Description: English: (1 in a multiple picture set) The land around Idyllwild was home for bands of Cahuilla Indians, who migrated to the area to escape the heat of lower elevation deserts. The Cahuilla's grinding slabs can still be seen in Idyllwild. A Cahuilla legend recounts how tribesmen chanted over the body of their fallen chieftain Tahquitz, or Takwish, who had been possessed by an evil spirit and killed his sweetheart. Suddenly his body began to glow like fire, and he rose and settled on Idyllwild's Tahquitz Rock. According to the legend, Tahquitz is trapped beneath the rock with a rattlesnake and a condor for company, and when the mountain shakes and trembles, it is not an earthquake, but Tahquitz up to his evil tricks on Lily Rock. As you can imagine, this is a popular challenge for rock climbers, and there have been some who have died on the rock, one just last year. I was on the deck and looked through the trees. There was this view of the rock. I sort of liked it. Date: 28 December 2013, 12:02:51. Source:
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33° 47′ 10.35″ N, 116° 40′ 17.86″ W View all coordinates using:
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