120 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF TUE TEWA INDIANS [ETn. ass. 20 



This is the came of some locality on the Jicarilla Apache Reser- 

 vation. The form Jqndiwe is in use in Tewa. 



(3) Eng. "Navaho Canyon". Given by Hewett ^ as a northern 

 tributary of Cangilon Creek. 

 (1) Pohelq 'water-jar barranca' {pohe 'water jar' 'olla' <fw 'water', 

 be i-eferring to roundish .shape; /!o barranca). Cf. Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Arroyo Tinaja ' large storage-jar arroyo '. Cf . Tewa 

 (1). Tinaja is nqt\fhe\n Tewa; Tewa pobe signifies 'olla' in Span. 



This locality is said to be east or north of the upper Chama 

 River. 

 (1) Eng. Sierra Creek. (<Span.). = Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Rito Sierra 'mountain range creek'. =Eng. (1). 



This creek is either a tributary of Coj^ote Creek [1:29] or 

 somewhere in tlie vicinity of Coyote Ci"eek. None of the Indian 

 informants had heard of this creek. 



(1) Span. Silvestre 'wild' 'sylvan'. This is a hamlet on Silves- 

 tre Creek [1:36]. =Eng. 2. 



(2) Eng. Silvestre town. (<Span.). =Span. (1). 

 Sqnipirjf 'porcupine mountain' {sqijf 'porcupine'; pirjf 'moun- 

 tain'). 



A high mountain somewhere near [1 : 23]. 



Tsseg.iloi'r' 'where the white mineral' {fs£eg.ik>i 'a kind of white min- 

 eral used for whitewashing the walls of rooms of pueblo houses, 

 perhaps gypsum' <fs^g.i unexplained, i'w 'stone' 'mineral'; '/"' 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix, used here since mere 

 fsff'g_fkii would not indicate the place but the mineral itself). 



This mineral is burned and then mixed with water and used for 

 whitening interior walls. See under Minerals. The location 

 of this deposit is somewhere east or north of the upper Chama 

 River. The informants' estimates of the number of miles from 

 Abiquiu to this deposit vary widely. Since this substance is 

 called yeso in Span, the deposit may be on or by the Rito Yeso. 

 See below. 



Span. "Rito Yeso".' Tliis is given as an eastern tributary of Gan- 

 glion Creek entering the latter near its junction with the Chama 

 River. The name means 'gypsum or chalk creek', yeso being 

 the Span, equivalent of Tewa tsiegiku. See the preceding item. 



[2] PEDERNAL MOUNTAIN SHEET 



The country shown on this sheet (map 2) includes some of the 

 Chama River valley and part of the Tsq/npiJeT* pivf ' western moun- 



1 Hewett. Antiquities, pi. XVTI. 



