions to his son for going from Benicia to Hornitos on his vacation, "...take a berth in the lower cabin if there is one so as not to have to pay for a state Room - I would not pay them more than one dollar for my room & bed... As soon as you get up, go right to the stage office and secure your seat on the stage..." This letter was torn by Charlie's young sister Flora, and repaired with a piece of paper upon which Skinner has written of the mishap. The archive is in very good or better condition, an interesting glimpse of a doctor's life in the California gold region. (700/1000).

No Sharon, you are right.:>) But I have found something else of interest in the Madera County Historian about Maria, Chief Tenaya,and Tabuce, Lucy parker Telles, Suzzie Sam, Julia Parker a Pomo, and Ralph Barker, a Piute all in and of Yosemite Valley. There are some pictures I will try to scan also. Back tomorrow after the company leaves. I snuck off to let you know about it. My darling husband is doing the dishes. Harriet Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] Indian Cesus Availability That should keep you busy Harriet LOLOL...honestly, I don't think our ancestors in Mariposa were on reservations at that time. But thank you very much :) At 10:51 AM 10/28/00 -0700, you wrote: >Does everyone know at the SUTRO LIBRARY, >480 Winston Drive San Francisco, CA 94132 >Telephone: 731-4477: > >They have 700 roll of microfilm of the >U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs census of >reservaton Indians from 1885 thru 1940? > >HARRIET > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >Search the List Archives: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >or threaded archives here: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMARIPO

One of my books has a Miwok dictionary in it. That is how I managed to translate "North" and "Star". It is a very limited list of words but covers the basics and I'm thrilled to have it. If anyone wants a lookup, let me know. I played with it and the names on the Petition to the President and Congress and couldn't come up with any matches.....except, there was one woman on there and her Indian name was strangely similiar to the Miwok word for "breasts" I concluded therefore that she and I were related LOLOL At 03:22 AM 10/29/00 -0500, KatieGoff@aol.com wrote: >Sharon O'Branson has the book, Mel -- it's kind of expensive, so I'm glad she >was able to get it. I don't remember seeing before what To-tu-ya's Miwok name >meant -- Foaming Water -- wish we could translate the other Indian names we >have gathered! >===================================================== >In a message dated 10/28/00 11:08:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >tkelley@yosemite.net writes: > > > > Did I miss something, or did we all know this???? > > > > Taylor, Rose (Schuster). The Last Survivor. San Francisco: Johnck & > Seeger, > > 1932. "The story of To-tu-ya (Foaming Water) known as Maria Lebrado, the > > granddaughter of Tenaya, chief of the Yosemite Indians." "Reprinted by > > permission of the regents of the University of California from the > > University of California chronicle, January, 1931, vol. XXXIII, no. 1 and > > January, 1932, vol. XXIV, no. 1". > > > > Mel > > > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >If you have a family chronicle I will be happy to add it on the Mariposa >County GenWeb Page.

Joan.... Thanks!! This is a fantastic resource for any cemetery freak....anything you ever want to know if you frequent cemeteries with the intentions of hunting for and reading a headstone. Don Rose Mariposa ----- Original Message ----- From: <KatieGoff@aol.com> To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 8:04 PM Subject: [CAMARIPO] Check out Saving Graves : Main Page > <A HREF="http://www.savinggraves.com/">Click here: Saving Graves : Main Page > </A> > > I just happened across this website for Cemetery Preservation. Haven't had a > chance to read the info yet, but thought it looked interesting. As y'all > know, I have worried about the Goff family cemetery. > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > List of All of California Genealogy Discussion Lists: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ca.html > >

Did I miss something, or did we all know this???? Taylor, Rose (Schuster). The Last Survivor. San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger, 1932. "The story of To-tu-ya (Foaming Water) known as Maria Lebrado, the granddaughter of Tenaya, chief of the Yosemite Indians." "Reprinted by permission of the regents of the University of California from the University of California chronicle, January, 1931, vol. XXXIII, no. 1 and January, 1932, vol. XXIV, no. 1". Mel

