Window Tree.—Filigree appearance and many windows.
Chief Sequoyah.—Old with huge burls.
Black Arch.—Trail leads through charred, living giant.
Roosevelt Tree.—One of the most perfect in the forest.
Pershing Tree.—Named for Gen. John J. Pershing, has very richly colored bark.
Cloister.—Four trees in a square.
Pillars of Hercules.—Trail leads between two standing giants.
Bear's Bathtub.—A cavity between two trees, containing water, frequented by bears.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME "SEQUOIA"
The naming of the Big Trees of California "Sequoia" is a fitting tribute to that native American, a Cherokee Indian, who spelled his name Se-quo-yah. An uneducated, non-English-speaking Indian, he perfected a phonetic alphabet of 86 symbols with a character representing every sound in the tongue of his tribe. It was said that with this alphabet, sometimes characterized as one of the greatest ever invented, a Cherokee child might learn to read and write the Cherokee language in a few days, and that within a remarkably short time after the official acceptance of the alphabet by the tribe every one of its members was able to read and write.