I9I3-] OF THE GOSIUTE INDIANS OF UTAH. 3 



As a consequence of this sparsely settled condition of the country 

 recognized English names have been applied to but few of its varied 

 parts and features. Furthermore, the region has not been completely 

 surveyed and no map that is not manifestly inaccurate in details, so 

 far as such are represented, as yet seems to exist. Hence there 

 appear two difficulties in the way of presenting a thorough account 

 of the ethnogeography of the Gosiute; firstly, an account with Eng- 

 lish equivalents of place names must necessarily be much restricted 

 by reason of the limited number having such equivalents, and, sec- 

 ondly, the indication of places, etc., by means of map is not possible 

 in the absence of survey and detailed map of the region involved. 

 These difficulties have discouraged the writer from a plan to prepare 

 an exhaustive account with maps showing trails, important camping 

 points and other places and features formerly of significance and 

 interest to this people. 



It will be seen that in the place names listed below certain words, 

 recur frequently in combination. When one considers the character 

 of the country and climate and the consequent preciousness of water, 

 one will readily understand why in the majority of these names there 

 is in combination some such word as water, spring or creek. These 

 and some other words common in the names with their meanings 

 are as follows. 



1. pa (ba), meaning water. 



Examples: Ai'buii-pa, '* Clay water," Ibapa. 



So'ni-ha, " Grass water," St. Johns. 



2. o'gzcuf {o'gzi'G, o'ga), meaning river, stream or creek. 



Examples : Pi'o-gzi'ut, " Big River," Jordan River. 



So'ho-gzk'ut, So'ho-gzva, " Cottonwood Creek,"" 

 City Creek, Salt Lake Co. 



3. pa'roi-khi, meaning spring. This word is composed of pa, water, 



and ma roi' kin, to arise or ascend. 

 Example : Kn'm-gi-pa-roi-kln, " Fire spring," a spring in 

 Skull A^alley. 



4. pa'n-tsi, pa'n-tsi-fip ( pa'-tsi-fip, pa'tsup), also meaning spring. 



The word is composed of pa-ri, referring to water (adjec- 

 tive form), isi, meaning secondarily to squeeze or ooze out 

 from, etc., and in the full form, up, nominal ending. 