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Sharon O'Branson has the book, Mel -- it's kind of expensive, so I'm glad she was able to get it. I don't remember seeing before what To-tu-ya's Miwok name meant -- Foaming Water -- wish we could translate the other Indian names we have gathered! ===================================================== In a message dated 10/28/00 11:08:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tkelley@yosemite.net writes: > > Did I miss something, or did we all know this???? > > Taylor, Rose (Schuster). The Last Survivor. San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger, > 1932. "The story of To-tu-ya (Foaming Water) known as Maria Lebrado, the > granddaughter of Tenaya, chief of the Yosemite Indians." "Reprinted by > permission of the regents of the University of California from the > University of California chronicle, January, 1931, vol. XXXIII, no. 1 and > January, 1932, vol. XXIV, no. 1". > > Mel >

I checked the Birth, Death and Marriage records for a John CHARDARIES. Found no entries. Information is that John lived in Indian Gulch around 1880. He is listed in the 1880 census as a miner (?) with a family. Carolyn

Recorded in Vol. 3 Page 124- Date of Marriage June 21, 1885 Vincente COZ native of Mariposa, age 26, resident of Hornitos to Catherine Martinas native of California, age 29, resident of Hornitos Witness: Alexandrino Martinez of Hornitos Ramona Martinez of Hornitos Parents of Vincente COZ natives of Mexico Parents of Catherine MARTINEZ- father native of Mexico mother native of California Reverend A. FASANOTTI, Apostolic Mission- ================== Carolyn

> > (1) What kind of information do you get from looking up a marriage? (My > grandaunt Lizzie Grant GOFF married William HANSEN in 1883, and I saw the Gazette announcement. I already know Lizzie's dates. Would I get any > additional info about parents etc by asking you to look up the marriage > record? For example, info about her mother Minnie North Star GOFF?) Depends on the year of the marriage. We are still trying to get just what years say what. The 1880's seem to include witnesses to the marriage and where the party lived. > > (2) How much searching do we have to do in other counties, since Mariposa was divided up? What records do you have and what do they have? (For example, > Lizzie GOFF was born 12Aug1866 in Mariposa but died Lizzie HANSEN 20Sept1941 in Merced. Do I need to contact Merced volunteers for DC lookup? Would I get any additional info by doing so?) And regarding Merced, there are tons of records in The Old Courthouse Museum. Wonderful place they have there! Mostly I would say, if it happened in Mariposa, Mariposa has the record, regardless of the year. The death certs can be a wonderful source for info, IF the person supplying the info actually KNEW the info. If they died in Mariposa and were buried in Merced, Mariposa still has the death cert. Regarding Merced.. they have some of the very best employees at the Merced Cemeteries! Really! I have been down there a few times and they have walked me out to graves, done computer searches to see if any others of the same name are buried there. Really outstanding helpers. If you have not done so already, contact the cemetery. They will tell you who and where and sometimes you can make a connection because "families married into" provide great leads. Mel

Hi Joan, <(For example, Lizzie GOFF was born 12 Aug1866 in Mariposa but died Lizzie HANSEN 20 Sept1941 in Merced. Do I need to contact Merced volunteers for DC lookup? Would I get any additional info by doing so?)> For DCs and obits in Merced Co., just enter a request on the CAMERCED list: CAMERCED <CAMERCED-L@rootsweb.com> Their premier volunteer, Alma, will respond immediately. They are most helpful! Don KatieGoff@aol.com wrote: > Mel & Carolyn, two questions: > > (1) What kind of information do you get from looking up a marriage? (My > grandaunt Lizzie Grant GOFF married William HANSEN in 1883, and I saw the > Gazette announcement. I already know Lizzie's dates. Would I get any > additional info about parents etc by asking you to look up the marriage > record? For example, info about her mother Minnie North Star GOFF?) > > (2) How much searching do we have to do in other counties, since Mariposa was > divided up? What records do you have and what do they have? (For example, > Lizzie GOFF was born 12Aug1866 in Mariposa but died Lizzie HANSEN 20Sept1941 > in Merced. Do I need to contact Merced volunteers for DC lookup? Would I get > any additional info by doing so?) > > Novice here, > > Joan

<A HREF="http://www.savinggraves.com/">Click here: Saving Graves : Main Page </A> I just happened across this website for Cemetery Preservation. Haven't had a chance to read the info yet, but thought it looked interesting. As y'all know, I have worried about the Goff family cemetery.