Person Sheet
Spouses
ChildrenJohn (-<1900)
Sally Ann (aka Sarah Jane) (1869-1932)
Notes for Captain Johnnie (Aka Blind) DICK
Captain Dick was a late 1800's Yosemite Miwok leader377
A local Miwok leader.128
1900 Extraction of Native Census for Mariposa133
Tribe listed as Yosemite
DICK, Johnnie 75 years old, married 30 years
Wife: Mary 80 years 3 children- 2 living
Certificate of Death staes he was born in approximately 1847.
Cause of death: Starvation contributory: old age and broken hip127
I think both Rorena (aka Johnny aka Billie aka 1 eyed) and George were the sons of Tenaya.376
aka "Chief-one-eyed"; aka "Blind Dick"; aka “One-eyed Rorena”; aka Johnny aka Billie aka 1 eyed376
Ref: Photo of Captain Dick’s basket
Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum
North Lake Tahoe Historical Society
Tahoe City, California
Captain Dick, a Miwok leader living in Yosemite Valley, became ill and was expected to die. His prized basket was to be buried with him, as was customarily done with valued possessions. Although Captain Dick's case seemed hopeless to Miwok shamans who attempted to cure him, Nellie Atkinson reportedly nursed him back to health. In accordance with Miwok custom, Captain Dick gave her his treasured basket just as he would have paid a Miwok shaman for his cure. Captain Dick lived until 1911, when he died at an estimated age of 100 years.
(from the Yosemite Association, Fall 1987 publication, written by Martha J. Lee)
A local Miwok leader.128
1900 Extraction of Native Census for Mariposa133
Tribe listed as Yosemite
DICK, Johnnie 75 years old, married 30 years
Wife: Mary 80 years 3 children- 2 living
Certificate of Death staes he was born in approximately 1847.
Cause of death: Starvation contributory: old age and broken hip127
I think both Rorena (aka Johnny aka Billie aka 1 eyed) and George were the sons of Tenaya.376
aka "Chief-one-eyed"; aka "Blind Dick"; aka “One-eyed Rorena”; aka Johnny aka Billie aka 1 eyed376
Ref: Photo of Captain Dick’s basket
Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum
North Lake Tahoe Historical Society
Tahoe City, California
Captain Dick, a Miwok leader living in Yosemite Valley, became ill and was expected to die. His prized basket was to be buried with him, as was customarily done with valued possessions. Although Captain Dick's case seemed hopeless to Miwok shamans who attempted to cure him, Nellie Atkinson reportedly nursed him back to health. In accordance with Miwok custom, Captain Dick gave her his treasured basket just as he would have paid a Miwok shaman for his cure. Captain Dick lived until 1911, when he died at an estimated age of 100 years.
(from the Yosemite Association, Fall 1987 publication, written by Martha J. Lee)
Notes for May (or Mary) (Spouse 1)
Pamphlet: YOSEMITE NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, REVISED 1972. Guide to the PIONEER CEMETERY.
Grave Site 38# May Dick, Yosemite
MAY DICK, The mother of SALLY ANN DICK CASTAGNETTO, was a full blooded Yosemite Indian. Her husband was INDIAN DICK, who worked providing wood for many of the early settlers in Yosemite Valley. He was one of the first woodcutters to use a power saw in this area, thereby out-
doing all of his rivals in that business.
Grave Site 38# May Dick, Yosemite
MAY DICK, The mother of SALLY ANN DICK CASTAGNETTO, was a full blooded Yosemite Indian. Her husband was INDIAN DICK, who worked providing wood for many of the early settlers in Yosemite Valley. He was one of the first woodcutters to use a power saw in this area, thereby out-
doing all of his rivals in that business.