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^infss. 'salt', See, 'pepperiuess', see Minerals; ^J*?/^* 'spring' <po 

 'water', fi 'to come out'; 'd diminutive; To7najopvnnug.e as in 

 [3:13]). Cf. Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



Although 't/s^ refers to any kind of alkali the alkaline deposit 

 of this spring has peculiar properties and is called in Span, by a 

 special name. See Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Tequesquite Spring. (<Mex. Span.). =Span. (3). 

 Cf. Tewa (1). 



(3) Span. Ojo Tequesquite 'spring where a peculiar alkaline 

 substance known in Mexican and New Mexican Span, as teques- 

 quite is obtained.' See Tequesquite under Minerals. =Eng. 

 (2). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(4) Span. Ojo del Pajaro 'bird spring'. This name was ob- 

 tained only from ]\Ir. Jose Rafael Gallego, who lives at [3:20]. 

 He says that he has heard the spring called by this name, but that 

 it is usually called Ojo Tequesquite. 



This spring is in the arroyo which issues from between the most 

 easterly of the chain of hills [3:13] and the hill next to the most 

 easterly one. Mr. Gallego, who has lived long in the vicinity, at 

 [3:20], and has visited the spring many times, states that the teques- 

 quite is deposited as a crust on the bed of the arroyo about the 

 spring. In most places this crust is so thin that the substance can 

 not T)e gathered without considerable admixture of sand. Mexi- 

 cans and Indians go to the place and carry away sacks of the sub- 

 stance, which is used by them as a purgative and for raising bread. 

 See Tecjuesquite, under Minerals. A specimen of the teques- 

 quite from this spring was obtained from an old Indian of San 

 Juan, who kept a sack of the substance in his house to use as medi- 

 cine and as baking powder. Cf. [3:11], [3:12], [3:13], [3:15]. 



[3:15] Tomajopinn uge' okul:' y,)j f e ' little dark hills at the foot of [3:11] ' 

 {fomajopinnugeaiSin[Z:l?j\\ ^olcu 'hill'; h'liijf 'darkness' 'dark'; 

 ^e diminutive). 



These two small, low, dark-colored hills are situated on the 

 southern slope of the chain of hills [3:13] and east of the Teques- 

 quite Spring [3:1-4]. 



[3:16] Pueblo ruin. 



This ruin lies just west of Mariana [3:19], between the wagon 

 road and the river. The writer used every endeavor at San Juan 

 to obtain the Indian name of this ruin, but without success. A 

 low mound could be seen in the field where the ruin lies. 



[3:17] Mahihsaj) (■lihi'iM 'owl excrement pile arroyo' {jiIahy,sap'Ui, 

 see [3:18]; hiiu 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



This arroyo is lost iii the fields just east of Mariana [3:19]. 

 See [3:18]. 



