[Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity by Galen Clark]@TWC D-Link bookIndians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity CHAPTER Seven 20/22
Trips other than those above specified shall be subject to special arrangements between the parties and the stables. 2.
Any excess of the above rates, as well as any extortion, incivility, misrepresentation, or riding of unsafe animals, should be reported to the Superintendent's office. 3.
All distances are estimated from the Superintendent's office. SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE OF DISTANCES. FROM SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. MILES Bridal Veil Falls 4 Yosemite Falls, base 3/4 Upper Yosemite Fall, base 2 3/4 Upper Yosemite Fall, top 4 1/4 Little Yosemite Valley 8 Glacier Point (short trail) 4 1/2 Glacier Point (via Nevada Falls) 14 1/2 Cascades 8 * * * * * INTERPRETATION OF INDIAN NAMES. The Indians had names for all the prominent features of the Yosemite Valley, and these have been variously translated (sometimes with considerable poetic license), and variously spelled.
The translations given below are as literal as possible, without embellishment, and are believed to be fairly accurate. The spelling adopted is such as best indicates the pronunciation. The English names, by which the falls and peaks are commonly known, bear no relation to the Indian names, but were bestowed by the soldiers of the Mariposa Battalion at the time the Valley was discovered.
The appropriateness and good taste of most of them are due to Dr.L.H.Bunnell, the surgeon of the expedition. AH-WAH'-NEE (original name of Yosemite Valley)--"Deep grassy valley." 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. WEI-YOW' (Mt.
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