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The section on place-names is the most complete portion of the 

 paper. Interestmg studies could be made concerning them. The 

 large jjroportion of etymologically obscure place-names leads to the 

 important conclusion that the Tewa have inhabited for a long time 

 the region at present occupied by them. Again, the presence in 

 various Tanoan languages of phonetically differentiated cognate 

 forms of Tewa place-names mdicates that certam names of places 

 must already have been used by the Tewa at a remote time m the 

 past, when the divergence of the Tanoan languages was still null or 

 slight. Folk-etymologies and forms assumed by Tewa names bor- 

 rowed by Spanislx are curious. The abundance and the preciseness of 

 description of the geographical terms are also worthy of special men- 

 tion. In an arid antl little settled region there is perhaps more need 

 of the richness and preciseness of these terms than elsewhere, since 

 accurate descriptions of places seldom visited are necessary in order 

 to identify them. 



That a remarkably lai'ge number of tribes and minerals are known 

 by name to the Tewa should also be noted. 



The ^vl■iter wishes to take this opportunity of acknowledging his 

 deep indebtedness to Dr. E. L. Hewett, director of the School of 

 American Archseolog}", who suggested that the work be undertaken, 

 made it possible, and has given information and advice on many 

 pomts connected with it. Thanks are also due to jVIi\ F. W. Hodge, 

 ethnologist-in-charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology, who 

 has aided in many ways; Mr. K. M. Chapman, Mr. N. C. Nelson, and 

 Mr. Owen AVood, who assisted in the preparation of the maps; Miss 

 Barbara Frcire-Marreco, Dr. H.J. Spinden, Mr. T. S. Dozier, Mr. K. A. 

 Fleischer, Mrs. M. C. Stevenson, Mr. J. A. Jean^on, Mr. J. L. Nusbaum, 

 Mr. O.-Goetz, Mr. C. L. Linney, and several other persons, including 

 the Indian informants. 



