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House cats of many varieties are common at the Tewa pueblos. 

 They are called to: 'musa, musa, musa.' They are sometimes o;iven 

 proper names, as dogs are. 



ICc^'y (akin to Isleta Vimue, mountain lion). 

 Felis Mppolestes Merriam. .Rocky Mountain Cougar, Puma, 

 Mountain Lion. 



The Southern Ute name for mountain lion is tol-u. 



The mountain lion is reported for this region by both whites and 

 Indians. The Tewa say that the animal crouches or sits waiting for 

 its prey. The carved figures of the "Stone Lions" shrine on the 

 Pajarito plateau are identified by the Tewa as Vs^'y, and the name 

 of that place in the Tewa language is Vx'Tjda'se'ydiwe, 'where the two 

 mountain lions crouch' (k'se'rj, mountam lion; da, they two; 'x'y, 

 to sit, to crouch; ^iwe, locative). 



Hodge gives as Mountain Lion clans of various pueblos : San Juan 

 and San Ildefonso, Kd^-tdoa; Nambe, Qe-tdoa; Isleta, Kim-faimn; 

 Pecos, SMank'yd+ : Laguna, Mokaiqch-hdno'^^; Sia and San Felipe, 

 Mokaich-hdno ; Cochiti, MohJcacJi-hdnuch. 



ICsp/y. 



SidkuVx'y {siiku, circus, <Span. circo; Vee/y, mountain lion, 

 lion) . 



Lion. 



Nd'yYsp/y, 'earth mountain lion' (nd'y, earth; Vse/y, moun- 

 tain lion) . 



Whether the animal thus called is mythic or real has not been 

 determined. It is the sacred beast of the nadir. It is said to be a 

 small animal which burrows in the earth. It is not the pocket- 

 gopher, which is called tfugi. We have no record of shrews or moles. 



Kwse'ji .(? < Span, caballo) . 

 Kaiajil (<Span. cabdllo). 

 Domestic Horse. 

 The Tewa apply both Invse'ji and l^ahaju to any kind of horse, 

 but use the former term when they talk about horses in the presence 

 of a Mexican and fear that Jcaiaju will be understood. It is possible 

 that both IcwsR'ji and Jcahaju are borrowed from Spanish caballo, the 

 former being an earlier, the latter a later borrowing. 



For female horse jewd (<Span. yegua) seems to be the common 

 term, though Ica'ba julwi' , 'horse female' (kaiajii, horse; Tcwi', female) 

 is also in use. For young female horses jewitd ( <Span. yeguita) and 

 potaylcd (<Span. potranca) are heard; young male horses are caUed 

 potriju (<S])an. potrillo). A stallion is regularly called (jadany^y 

 ( <Si)an. garahon). 



