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(2) ^itu^al-qi)f, ^tiuijjj' '(ikoyy ' El Rito plain' (;y //?« < [4:3], 

 Span. (4); Hijf locative and adjective-forming prefix; \ilqijf 

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



(3) Eng. El Rito Plain, Elrito Plain, Rito Plain. (< Span.). 

 =Tewa (2), Span. (4). 



(4) Span. Llano del Rito Colorado, Llano del Rito, ' red creek 

 plain' 'the creek plain'. =Tewa (2), Eng. (3). "The Rito 

 plain. "1 



This name applies to the whole plain about El Rito town [4:5], 

 this plain l.ying entirely west of the creek [5:3]. The plain is 

 level and reddish, but not as markedly so as the mountains [4:1]. 

 It extends toward the south beyond [4:9] and [4:10]. See [4:1]. 

 Cf. [4^2], [4:3], [4:5],j:4:T]. 

 [4:5] (1) Fi'iiniig.ebn' u., PPqmtg.e'i'mbu'ii 'pink below town' {FPa- 

 nug.e, see [4:4]; i?;y locative and adjective-forming postfix; bit'u 

 ' town '). 



(2) y; ituhuhi, ^itWimbiP u 'El Rito town' {^Itu < [4:3], Span. 

 (4); 'i/;y locative and adjective-forming postfix; bii'u 'town'). 

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



(3) Eng. El Rito settlement, Elrito settlement, Rito settlement. 

 (<Span.). =Tewa (2), Span. (4). 



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

 "The Mexican settlement of El Rito."'- 



Bandelier gives the elevation of El Rito, according to Wheeler, 

 as 6,792 feet,» " The Mexican settlement of El Rito lies at the 

 northern end of the basin, near where the creek [4:3] issues from 

 a sombre and rocky gorge [4:2]."^ There is considerable land 

 under irrigation at El Rito town. Cf. [4:1]. [4:2], [4:3], [4:4], [4:7]. 

 [4:G] (1) 'Ehwdhnhdmal. (<Spun.). Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Spanish-American Normal School. =Tewa (1), 

 Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Escuela Normal. =Tewa (1), Eng. (2). 



Mr. Eulogio Cata, of San Juan Pueblo, is the only Tewa Indian 

 who has attended this school, the object of which is the training 

 of teachers for schools in which many of the pupils come from 

 Mexican homes. 

 [4:7] (1) Prqnu^e^qiywijteji 'pink below pueblo ruin' {Pi\'!nug.e^ see 

 [4:4]; 'o?;<'ji/i'e;i 'pueblo ruin' <'qijiin 'pueblo,' ^(^Z 'ruin' post- 

 pound). 



(2) ^ itu' qywikej ! , }J ituij] / qywil'ej i 'El Rito Pueblo ruin' 

 i^itb < [4:3], Span. (4); 'i/;./ locative and adjective-forming post- 

 fix; ^qywikeji 'pueblo ruin' <^q>j//'i 'pueblo', ^'t?;?^ 'ruin' postfix). 



1 Bandelier Final Report, pt.ii, p. 53, 1892. 



2 Ibid., p. 51. 



