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plains about Tulare lake, conquering these from the Yokuts, and finally retreating on account of the ravages of malaria to their present location, have no foundation except imagination, based perhaps on occasional visits of the tribe into the territory of its Yokuts neighbors.

Tübatulabal is the name that these people apply to themselves. According to Merriam, SCIENCE, 1904, 912, who gives it in the form Tebotelobelay, it means "pine-nut eaters" and corresponds to the southern Yokuts wahliknasse (wateknasi) of the same meaning. The Tübatulabal have another name for themselves, which appears to be Bakhkanapül, and is said to mean or to refer to all those who speak their language. This is the name give by Merriam as Pakanepul, (and possibly is Powers' Palligwonap). The usual name of the Yokuts for the Tübatulabal was Pitanisha, formed from pitnani, the name of a place near the junction of the two forks of Kern river.