Pharanagat (phă-răn-ă-găt´). An Indian name of a place. The meaning is uncertain.
Piñon (pē̇-nyōn´). The Spanish name for the one-leaved, nut pine.
Pipsisewa (pĭp-sĭs´ē̇-wȧ). A wild flower common to the lower slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Quern (kwûrn). A primitive mill for grinding corn. It consists of two circular stones, the upper being turned by hand.
Shoshone (shō̇-shō´nē̇). An Indian tribe split in two by the Pintes, and living north and south of them. In this book the southern division only is referred to.
Taboose (tȧ-bo͝os´). Small tubercles of the joint grass; they appear on the joints of the roots early in spring, and are an important item of food to the Indians.
Tavwots (tăv-wŏts´). The rabbit.
Tinnemaha (tin-ny-mȧ-hä´). A legendary Indian hero.
Togobah (tō-gō-bä´). } Indian names of places. The meaning is uncertain.
Togonatee (tō-gō-nă-tē´).