Mariposa Battalion was a California Militia unit formed in 1851 to suppress the Ahwahnechee and Chowchillas in the Mariposa War, part of the broader California genocide. The battalion became the first non-indigenous group documented to have entered Yosemite Valley, and its medical officer Lafayette Bunnell proposed the name "Yosemite" for the valley they encountered.
Mariposa Battalion was a California Militia unit formed in 1851 to suppress the Ahwahnechee and Chowchillas in the Mariposa War, part of the broader California genocide. The battalion became the first non-indigenous group documented to have entered Yosemite Valley, and its medical officer Lafayette Bunnell proposed the name "Yosemite" for the valley they encountered.
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