Everything about Chief Tenaya totally explained
Chief Tenaya (died
1853) was a
Native American chief of the
Yosemite Valley people in
California.Tenaya's father was the chief of the Ahwahneechee (or Awahnichi), which means "people of the Ahwahnee" (Yosemite Valley). The Ahwahneechee had become a tribe distinct from the other tribes in the area.
Lafayette Bunnell, the doctor of the Mariposa Battalion, wrote that "Ten-ie-ya was recognized, by the Mono tribe, as one of their number, as he was born and lived among them until his ambition made him a leader and founder of the Pai-Ute colony in Ah-wah-ne."
By
1851, conflicts between the non-indigenous miners and the Native Americans in the Sierra started to increase. The state of
California decided to send the Natives to
reservations. The
Mariposa Brigade was formed to carry out the relocation. Chief Tenaya agreed to move to the
Fresno Reservation, instead of the destruction of his entire band. Many of his band left Yosemite Valley instead of following Tenaya. As they approached the Fresno reservation, they fled back to the Yosemite Valley. The Brigade then re-entered the Valley, captured Tenaya's sons, and killed his youngest son. Tenaya then agreed to go back to the reservation.
By the summer of 1851, Tenaya grew tired of the reservation. He gave his pledge that he wouldn't disturb any non-indigenous people. However, in
1852, a group of
prospectors were killed in the Valley. Tenaya and his band fled to join the Mono Paiutes. He returned to the Valley in
1853. He was stoned to death in a dispute with the Mono Paiutes over stolen horses.
Tenaya Lake was named after Chief Tenaya.
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