



Produced by Rachael Schultz, Sam W. and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)









           YOSEMITE
           LEGENDS

              BY
       BERTHA H. SMITH


       WITH DRAWINGS BY
      FLORENCE LUNDBORG


        [Illustration]


    PAUL ELDER AND COMPANY
   PUBLISHERS SAN FRANCISCO


       Copyright, 1904
  by Paul Elder and Company
        San Francisco




  [Illustration: The Valley in the Mist.]




  [Illustration]

The Legends


                                           Page
  Yo-sem-i-te, Large Grizzly Bear             1

  Po-ho-no, Spirit of the Evil Wind          11

  Hum-moo, the Lost Arrow                    19

  Py-we-ack, the White Water                 31

  Tu-tock-ah-nu-lah and Tis-sa-ack           45

  Kom-po-pai-ses, Leaping Frog Rocks         55




The Illustrations


  The Valley                     _Frontispiece_

  Mirror Lake                                 1

  A Grizzly                   Facing page     6

  Oaks                                       11

  Po-ho-no in Bridal Veil     Facing page    14

  The Lost Arrow                             19

  Tee-hee-neh                 Facing page    26

  Cloud's Rest                               31

  Spirits of Vernal Falls     Facing page    38

  El Capitan                                 45

  The Spirit of Tis-sa-ack    Facing page    52

  The Three Brothers                         55

  The Patriarch's Prayer      Facing page    60




  [Illustration: YO-SEM-I-TE
    LARGE GRIZZLY BEAR
    "Ke-koo-too-yem, the Sleeping Water."]




Yo-sem