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remote period, together with the existence of native names for dogs in 
the Pueblo dialects, it is practically certain that the ancient dwellers 
in the region had domesticated dogs. The difficulty of distinguishing 
the bones of some of the native dogs from those of the coyote has been 
emphasized by Coues.t_ Cross-breeding with various European dogs 
since the advent of the whites, in addition to cross-breeding with 
coyotes and possibly with wolves, has developed a mixed race which 
makes the subject a difficult one to study now. We have noticed the 
frequent occurrence of a yellowish short-haired variety of dog at San 
Juan pueblo. 
The Tewa give names of most varied meaning to their dogs. One 
dog at Santa Clara pueblo is named pw’’e’, “little jackrabbit.” 
Tewa dogs are apt to le in the outdoor adobe ovens, when these are 
not in use, if the openings are not closed in some way. 
Tsint (¢<Span. chino). Curly-haired Dog. 
The word tsini puzzled us much. It was said to refer to a kind of 
small dog which the Tewa had in primitive times. Investigation 
showed that the word usually applies to a curly-haired dog, small or 
large. In New Mexican Spanish chino applies to a curly-haired dog. 
So far as we know, Spanish-English dictionaries do not give chino 
with this meaning. Guinn,? however, mentions this usage of chino 
in southern California: ‘‘Chino, while it does mean a Chinaman, is 
also applied in Spanish-American countries to persons or animals 
having curly hair.’ The final 2 of the Tewa form, instead of %, is 
unexplained. 
De 
Canis estor Merriam. Coyote. 
In Tewa mythology the coyote is called also poseqwaseyndo-, a word 
which can not be etymologized except that the last two syllables 
mean ‘old man.’ 
The Jemez name meaning ‘coyote’ is j¢@*. In Cochiti Keresan 
‘coyote’ is called fotsona. 
Coyote tracks are common all over the region. A coyote taken by 
Mr. Dowell while we were in the Rito de los Frijoles canyon is referred 
to this species. 
Hodge gives as Coyote clans of various pueblos: San Juan, San 
Ildefonso, and Tesuque, Dé-tdéa; Jemez, Ya"tsad; Pecos, Ya'+; 
Laguna, Tsiishki-hdno”; Sia, Shitsun’-hdno; San Felipe, Shrotsona- 
hdno; Santa Ana, Shutsén-hdno; Cochiti, Shritsuna-hénuch; Zuni, 
Saski-kwe. 
K'y’jo° (akin to Taos kalend, Isleta kariwée, wolf). 
Cams nubilis Say. Gray Wolf. 
1 Coues, Elliott, The Prairie Wolf, or Coyoté: Canis Latrans, Amer. Nat., vil, pp. 385-89, 1873; reprinted 
in Coues and Yarrow, Report upon Collections of Mammals, etc., op. cit., pp. 47-51. 
* Guinn, J. M., Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California, Chicago, 1902, p. 59. 
