#mariposa battalion: the first non-indigenous to enter Yosemite valley to of rid the indigenous population to create the national park

[waffle-bubbles]

"Look. I know we forced you out of your original land and now we're trying to take the land we forced you on, but we named the lake after you. Doesn't that make you feel honored?"

"The lake already had a name. Pywiack. You are not honoring us by renaming it. To honor us would be to allow us to keep our land and all our names and customs. You are disrespecting our existence."

How I imagine Lafayette Bunnell (member of Mariposa battalion, writer) "consoled" chief Tenaya (of Ahwahneechee tribe)