- May 19, 1863 Captain George and others surrender, Paiute removed to Fort Tejon, Camp Independence abandoned Captain George came to Camp Independence to talk peace. He indicated that he no longer wanted war. As a result of his surrender, more than four hundred Indians came in to lay down their arms. - May 22, 1863 The bands of Captain Dick and Tinemaha soon followed Captain George's example. By June there were 500 Paiute at the camp and almost 1000 by July. Thomas M. Heston, of Visalia, was killed by Paiute, between Adobe Meadows and Aurora. - mid-June Captain Brown with 90 soldiers and 26 Paiute including Captain George trailed Joaquin Jim through Round Valley, up Pine Creek and over Italy Pass into the Sierras, losing him a week later. - Late June 1863 By the time the surrendered Indians left under escort to Fort Tejon and the San Sebastian Indian Reservation they numbered over nine hundred. - July 11, 1863 Surrendered Owens Valley Paiute arrived at the Reservation, less 50 who had slipped away during the trip. - July 22, 1863 Captain McLaughlin abandoned Camp Independence, under orders to reopen and garrison Fort Tejon. - July 31, 1863. Joaquin Jim in Long Valley and other remaining fugitive bands continued hostilities in the valley, no longer threatened by the soldiers at Camp Independence. Apparent peace, mining rush, new settlements and minor incidents Following the removal of the Paiute to the reservation, miners and other settlers believed that the Indian war was over, and began coming to the existing settlements, and new mining settlements sprang up: Lone Pine, near the mouth of Owens River, Bend City, San Carlos, further up the river Chrysopolis, Galena, Graham City (or Riverside) and Owensville. There were rushes to strikes in the White Mountains, Slate Mountain, the Keyes District, Head of the Lake, and the Sierra foothills. Thousands of cattle were driven over the mountains into Owens Valley or through it into Nevada to escape the killing 1863-64 drought that beset the rest of California. However, it was still dangerous for single travelers or small groups in the valley or surrounding mountains. Stephen Orjada was ambushed by Indians as he rode from Keyesville to Walker Basin. - August 1863 Paiute attack miners in Little Round Valley. - August 2, 1863 W. L. Moore and Mark Cornish, coming from Aurora, beat off an attack by Paiute, killing