Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute - Native American Indian Legend

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Yosemite-Mono Lake Paiute Native American Legend and Tale about the big Ah-wah-go, Paiute for Sucker Fish, because of it's big wide open mouth. In the original tale the Big Fish started at Mirror Lake, which we Paiutes called Ah-weah or Acorn (lake). The Ahwago was made by the Giants, by feeding it too much. The Ahwago saw the Paiutes at Mirror Lake and wanted to chase them. So it followed them to Tenaya Lake and than down the pass to Mono Lake. In early times there were Giants around the whole Great Basin and Sierra Nevada.