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(6) Fr. "PicPedernal"'. (<Span.). =Tewa (1), Cochiti (3), 

 Eng. (4), Span. (5). Cf. Cochiti (3). 



A number of Tewa Indians have stated that there is no more 

 obsidian about Pedernal Mountain than elsewhere in mountains 

 west of the Tewa villages. 



The top of the peak is flat and its whole appearance is peculiar. 

 It appears to be the highest mountain (7,580 feet) within 20 miles 

 northwest of [2:13]. It can be seen from most of the surrounding 

 country, and names for it will probably be found in a numbei' of 

 Indian languages. Florentin Martinez, of San Ildefonso, has 

 Tsipiyf as his Tewa name. Mr. J. A. Jeanpon states that when 

 he excavated at Tdfiy/oywi [2:7] very little obsidian was found, 

 but quantities of calcedony and other varieties of fluking stone. 

 See [2:7], [2:10], and Tsqtnjjlje' T'- piijf [Large Features:8]; also, 

 pi. 1, B. 

 [2:10] (1) /'u;'>i;;y 'cicada mountain' {fy, 'cicada'; pi yy 'mountain'). 

 Cf. [5:iy]," [22:30]. 



(2) Eng. Abiquiu Mountain. (<Span.). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Cerro Aljiquiu 'Abiquiu [3:36] mountain'. =Eng. 

 (2). "Abiquiu Peak".- "The p^^ramid of the extinct volcano 

 of Abiquiu".^ The high peak of Abiquiu".^ "The former vol- 

 cano of Abiquiu". ° "The base of Abiquiu Peak, and of its south- 

 ern neighbor, the Pelado"." For the Pelado see [2:13]. The 

 writer has not found a Tewa Indian who knows this mountain by 

 the name of Abiquiu Peak. 



Bandelier' states tliat this peak is 11,240 feet high according to 

 Wheeler's measurements. This mountain does not look to be as 

 high as [2:9] and not nearly so high as [2:13]. Its top is quite 

 pointed. A distant view of the peak is shown in plate 2, B. See 

 [2:11], [2:12], Abiquiu Mountains [2:unlocated], and Taiimplj^^^- 

 fiyf [Large Features :8]. 

 [2:11] (1) fy.pvnpxijge ' beyond cicada mountain ' {fupiijfi see [2:10]; 

 psRijge 'beyond'). 



On the other side, i. e., the western side of Abiquiu Mountain, 

 there are no trees, it is said; but it is a beautiful place, with 

 much grass, waist high. One kind of grass which grows there 

 is used for making brooms. See Pimpxijge [Large Featui-es:l]. 



' Hewett, Communautf^s, p. 42. 



2 U. S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Piuts of Southern Colorado and Northern 

 New Mexico, atlas sheet No. 69, 1873-1877. 



3 Bandelier, Final Report, pt. li, p. 32, 1892. 

 •Ibid., p. 53. 



6 Ibid., p. 63. 

 6 aid., p. 33. 

 ' Ibid., p. 53, note. 



