NAMES OF LOCALITIES. 363 
Pit’-ptit-on, the little stream first crossed on entering the valley on 
the north side. 
Lung-u-tu-ku’-ya, Ribbon Fall. 
Po’-ho-no, Po-ho’-no, (though the first is probably the more correct), 
Bridal-Veil Fall. In Hutchings’s Guide-Book, it is stated that the Indians 
believe this stream and the lake from which it flows to be bewitched, and 
that they never pass it without a feeling of distress and terror. Probably 
the Americans have laughed them out of this superstition, as it certainly is 
not now perceptible. This word is said to signify “evil wind”. The only 
“evil wind” that an Indian knows of is a whirlwind, which is poi-i’-cha or 
kan'-u-ma. 
Tu-tok-a-nu’-la, El Capitan. This name is a permutative substantive 
formed from the verb til-tak’-a-na, to creep or advance by degrees, like a 
measuring-worm. This may, therefore, be called the ‘ Measuring-worm 
Stone”, of which the origin will be explained in the legend given below. 
Ko-su’-ko, Cathedral Rock. 
Pu-si’-na, Chuk’-ka (the squirrel and the acorn-cache), a tall, sharp 
needle, with a smaller one at its base, just east of Cathedral Rock. Pu-si’-na 
is “squirrel”, and chuk'-ka is “acorn-cache”. A single glance at it will 
show how easily the simple savages, as they were pointing out to one 
another the various objects, imagined here a squirrel nibbling at the base 
of an acorn granary. 
Kom-pom-pe’-sa, a low rock next west of Three Brothers. This is 
erroneously spelled ‘‘Pompompasus”, applied to Three Brothers, and inter- 
preted “‘mountains playing leap-frog”. The Indians know neither the word 
nor the game. 
Loi’-a, Sentinel Rock. 
Sak’-ka-du-eh, Sentinel Dome. 
Cho’-lok (the fall), Yosemite Fall. This is the generic word for 
“fall”. 
Um/’-mo-so (generally contracted by the Indians to Um‘-moas or Um’- 
mo), the bold, towering cliff east of Yosemite Fall. According to Choko, 
there was formerly a hunting-station near this point, back in the mountains, 
where the Indians secreted themselves to kill deer when driven past by 
