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-