superstition above referred to.


LEGEND OF THE LOST ARROW.

Tee-hee´-nay was a beautiful Ah-wah´-nee maiden, said to be
the most beautiful of her tribe, and she was beloved by
Kos-su´-kah, a strong and valiant young brave. Valuable
presents had been made to the bride's parents, and they had given
their consent to an early marriage, which was to be celebrated by
a great feast.

To provide an abundance of venison and other meat for this
banquet, Kos-su´-kah gathered together his young companions and
went into the mountains in search of game. In order that
Tee-hee´-nay might know of his welfare and the success of the
hunt, it was agreed between the lovers that at sunset Kos-su´-kah
should go to the high rock to the east of Cho´-lak [Yosemite
Falls], and should shoot an arrow into the Valley, to which
should be attached a number of grouse feathers corresponding to
the number of deer that had fallen before the skill of the
hunters.

[Illustration: _Photograph by Fiske_.
BRIDAL VEIL FALL (PO-HO´-NO). 940 Feet.
The-source of this stream is supposed by the Indians to be
haunted by troubled spirits, which affect the water along its
whole course. The word Po-ho´-no means a "puffing wind."]

At the time appointed Tee-hee´-nay went near the foot of the