Wacoba. “Flower of the Oak”; oak tassel, also the plume of the quail.
Chisera. Medicine Woman; witch. (See last chapter of The Flock for account of the original Medicine Woman from whom the character was drawn.)
Tuiyo. “Shining”; very bright.
Pioke. “Dew drop.”
Simwa. Applied in humorous sense, meaning a “swell.”
Padahoon. The Sparrow Hawk.
Tecuya. Oak thicket, encinal.
Pahrump. Corn water. A place where there is water enough to grow a crop of corn.
Sagharawite. “Place of the mush that was afraid.” An Indian village named from the quaking, gelatinous mush of acorn meal.
Paiute. More properly “Pah Ute”: the Utes who live by running water as distinguished from the Utes of the Great Basin; one of the interior tribes of the Pacific Coast.