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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. 1 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 pu J e , &quot;little jackrabbit.&quot; 



Tewa dogs are apt to lie in the outdoor adobe ovens, when these are 

 not in use, if the openings are not closed in some way. 



Tsirii (?&amp;lt;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, 2 however, mentions this usage of chino 

 in southern California: &quot;Chino, while it does mean a Chinaman, is 

 also applied in Spanish- American countries to persons or animals 

 having curly hair.&quot; The final i of the Tewa form, instead of u, is 

 unexplained. 



JDe\ 



Canis estor Merriam. Coyote. 



In Tewa mythology the coyote is called also poseqwase ydo , a word 

 which can not be etymologized except that the last two syllables 

 mean old man. 



The Jemez name meaning coyote is jfr. 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, De-tdoa; Jemez, Ya n tsad; Pecos, Ya +; 

 Laguna, TsushJci-hdno ch ; Sia, Shutsun -hdno; San Felipe, Shrotsona- 

 Jidno; Santa Ana, Shutson-hdno; Cochiti, Shrutsuna-hdnuch; Zuni, 

 Suski-Jcwe. 



K*y,- jo (akin to Taos Icalend, Isleta Jcarue, wolf). 

 Canis nubilis Say. Gray Wolf. 



1 Coues, Elliott, The Prairie Wolf, or Coyote&quot;: Canis Latrans, Amer. Nat., vn, pp. 385-89, 1873; reprinted 

 in Coues and Yarrow, Report upon Collections of Mammals, etc., op. cit., pp. 47-51. 



2 Guinn, J. M., Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California, Chicago, 1902, p. 59. 



