Produced by David Starner, Jim Land and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: _Photograph by Taber_.] [Signature: Galen Clark] INDIANS OF THE YOSEMITE VALLEY AND VICINITY Their History, Customs and Traditions BY GALEN CLARK Author of "Big Trees of California," Discoverer of the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, and for many years Guardian of the Yosemite Valley. With an Appendix of Useful Information for Yosemite Visitors ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS. JORGENSEN AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS YOSEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA GALEN CLARK 1907 Copyright 1904, by Galen Clark TO MY FRIEND CHARLES HOWARD BURNETT Contents INTRODUCTION AND SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR ix CHAPTER I. EARLY HISTORY 1 II. EFFECTS OF THE WAR 14 III. CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS 21 IV. SOURCES OF FOOD SUPPLY 31 V. RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND BELIEFS 49 VI. NATIVE INDUSTRIES 67 VII. MYTHS AND LEGENDS 76 APPENDIX: Hints to Yosemite Visitors 101 Official Table of Distances and Livery Charges 105 Supplementary Table of Distances 107 Interpretation of Indian Names 107 Tables of Altitudes 110 Names of Indian Numerals 111 Indian Words in Common Use 111 Tribes Placed on Reservations in 1850-51 112 List of Illustrations COVER DESIGN Mrs. Jorgensen FRONTISPIECE, GALEN CLARK Taber PAGE