Indians of the Yosemite valley and vicinity / Their history, customs and traditions

by Galen Clark

YO-SEM´-I-TE—"Full-grown grizzly bear."

PO-HO´-NO (Bridal Veil)—"A puffing-wind."

LOI´-YA (The Sentinel)—"A signal station."

CHO´-LACK (Yosemite Falls)—"The falls."

CHO-KO´-NI (Royal Arches)—"Canopy of baby basket." Strictly speaking, this name applies only to a deep alcove near the top of this cliff.

YO-WEI´-YEE (Nevada)—"Twisting."

TO-TAU-KON-NU´-LA (El Capitan)—Named from the To-tau´-kons, or cranes, which used to make their nests in a meadow near the top of this rock.

KU-SO´-KO (Cathedral Rock)—Interpretation doubtful.

PU-SEE´-NA CHUCK´-AH (Cathedral Spires)—"Pu-see-na" means mouse or rat, and might possibly be applied to a squirrel. "Chuck-ah" is a store house or cache.

WAW-HAW´-KEE (Three Brothers)—"Falling rocks." Pom-pom-pa´-sus, usually given as the Indian name of the Three Brothers, is the name of a smaller rock immediately to the West.