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Tenaya Peak rises above Tenaya Lake in Yosemite’s high country and bears the name of Chief Tenaya, who met the Mariposa Battalion near the lake. Its name recalls a painful episode in Yosemite’s past: in 1851, the Mariposa Battalion under Captain John Boling expelled Chief Tenaya and his people from the region that later became Yosemite National Park. The mountain is also known today as a recreation destination, with several rock-climbing routes and hiking approaches leading to the summit over class 2 and class 3 terrain.
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Yosemite Valley, California · United States
