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Qwe ypu’, ‘tail rattle’ (qwex-y, tail; pu’, rattle). Rattlesnakes of 
any species andvalso their rattles are called que ypu’. (See 
below.) 
~ Crotalus sp. Rattlesnake. 
Several species of rattlesnake have been recorded from NeW Mexico, 
but none from the area under discussion, so far as we are awéte. Two 
specimens have been killed at El Rito de los Frijoles within two or 
three years, as we are informed by Judge Abbott and Mr. Dowell, 
but they were not specifically identified. The Indians say rattle- 
snakes are common in the Rio Grande Canyon not far from the Rito. 
C. confluentus confluentus (Say) probably occurs in this region, and 
perhaps other species. 
Any species of snake is called peru. The following kinds are 
known by name: ; 
Pi-su, ‘red arrow’ (pi', red; su, arrow). These slender red snakes 
almost fly through the air, according to the natives. 
‘ Tswypxiu, ‘basalt snake’ (ts2, basalt rock; peniu, snake). 
Na ypeiiy, ‘earth snake’ (nd‘y, earth; peru, snake). These are 
brownish. 
Po-peiy, ‘water snake’ (po', water; pefiu, snake). Any kind of 
water snake may be called thus. 
Po-ma qwi‘beg’é (po", water; ma’, (2); qwi‘tied, tangled, a knot, a 
thicket; beg’e, low place, dell, low corner). What the name means is 
not clear. This is a kind of water snake, possibly a synonym of 
po penu. 
’Usidi, a snake a yard long, ‘ earth-colored.” 
Né’a’, San Idefonso dialect né‘yda’. A kind of snake longer than 
NE YPENU. 
Peiu pe ydi’, ‘black snake’ (peru, snake; p‘e'y, black). A dark- 
colored snake species. 
Qwe ypu’, ‘tail bell’ (qwe'y, tail; py’, bell or rattle). This name 
applies to any kind of rattlesnake, and is given above. Py’ now 
usually means bell of any kind; formerly it referred to anything 
which gave out a note when struck or made a rattling sound. Ex- 
amine: nev.” peru ndqwe ppu'mu’ qwe ydiwe, ‘this snake has a rattle 
on its tail’ (nz, this; peru, snake; nd, it; qwe'y, tail; pu’, bell; 
mu’, to be, to be provided with; qwe'y, tail; *iwe, locative); tg’? 
'utsi'gymy’, it has ten rattles’ (t#’%, ten; ’w, it, with reference to it; 
isigi, notch, narrow place; my’, to be, to be provided with). 
Of snakes one says either ndémz’, ‘it goes’ (nd, it; mx’, to go), or 
‘iqwa'me'y, ‘it crawls’ (’2, it; qwa°me'y, to go crawlingly, like a man 
on all fours). 
