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diminutive). =Tewa (1), Eng. (3), Span. (4). This term would 

 hai'dly be used, but the writer heard it emplo3'ed once iu the 

 conversation of a San Juan Indian. 



(3) Eng. Casita. (<Span.). =Tewa (1), Tewa (2), Span. (4). 



(4) Span. Casita 'little house'. =Tewa (1), Tewa (2), Eng. (3). 

 The modern Mexican settlement is entirely on the western side 



of the creek. At this jjoint a wide low plain extends eastward 

 from the creek, but above and below Casita there is no plain east 

 of the creek, the country being covei'ed by low barren hills. 

 See [4:10]. 

 [4:10] (1) Kasitaheji, Kasitabukeji 'old Casita' 'old Casita town' 

 {Kasita <Span. Casita 'little house'; huht, 'town'; heji 'ruin' 

 postpound). =Tewa (2), Eng. (3), Span. (4). 



(2) Teqwaehsji, Teqca'ebukeji 'little house ruin' 'little house 

 town ruin' [feqica 'house' <te 'dwelling-place', gwa indicating 

 hollowness or receptacle; 'e diminutive; hu^u 'town'; Iceji 'ruin' 

 postpound). =Tewa (1), Eng. (3), Span. (4). 



(3) Eng. Old Casita. ( < Span.). = Tewa (1), Tewa (2), Span. (4). 



(4) Span. Casita Vieja 'old little house' settlement. =Tewa 

 (1), Tewa (2), Eng. (3). 



The ruins of the adobe houses of Old Casita are seen about a 

 mile south of the present Casita on the eastern side of the creek 

 [4:3]. The ruin of an adobe church looms among them. The 

 ruin is about 500 feet east of the creek. An old plum tree stands 

 on the western bank of the creek opposite the ruin. An old 

 informant of San Juan said that when he was a boy Old Casita 

 was still inhabited by Mexicans. See [4:9]. 

 [4:11] PohviiabtMi 'dry lake corner' (pol-wi 'lake' <po 'water', hri 

 unexplained; la 'dryness' 'dry'; huhi 'large low roundish 

 place'). 



This hollow among the hills is 3 or 4 miles east of [4:10] and 

 north of [4:18]. An old San Juan Indian said that when he was 

 a boy his father and he went deer hunting in the hills east of El 

 Rito Creek; having killed a deer, thej' hung it up in a cedar tree 

 at Pokw\tabuu. They went to Placita Colorada [5:16] to get a 

 donkey on which to carry the deer home. When they returned 

 to Pohwitahivu the}' discovered that someone had taken the deer 

 during their absence. They found the deer at the house of a 

 Mexican at the now ruined Old Casita. It is said that Pokvntahii'u 

 does not drain into any creek. There is a little water in the lake 

 there only after a heavy rain. 

 [4:12] DefoioikohiC u 'coyote water gap barranca arroyo' {DepowP, 

 see under [4:unlocated]; kqhuu 'barranca arroyo' <^o 'bar- 

 ranca', Air ;< 'large groove' 'arroyo'). , 

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