Yosemite (grizzly bear). See page [321].
Yreka. See page [258].
Yuba. See page [266].
Yucaipe, in San Bernardino County, is an Indian place name.
Zamora, probably named for the province of the same name in the ancient kingdom of León, in Spain. There is an old proverb about this place which says: “No se ganó Zamora en una hora” (Zamora was not taken in an hour), the same idea as expressed in “Rome was not built in a day.”
Zapatero Creek (shoemaker creek).
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Las Calabazas means “the squashes” or “the gourds,” particularly with reference to the wild gourds that grow in that locality.—(Mr. Charles F. Lummis.)