CHAPTER		PAGE
	PROLOGUE.	1
I	AN INDIAN WILDERNESS.	6
II	ARRIVAL OF GOLD SEEKERS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY.	8
III	ARRIVAL OF JOHN C FREMONT.	11
	History of his purchase of the Mariposa Grant. His beginnings at mining. His partnership with Palmer, Cook & Co. His election as United States Senator.
IV	FIRST SETTLERS’ OWN STORIES.	15
	Angevine Reynolds. Joe Miller and his friend, Sherlock. Daniel A. Clark.
V	BEGINNINGS OF HORNITOS AND COULTERVILLE.	20
	Colonel Thorn. Meaning of Hornitos. Joaquin Murietta. Geo W. Coulter. Early post offices. Odd names of miners’ settlements.
VI	WAR WITH INDIANS.	24
	Experiences of James D. Savage. Reasons for the war. Description of Savage. Battles. Captain Boling’s speech.
VII	DISCOVERY OF SOMETHING BETTER THAN GOLD, YOSEMITE.	28
	Campaign against Chief Ten-ie-ya. Bunnell’s first near view and naming of Yosemite.
VIII	THE FIRST AUTHORIZED MINT AND EARLY MINING CODE.	33
IX	EARLY DAY JUSTICE.	35
	Dr. Dickinson. Ejectment of foreigners. Chinese proven not Indians. The People’s Court.
X	LOST GOLD, AMUSEMENTS, HOTEL RULES.	39
XI	VISIT OF FREMONT AND SAVAGE.	43
	Savage’s story of the Indian war. Fremont’s experiences. Death of Savage.
XII	BUNNEL’S MINING EXPERIENCES.	46
XIII	EVENTFUL YEARS OF 1854 AND 1855.	50
	Growth of Mariposa. Building of new Court House. The first newspaper. Mining news. Gambling. Wells Fargo & Co. office established. Chips.
XIV	FIRST NEWSPAPER DESCRIPTION OF YOSEMITE.	54
	Early life of J. M. Hutchings.
XV	GALEN CLARK, OUTSTANDING CITIZEN.	58
XVI	FREMONT’S POLITICAL AND MINING ACTIVITIES.	61
	Defeat for re-election. Legal troubles. Patent issued to him. Candidate for Presidency. Lease of Mt. Ophir to Biddle Boggs.
XVII	THE FAMOUS TRIAL OF 1857.	64
	Held in Mariposa County Court House. Famous lawyers participate. The Grant proven not to be in Sierra Nevada Mountains. Rufus A. Lockwood’s address.
XVIII	JUDGE BURKE’S DECISION AND SIDELIGHTS.	69
	Fremont is victor. Judgment appealed. Interesting facts about Lockwood. Claims jumped.
XIX	BATTLE OF THE PINE TREE.	73
XX	BEAR VALLEY AND THE COLONEL.	77
	Description of the town. First residents. A courageous woman. Fremont’s home. Peter Fee. Visit of Horace Greeley.
XXI	FINAL JUDGMENT FOR FREMONT.	82
	Text of the decision. Hard feeling starts between Justices Fields and Terry.
XXIII	AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN S. DILTZ.	93
	Early life. Arrival at Mariposa. Builds California’s first self-feeding quartz mill. Mining experiences.
XXII	THE FIRST WHITE WOMAN IN BEAR VALLEY.	86
XXIV	MARIPOSA AROUND 1859.	99
	Description of town. Prairie schooners. Herman Schlageter. Recollections of Judge Corcoran and George Bernhard.
XXV	GAZETTE NEWS, 1862 TO 1870.	104
XXVI	FREMONT’S GREAT SALE.	111
	Park becomes manager. Fremont appointed Major General. Sale to Wall Street.
XXVII	MISMANAGEMENT BY WALL STREET.	114
	Olmstead’s regime. Work stopped.
XXVIII	FREMONT’S LATER CAREER.	117
	His railroad promotions. His failure as a business man. Government comes to his aid. Resume of his important achievements.
XXIX	JOHN MUIR, WORLD-FAMOUS NATURALIST.	122
XXX	DILTZ, A REAL BENEFACTOR.	124
XXXI	JOHN HITE, MILLIONAIRE MINER.	128
XXXII	ANGEVINE REYNOLDS AND HIS WRITINGS.	133
XXXIII	HI-LIGHTS AROUND COULTERVILLE.	138
XXXIV	COLOR AROUND HORNITOS.	143
XXXV	THE TOWN WITH THE HOLY NAME.	153
XXXVI	INDIAN ANECDOTES.	159
	A mixed marriage. The smoked Irishman. The Indian medicine man. An Indian ball. Two famous Indians.
XXXVII	MARIPOSA AL.	166
XXXVIII	THE PIONEER SPIRIT EXEMPLIFIED.	171
XXXIX	RE-UNION OF OLD-TIMERS.	175
APPENDIX	THE MINERS’ TEN COMMANDMENTS.	181