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of the site and established their camp there in 1907, forcing the Indians 

 out. (Occupied by Indians during all my earlier visits.) 



7. Wah-ho-gah. — Small village about half a mile west-southwest of 

 Koom-t-ne, on or near edge of meadow. 



8. Soo-sem'-moo-lah. — Village at northwest end of old Folsom bridge 

 (now the ford), less than half a mile south of Rocky Point. 



9. Hah-ki-ah. — Large village only a short distance (less than one- 

 eighth mile) below Soo-sem-moo-lah, and likewise south of Three 

 Brothers (Haw' -hawk). A roundhouse, or hang-e, was located here, not 

 far from old Folsom bridge. The three villages, Wah-ho-gah, ^00-sem'- 

 00-lah, and Hah-ki-ah, were inhabited up to about twenty years ago. 



10. Kom'-pom-pd-sah, or Pom'-pom-pd-sah. — Small village only a little 

 below Hah-ki-ah, and also south of Three Brothers, or under the talus 

 slope of the canon immediately west of Three Brothers. 



11. Aw'-o-koi-e. — Small village below and slightly east of the tall pine 

 growing in a notch on the broad south face of El Capitan. The native 

 Indian name of the gigantic rock cliff which we call El Capitan is To- 

 to-kon 00-lah, from To-to-kon, the Sandhill Crane, a chief of the First 

 People. 



12. He-U-jah (the mountain lion). — Small village under El Capitan 

 a little west of Aw'-o-koi-e. 



13. Ha-eng'-ah. — Small village under El Capitan, and only a little west 

 of He-le-jah. 



14. Yu-d-chah. — Still another village imder El Capitan, and only a 

 short distance west of Ha-eng'-ah. 



15. Hep-hep' -00-ma. — ^Village where present Big Oak Flat road forks 

 to leave the main road, south of the steep cafion which forms the west 

 wall of El Capitan, and near west end of the big El Capitan Meadows 

 (To-to-kon 06-lah' i-e-hu). The five villages, Aw'-o-koi-e, He-le-jah, Ha- 

 eng'-ah, Yu-d-chah, and Hep-hep' -00-ma, were summer villages occupied 

 from April to late October or early November. 



16. Ti-e-te-mah. — Village only a short distance below Hep-hep'-oo- 

 ma, and close to El Capitan bridge. 



17. Ho-ko-nah. — Small village a little below Ti-e-te-mah, and near site 

 of old (shack) house. 



18. We-tum-taw. — Village by a small meadow a short distance below 

 Ho-ko-nah, and east of Black Spring. 



19. Poot-poo-toon, or Put-put-toon. — Village in rocky place on north 

 side of present road at Black Spring, from which it takes its name. 



20. Ah-wah'-mah. — Lowermost (westernmost) village in Yosemite Val- 

 ley, a short distance below Black Spring and above Til-til' -ken-ny, 

 where the mail-carrier's cabin is located. 



