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Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity - Their History, Customs and Traditions by Galen Clark
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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. Watkins)--"Juniper Mountain."

TO-KO´-YA (North Dome)--"The Basket."

TIS-SA´-ACK (Half Dome)--A character in Indian mythology.

MAH´-TA (Cap of Liberty)--Said to mean "Martyr Mountain."

PI-WEI´-ACK (Vernal Fall)--Said to mean "Sparkling water."

LE-HAM´-I-TEE (Indian Canyon)--"The place of the arrow-wood."

HUM-MO´ (Devil's Thumb)--"The Lost Arrow."

AH-WEI´-YA (Mirror Lake)--"Quiet Water."

TOO-LOO´-LO-WEI-ACK (Illillouette Fall)--Interpretation
doubtful.

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