A deep lush valley filled with giant red bark Sequoias trees in the central eastern mountains of California, lived a tribe of first nation people called the Ahwahnechee. The name for their people comes from the Ahwahnee Valley they lived in. Having come from the a far distance it was believed that the Great Spirit led them to the valley for their home. They were revered as warriors by the surrounding tribes in the mountains around the valley. Their high walled home kept them secure from attacks, along with their fierce warlike prowess cause the neighboring tribes to respect and fear them. A time came when the valley came to be seen as a cursed place. Wars, with pestilence decimated the tribe. So the inhabitants fled to neighboring tribes, or tribes more wild in the surrounding mountains. Many years passed before they people once again live in the Ahwahnee Valley. It is said that one warrior who had gone to live among the Monos, married a woman of that tribe and they had a son. His name was Teneiya. Once grown to a man Teneiya remembered the stories he was told growing up of the valley his father’s people live in. He deiced to gather up the remaining people from his father’s tribe, then lead…show more content… His father, claimed by Teneiya, was from people whose ancestors were of a different tribe. Added in that his father was the chief of an independent people of Yosemite. The Due to his ambition he became a leader, then founded the Paiut colony in the Ahwahnee. The lore became tradition of the Monos comes from Teneiya’s warlike exploits and history, cunning in his strategies, maintaining protection for those who sought hi protection. This caused him to never be disputed by his followers, causing envy of leaders in surrounding tribes. Once the whites had entered the valley, his conquest by them led to his followers fleeing. No longer was Teneiya acknowledged by the tribes that once feared
