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as to make it sound like, ^Abefu'u ' cliokecherry end'. See Tewa 

 (2), above. After the Tewa pueblo at Abiquiu was colonized by 

 the Spaniards a number of Indian captives, mostly Hopi (Moki), 

 were settled there by the Spaniards. From this time the pueblo 

 or town was known by the name K'o><o^qyjf- or MoVi- as well as 

 by its old name, P'efxi,-, and its mispronounced Span, name, 

 ^Atefii'u, 'Abeljii, because the Hopi (Moki) were or had been 

 living there. Bandelier's information agrees with that of the 

 Tewa informants and makes the history of these names very 

 clear, "The modern town of Abiquiu stands almost on the site 

 of an ancient village [3:38]. That town was peopled in part by 

 'Genizaros', or Indian captives, whom the Spaniards had rescued 

 or purchased from their captors. The Tehuas [Tewa] of Santa 

 Clara contend that most of those Genizaros came from the Moquis 

 [Hopi], and that therefore the old pueblo was called Jo-so-ge.'" 

 Considerable documentary history of Abiquiu is also given by Ban- 

 delier. The Spanish settlers had always to contend with the Ute 

 and later on with the Navaho, according to Baudelier. The Tewa 

 word rendering Span, genizaro or cautivo is jilVf- Great festi- 

 vals were formerly held at Abiquiu, and many people of various 

 pueblos used to go thither to attend these. The Tewa say that 

 there is much Hopi blood and still more Tewa blood in the present 

 Mexican population of Abiquiu. The Tewa state that Abiquiu 

 was a Tewa pueblo, whose inhabitants had the same culture and 

 customs as the people of the other Tewa villages, and spoke a 

 dialect which was slightly different from that of anj' other Tewa 

 village but no more different from the dialects of the other Tewa 

 pueblos than the dialect of San Juan is from that of Santa Clara. 

 Abiquiu is today a quaint old Mexican town with one large plaza. 

 It contains six saloons. Its largest store is owned 113^ a Hebrew 

 merchant. On a cross which stands on the west side of the 

 plaza one reads " Recuerdo de la Mission 16 de Marzo 1S87." The 

 Tewa and other Indian languages formerly spoken there have 

 become entirely extinct. According to information obtained from 

 a Tewa Indian \>\' an investigator at Santa Clara the people were 

 formerly saved from a flood by taking refuge in caves at Abi- 

 quiu, Chimayo, and the Black Mesa near San lldefonso [18:19]. 

 The cave at Abiquiu to which the people fled was as big as a 

 house. According to the Tewa infoi-mants the 2^^nfaJe {pqyf 

 'captive'; fcuie 'dance'), called in Span, el baile de los cautivos, 

 was much danced at Abiquiu a few generations ago. This was 

 danced out of doors in the night-time in a specially prepared 

 yard. Tewa, Hopi, and Mexicans took part. See [3:.38]. The 



'Bandelier, Final Ruport, pt. ii, p. 54, 1892. 



