Crossing ~Sentinel Bridge~ our poplar-bordered road bears northward across a wide meadow from which are magnificent views of ~Yosemite Falls~ and the ~Lost Arrow~ straight ahead, and ~North Dome~, ~Royal Arches~ and ~Half Dome~ to the right. At the Grizzly Hotel site a road forks eastward to Mirror Lake (Road Trip II). Turning westward beneath the giant black oaks of the meadow border, we soon pass the old Hutchings Orchard. The memorial bench at the left marks the spot from which Galen Clarke so loved to contemplate the beauty of "Cholook," the fall of falls. A little further are the wild azalia gardens of ~Yosemite Creek~. Just west of the rustic bridge a short branch road turns to the right to the foot of Yosemite Falls. We continue straight ahead, passing Yosemite Hospital at the right and then running beneath the arcade of ~Yosemite Lodge~. Just across the road is the swimming tank, the tennis courts, laundry, etc. The main buildings occupy the site of Koom-i´-ne, the largest and most important of the old Indian villages. Bearing southward, we now round the base of ~Three Brothers~, the Waw-haw´-kee or "falling rocks" of the Indians. At the foot of the great buttress is ~Rocky Point~. The Yosemite tribes called the place We-äck (the rocks) because, according to their traditions, the huge boulders in the vicinity fell _upon_ their trail. It is among these boulders that Tenaya's three sons were captured in 1852, and the colossal monument above was named for them. Swinging more directly westward, our road now skirts the base of ~El Capitan~, the Tote-ack-ah-noo-la or "rock chief" of the Indians. The image of their fanciful chief is to this day pointed out on the wall two thousand feet overhead, but he is now called "The Wandering Jew." In a shallow niche 1189 feet above the road stands a hardy Jeffrey pine 82.4 feet high and two feet in diameter. For half a mile we pass thru ~El Capitan Meadows~, where once were the Indian villages of Yu-a´-chah, Ha-eng´-ah, He-le´-jah and Aw´-o-koi-e. At certain times during the day the ~Cathedral Spires~ and ~Cathedral Rocks~ on the opposite side of the valley stand out in remarkable perspective, but under general light conditions this stereoscopic effect is entirely lacking. Beyond El Capitan the ~Ribbon Fall~ may be seen, its dainty streamer gracefully descending into the rather harsh box-like recess in the canyon wall. Its Indian name was Lung-o-to-ko-ya, or "pigeon falls." A cross road to the left passes ~El Capitan Checking Station~ and crosses ~El Capitan Bridge~ to the ~Bridalveil Road~ south of the Merced (Road Trips I-A and VI-A). A few steps further along our route the ~Big Oak Flat Road~ turns to the right and ascends thru the shattered granite talus of the north canyon side. At this junction was the old Indian village of Hep-hep'-oo-ma.