Last night, I was reading what Carl Russell had to say about Major SAVAGE in "100 Years in Yosemite" -- really good book, well documented. James SAVAGE had a white wife and daughter who died on the wagon train trip out to California. Russell was in touch with some second cousins to get information about Savage's background. Now, it is well known that James SAVAGE had five Indian wives that he "married" from the various bands who were helping him with his trading post. SAVAGE was shot to death by a white man in 1852. Some of the Indians mourned him, while the Yosemite Miwoks seemed to despise him. My question is this: Did James SAVAGE have any offspring from his five Indian wives? Who were the wives, did they have names? Are there any known descendants from James SAVAGE? The only "Savage" I found on the Indian census in the Madera GenWeb was the first name of a Savage LEWIS. No Indians with SAVAGE surname in those lists. Does anybody know? Joan in San Jose