Yosemite Movie Project Notes

[Greg]

I need to keep better notes in my research. I have to write a script about James Savage, the man who led the first group of white men into the valley and I can't remember in what book I read one of the seminal stories. Savage owned several trading posts in the area around the Yosemite area. He also had several native american wives and spoke the local languages, a regular friend to the Indians. The Native Americans gave him a keg of gold to purchase goods for them in San Francisco. Savage brought along one of the Native Americans to show the Native Americans what they were up against should they decide to fight the White Man. Unfortunately for the Native Americans, Savage drank and gambled the gold away rather than make purchases. He also struck the Native American that was with him. When Savage later met with the Chiefs, the Indian that traveled with him told the Chiefs Savage was a liar and a cheat and was not to be trusted.

I need to find out where that story is referenced so I can put the source into the script. I think it's in Bunnell but I'm not sure. Again. Better notes.