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[3:18] Mahijisap^ Ul 'little piles of owl excrement' {mahy, 'owl'; sa 

 'excrement'; j}' Ul 'small pile'). 

 These hills might easily be thought to resemble owl excrement. 

 [3:19] (1) Eng. Mariana settlement. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Mariana 'pertaining to Mary'. Mariana is in Span, a 

 woman's given name. =Eng. (1). "Mardiana,"' 



(3) Span. El Puente, La Puente, 'the bridge'. A Mexican 

 living at this place said that there was formerly a bridge across the 

 Chama River there; hence this name. "Three miles below (south- 

 east) Abiquiu, at a place called ' La Puente ' (the Bridge). " ^ "La 

 Puenta".^ 



It is said that some Mormon families came to live at this place 

 about six years ago and that the name Mariana was never heard 

 before they came. The name of the post-oiBce is now Mariana. 

 Mexicans still call the place El Puente, and few who do not live 

 in the vicinity seem to know that the name has been changed 

 to IMariana. Mariano and Mariana are given names common 

 in New Mexico. At present there are two frame houses at 

 Mariana, in one of which is the post-office. The ruin [3:10] 

 ■ lies in the iields just west of Mariana and the ruin on a bluff 

 150 feet above the river described by Yarrow, Bandelier, and 

 Hewett, must be somewhere near. It is possible that the latter 

 is [3:9]. See [3:unlocated] for complete discussion. 



[3:20] Span. Los Gallegos. This place is named from Mr. Jose Ra- 

 fael Gallego and family, who have a ranch there. 

 The place is just west of Tierra Azul [3:26]. 



[3:21] Tomajobu'u 'over at the corner by [3:11]' {Tomajo for Tomajo- 

 pitjf, see [3:11]; hicu 'large low roundish place'). 

 All this low sandy arid corner is called thus. 



[3:22] Tomajokohu'u 'arroyos of [3:11]' {Tomajo for Tomajopivfy 

 see [3:11]; ^"qAm'w ' barranca arroj^o <Jiq 'barranca,' hu^io 'large 

 groove' 'arro3'o'). 



The arroyo, which enters the river just east of the wagon road, 

 has its mouth slightly to the west of the ranch of Mr. Farran, a 

 Frenchman who married the daughter of a Mexican ranch owner 

 named Chavez. See [3:11]. 



[3:23] The main wagon road between El Rito [4:5] and Abiquiu [3:36]. 



\Z:'i,-^'\^Aimp'ahu''u 'cattail corner' (^awap'a 'cattail'; huhi 'large 

 low round place'). 

 This swampy place is just west of the cottonwood grove [3:25]. 



[3:25] 7>l-a6;i'M 'cottonwood grove corner' {fe ' cottonwood' 'Popw 

 lus wislizenV ; lea 'thicket' 'forest' 'thick' 

 gether'; bn'ii 'large low round place'). 



1 Hewett, Antiquities, pi. xvii. 



' Bandelier, Final Report, pt. TI, p. 56, 1892. 



8 Hewett, Communaut^'S, p. 42, 1908. 



