wa-to-ya

Updated: May 11, 2025

Here the great Cordillera spread out into numerous distinct branches or "Sierras," over which tower those noted landmarks of the prairie traveller, "Pike's" and "Long's" Peaks, and the "Wa-to-ya" or "Cumbres Espanolas"; projected far above their fellows, and rising thousands of feet into the region of eternal snow.

Mayne Reid - The Wild Huntress: Love in the Wilderness