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(2) ffltitpo'sPi, ^itii'vnpofsiH ' El Rito Ca.nyou'' {ffiiu, see [4:3]; 

 'iijf locative and adjective-forming postfix; poFsi'l 'can_yon with 

 water in it' < po 'water', fsPi, 'canyon"). 



"The Mexican settlement of EI liito lies at the northern end of 

 the basin, near where the creelc issues from a sombre and rocky 

 gorget; Cf. [4:2], [4 :3J,_ [4 :-t], [4:5], [4:7]. 

 [4:3] (1) PVqnug.epohii'u, PP(j)iug.e''impo/iiiu 'pink below creek' 

 {PPqi) uge [4:J:]; \ijf locative and adjective-forming postfix; pohiPa 

 'creek with water in it' < po 'water', hu'u 'large groove' 

 'arro^'o'). 



(2) ^ith''pohu''u,^iia i/npo/nP)i '■'ElUitoCreek^ {^ith < Span. 

 (4), 'iyy locative and adjective-forming postfix; pdhuu 'creek 

 with water in it' < po 'water', Aw'i4 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 

 = Eng. (3), Span. (4). 



(3) Eng. El Rito Creek, Elrito Creek, El Rito Colorado Creek, 

 Rito Creek. (<Span.). =Tewa(2), Span. (4-). 



(4) Span. EI Rito Colorado, El Rito 'the nd creek' 'the creek'. 

 Mexicans say that the proper name is El Rito Colorado, but most 

 of them say El Rito. = Tewa (2), Eng. (3). 



The creek proper, Tewa polnPit, begins where the stream emerges 

 from the canyon [4:2] three miles above El Rito town [4:5] and 

 is called pohiPu from that point to its mouth. The course below 

 El Rito town appears at the present time to be dry throughout the 

 year; this ma3' be due to irrigation at El Rito town. The places 

 [4:1], [4:2], [4:4], [4:5], and [4:7] seem to get their Span, names 

 from the creek [4:3] while their old Tewa names, Piq-, are derived 

 from cither the mountains [4:1], the plain [4:4], or from both. 

 Perhaps this creek is occasionally called by still another name in 

 Tewa and Span. — Kasitapohii' k , IvaKltaiinpohiru, Span. Rito 

 Casita, Rito de Casita, referring to [4:0] and [4:10], but San Juan 

 Indians have denied this. Cf. [4:1], 4:2], [4:4], [4:5], and [4:7]. 

 [4:4] (1) Pli'niug.e, Pinnuge'aliqijf^ PPanug&iijf ''ul'Ojjf 'pink below' 

 'pink below plain' {pPd 'pinkness' 'pink' < pi 'redness' 'red', 

 '4 'brownness' 'brown', but when postpounded to other color- 

 names indicates light or faint quality of color; Mwgt? 'below' in 

 contradistinction to the mountains [4:1] < nii'u 'below', ge 'over 

 at' 'downat'; '^?;y locative and adjective-forming postfix; ''akqyf 

 'plain'). See [4:1]. Cf. [4:2], [4:3], [4:5], [4:7]. "The level 

 basin of El Rito spreads out to the view. It is surrounded by 

 wooded heights on all sides; its soil is dark red, and on its eastern 

 edge flows the stream that has taken its name from the color of 

 the ground.'"' 



'Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p, 51, 1892. 



