How Uh
R. Dandridge sent me this image of Mono-Paiute women with children playing along side a stream.
Dandridge: This is from the book “Tisayac of the Yosemite” by M.B.M. Toland.A book of poems and early Indian legends of Yosemite, first edition 1891. The drawing was done by Frederick Dielman. Paiute women and children in Yosemite Valley.
The drawing is of Yosemite-Mono Paiute women and a child getting water with Paiute water jugs called “Pah-osa”. Pah is Paiute for water and oh-saw is jug. Sometimes called “Su-Pahosa” which means willow water jug. The pah-osa was made of willow and covered in pine pitch to keep it water tight. One young woman is wearing a Paiute basket hat.
Oh, by the way, the Mono-Paiute word for Hi is ‘How Uh’.
Special thanks to the Yosemite Mono-Paiute community for lending me this image and R. Dandridge for taking the time to answer my questions.
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