Their range covered from the Great Basin to southern California.  These desert dwellers lived beside water sources and would eat things such as grass seeds, pine nuts, agave stalks, crickets, rabbits, and other wild foods. They would grow corn and go out hunting for deer, elk, and other large mammals. The land that the Paiutes used was eventually taken by the Mormons’ to use for their crops, livestock, and settlements. The Paiute’s decline occurred from European diseases and unfamiliarity with the traditions of the Mormon populations. The Paiutes, however, left their impact on the land. Many of the land features in this area became named from various Paiute words: Markagunt Plateau.