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(6), Span. {'.)). The lake is thus called in contradistinction to 

 Horse I^ake or North Lake [1:1] and Boulder Lake or Middle 

 Lake [1:2]. ^ 



(4) Taos Paqwialawaand ' stinking lake ' (paqwm ' lake ' < pa 

 'water', qwvl unexplained; ]a 'to smell', intransitive, said of 

 pleasant or unpleasant smells; >rii said to have the force of ' which '; 

 «na noun posttix, agreeing- in gender and number with postpounded 

 laioa). =Tcwa (2), Eng. (5), Span. (8). 



(5) Eng. Stinking Lake. =Tewa (2), Span. (8). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(6) South Lake. =Tewa (3), Span. (9). 



(7) Span. Laguna del Ojo Hediondo 'lake of the stinking 

 spring'. Cf. Tewa (1). 



(8) Span. Laguna Hedionda 'stinking lake'. =Tewa (2), Taos 

 (4), Eng. (5). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(it) Span. Laguna del Sur 'south lake.' =Tewa (3), Eng. (G). 



According to some of the names and the statements of two 

 Indian informants the lake gets its name from a spring the water 

 of which has a strong odor. Just where this spring is situated 

 could not be ascertained. This lake is often mentioned in con- 

 nection with Horse Lake [1:1] and Boulder Lake [1:2]. Notice 

 also [1:4]. Several other Tewa forms of the name of this lake 

 are probably also in use. 



This lake is situated south of the Jicarilla Apache Indian 

 Reservation, and not on it, as are [1:1] and [1:2]. 

 [1:4] (1) Po>i%Ciwepohu\i, Posii'iwe'i''^ pohiCu 'smelling water creek' 

 {pony/i'"^ 'smelling water', one of the names of Stinking Lake <po 

 ' water', s%b 'to smell', intransitive, used of pleasant as well as of 

 unpleasant smells; ' P'- locative and adjective-forming postfix, min- 

 eral singular, agreeing with po; -ime, formed b}' the juxtaposition 

 of *"' and '>re, 'at', a locative postfix which is not used unless pre- 

 ceded by ^■'» except in the Nambe dialect; P' locative and ad- 

 jective-forming posttix, mineral gender, agreeing with poInPii; 

 pohutt, 'creek' < po 'water', huu 'large groove'). Cf. Eng. 

 (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Stinking Lake Creek. Cf. Tewa (1), Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Arroyo de la Laguna del Ojo Hediondo 'creek 

 or wash of the lake of the stinking spring'. Cf. Tewa (1), 

 Eng. (2). 



Many other Tewa forms might also be applied to this creek. 

 [1:5] (1) ^aubu'ii 'Vadotown' (bau < Span. Yado, name of the set- 

 tlement; 6m'm 'town'). 



(2) Eng. Vado. (< Span. Vado). 



(3) Span. Vado 'ford'. 



Vado is a small lumbering settlement. The informants did not 

 know whether there is really a foi'd there. The Spanish name is 

 never translated into Tewa. Tlie Cliama River above Vado is 



