126 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



[2:19] Kws^ts-Pi 'oak canyon' {kwis. 'oak'; TsiH 'canyon'). 



This is the most sontherly of the chief headwaters of the Rio 

 OsoJ^5:35]. 

 [2:20] Tsxk's^nnse 'at the white meal or flour ' (fs^ 'whiteness' 

 'white'; VsPt]f 'meal' 'flour': nx 'at'). 

 This lo(-ality lies between [2:1.>] and [2:21]. 

 [2:21] P^./ew49^o'*'' 'where the deer eat earth' {ps^ 'mule deer'; -le 

 'they 3+'; m'n}/ 'earth' incorporated object; )co 'to eat': '*'' loc- 

 ative and adjective-forming- ])ostllx). 



Presumably a salt-lick frequented by deer. The earth at this 

 place is said to be salty. The locality is said to be a short dis- 

 tance east of [2:20]. 

 [2:22] Ss^hekwaje 'pottery bowl height' {ssRbe 'a kind of bowl' <s;g 

 unexplained, he 'roundish' 'roundish vessel'; l-waje 'on top' 

 'height'). 



This high flat- topped mesa is conspicuous from the Rio Grande 

 vallev. Cf. [2:21] and [2:25]. Sandy hills lie between this mesa 

 and the Chama River. 

 [2:23] Tsit'innse 'at the basalt fragments' {t,si 'basalt'; fyj,/ 'frag- 

 ment' 'to break' 'to crack'; ■?>x 'at'). 



It is said that this place is a short distance southwest from San 

 Lorenzo settlement. See San Lorenzo [2:unlocated]. It is at 

 the base of Malpais Mesa [2:24]. In this vicinity are strewn 

 great quantities of cracked and broken basalt and lava. There is 

 a spring at this place. 

 [2:24] (1) Ma'xpijjf unexplained (ma'se unexplained; pwj' 'moun- 

 tain'). 



(2) Eng. Malpais Mesa. (<Span.) = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Mesa Malpais, Cerrito Malpais 'basalt mesa' 'basalt 

 mountain'. 



The top of Ma'sg.piyf has the shape of a mountain peak rather 

 than of a mesa top. The height is about the same as that of Black 

 ISIountahi. Cf. [2:22] and [2:25]. 

 [2:25] (1) Firik'y,yf 'dark mountain' {piyf 'mountain'; Vuyf 

 'darkness' 'dark' 'obscure'). Cf. Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Black IMountain, Negro Mountain, Black IMesa, Negro 

 Mesa. ( < Span. ). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Cerro Negro, Cerrito Negro, IMesa Negro 'black 

 mountain' 'black mesa'. =Eng. (2). Cf. Tewa (1). 



The Tewa name is more picturesque than the Span. The moun- 

 tain looks peculiarly dark in certain light, but would hardly be 

 called black. The top is quite flat, and it may well be called a 

 mesa. It can easily be seen from the Rio Grande Valley. Cf. 

 [2:22] and [2:24]. 



