124 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OP THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



[2:12] (1) /•y.pi7)nuge 'at the base of cicada mountain' (fupi'jj', see 

 [2:10]; 7iuge 'at the base of <}iuu 'at the base of, ge^'down 

 at' 'over at'). 



(2) Eno-. Vallecito. (<Span.). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Vallecito 'little valley'. =Eng. (2). 



The Vallecito is a large, comparatively level, area where con- 

 siderable dry-farming is practised by Mexicans. This locality is 

 reached from Abiquiu by driving up the canyon, which is also 

 known as the Vallecito. This canyon the Tewa might call 

 fupinnngepofsPi {fy,pin?mge, as above; potsiH 'canyon with 

 water in it' <po 'water', tsfi 'canyon'), but they usiiall}^ call the 

 whole canyon and vk-'inity fy,pinmige. See [2:10] and [2:11]. 

 [2:13] (1) Tsiku'?nupijjj', probably abbreviated either from fsUl- 

 nqku^my, pit),f 'mountain covei'ed with flaking stone or obsidian', 

 or tslnqJciCiMi piijf 'flaking stone is covered mountain' 'mountain 

 "where the flaking stone or obsidian is covered' {tsTi 'flaking stone', 

 here referring almost certainly to obsidian, which abounds in the 

 range of mountains of which this is a peak; .(-i ' from ' ' by ' ' with ' 

 posttix showing separation or instrumentality; wet 'it'; hi'/ny,^ to 

 be covered'; pi>j./' 'mountain'). The writer has discussed this 

 et3^mology with a considerable number of Indians. The first 

 etymology mentioned above was suggested by an old man at San 

 Juan, a very trustworthy old man at San Ildefonso, the old caci(iue 

 of Nam be, and several other reliable informants. One often 

 hears such an expression as huJ'i nqku^my, 'it is covered with 

 stones', said of the ground (!:(< 'stone'; M 'from' 'by' 'with'; «4 

 ' it' ; "kii'inu ' to be covered '). The verb IciCmy, may also be used of 

 eyes covered by a hand, face covered by a blanket, etc. 



(2) Tsqmpije'vinpxrjf 'mountain of the west' {tsqmpije 'west' 

 <AsrJ9y' unexplained, /<//(' 'toward'; Hijf locative and adjective- 

 forming postflx; pijjf 'mountain'). This is the ceremonial name, 

 the mountain being the Tewa sacred peak of the west. See Car- 

 dinal Mountains. 



(3) P'oplpijjf 'bald mountain' {j>'opi 'bald' <p'o 'hair', 

 ])i negative; piijf ' mountain'). =Cochiti (1), Eng. (5), Span. (7). 

 This is a mere translation of the Span, name of the mountain, 

 hardly ever used by the Tewa. Some of the informants did not 

 know that it refers to Tsil-u'muph)f. 



(1) Coiihitl fa' 'watakot'e 'bald mountain' (/a'wate 'bald'; Icdfe 

 'mountain'). =Tewa (3), Eng. (5), Span. (7). This translates 

 the Span. name. The Cochiti use now the Span, name, now the 

 term here given, for designating this or any of the other "bald" 

 mountains of this part of New Mexico. 



