Mariposa Battalion was a California Militia unit formed in 1851 to defeat the Ahwahnechee and Chowchillas in the Mariposa War, a part of the California...

California state government, under Governor John McDougall, sent the Mariposa Battalion led by James D. Savage to subdue the indigenous people. The war ended...

Look up mariposa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly. It may also refer to: Mariposa, Ontario, former municipality...

the volunteer Mariposa Battalion as a punitive expedition against the Native Americans living in the Yosemite area. In 1851, the Battalion was led by Major...

Mexican–American War, and commander of the California Militia, Mariposa Battalion in the Mariposa War and the first alleged non-Native American visitor to the...

white settlers escalated into the Mariposa War. As part of this conflict, settler James Savage led the Mariposa Battalion into Yosemite Valley in 1851, in...

and explorer. He is most well known for his involvement with the Mariposa Battalion, the first non-Indians to enter Yosemite Valley, and his book Discovery...

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...

and loss of their lands and resources. The War and formation of the Mariposa Battalion was partially the result of a single incident involving James Savage...

Burnett. As Governor, McDougal presided over the creation of the Mariposa Battalion, a state militia unit that killed over 40 indigenous native Californians...