Show INDIAN LEADER ORES ZION NAME VERSION ZION NATIONAL PARK utah national part park service officials a recent interview with toney TIllo hash an educated indian from the reservation hayo have at least been able to clear up the perplexing question of tho the ardlan name for zion alon canyon which has been known as straight banyon since mojor major Powell sex explorations Plora pl orations ilous in ili 1872 1873 toney and several obdier indians Ind lansi insist that tale namo name should be 10 meaning the land of fl a minor chlor chief of tho the palates Pa lutes who lived in tho the canyon this statement also refutes the popular story that indians were laurald I 1 afraid to remain over night in illon zion canyon air william Wil linan palmer i of codur cedar city has long ion maintained that me canyon was inhabited before the coming of the white men a correct viewpoint as shown by the following story fromi from toiley tou oy ills ancestors Mul Alfi hums o band lived in zion canyon continuously and were not noi afraid of the falling rocks nor the whist whistling lin winds other bands e of Pa palates lutes however were afraid of raid and w never er long ibe beneath noath the adadow of i the tremendous cliffs apparently the fearful lin impressed iiii seed early settlers with stories which have hae persisted to the he present day toney also stated that his bis ancestors never ner offered sacrifices at the clio base of the altar of sacrifice as has been erroneously supposed A great many uy other indian ili names and legends were told by toney Tillo hash while recently employed as tin an interpreter at zion aw nad national onal park among other things lie be stated that tile the name was applied only att t them the lower zion canyon now traversed ly by the park highways and that the upper pOrt portion dortlon lon between the main canyon and cedar mountain if un was known as or canyon ca liYon alao aho vho 0 name Joo goone pace once thought though ft t 0 other ha einmo in 6 T to r ii anas yon vaa csc 4 44 to P veite all the broken canyon country ir no now w included within th tho park boun bou darlea d ICs tile the biame nicana means sack rack or arrow quiver of banbrock Ban drock ibrom a certain point on highway 16 the vermillion and white cliffs seem beem to form a huge pocket with ilnia one opening park officials place considerable reliance on the accuracy toracy of state stale manti mado by TIl lobash who Is a graduate of carlisle and now president of the tribal council on oil the rew at it santo santa clara utah ile he has hag had bad guelf experience as aff an interpreter ond and during his chool dals bals was po S well trained as to bo be as AMI Slant to co dr ardward of the university of chicago who was v 9 tjien tt ellent gathering material for biln excellent e dictionary diccio ary of uio the m salute language |