[Lorianne]

Excellent point. But a Native American of old he would be able to know exactly where he was without the use of symbology but how would he convey that place to someone else?

[RightWhale]

how would he convey that place to someone else?

By allegory. Smoke a pipe and tell tales around the campfire. The words build images and make a map to take you all the way from here to there. And of course the trail is made clear using certain mystical powers over animals and nature that are unavailable to modern man.