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To Tu Ya/Maria Lebrado Ydrte. An old woman looking down.
To Tu Ya/Maria Lebrado Ydrte

Story of Survival

To Tu Ya/Maria Lebrado Ydrte:

Gaze at the face before you. She was known as the last survivor of the Mariposa Battalion’s 1851 raid. To-tu-ya, translated to “Foaming Waters,” witnessed the invasion and destruction of her home in Yosemite Valley and the murder of her uncle when she was a child. Known in her 90s as Maria Lebrado Yorte, she returned to Yosemite in the late 1920s and told the story of that experience.

Last updated: November 17, 2018

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