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[5:24] Kapol'iraje 'leaf wsiter heights' {Kapo, see [5:23]; hvaje 



'height'). Cf. [5:22], [5:23]. 

 [5:25] Pce,7ifutehii\(, 'snake dwelling-place corner' {pfeiifu 'snake'; te 



'dwelling place'; huhi 'large low roundish place'). Cf. [5:26]. 

 [5:26] PxnfutekvKtje 'snake dwelling-place height' {pxnfu 'snake'; 



fe 'dwelling place'; Xv/vy^' 'height'). Cf. [5:25]. 

 This is a xevy low mesa between [5:22] and [5:27]. 

 [5:27] TeJni'u 'cottonwood arroj'o' (^e 'cottonwood' ' Poptdus wisli- 



zeni'; A?A4 ' deep groove ' 'arroyo'). 



It is not difficult to understand how this arroyo gets its name. 



There is at present a large cottonwood tree growing in it not far 



from the mouth. See [5:28]. 

 [5:28] Tehu''hcef<ipi, Tehii' line'imfojyi 'spring in [5:27]' {Tehii'ii, see 



[5:27]; '*W locative; 'i?;y locative and adjective-forming postfix; 



popi ' spring' <^o 'water', ^«' 'to issue'). 

 [5:29] S^bel-waje, see [2:22]. 

 Fieqwxndiwe 'where the deer's tail' {p^ mule-deer; qveeyf 'tail'; 



'woe 'locative'). This is the name of the whole region about 



[5:30] and [5:81], q. v. 

 [5:30] Fe^qwxn^iwepvjf ' mountains at the deer's tail place' {PxqiDse.n- 



diwe, see the preceding term; piyf 'mountain'). 

 [5:31] PxqiOcediine'ol-uh 'little hills at the deer's tail place' {Pxqw^n- 



diwe, see [5:29]; ''oku 'hill'; 'e diminutive). 

 [5:32] Span. Arroyo Palacio 'palace arroyo'. 



According to information olitained from a San Juan Indian, 



Mr. Samuel Eldodt, the merchant of San Juan Pueblo, formerly 



had a claim on a bit of tillable land at the mouth of this arroyo; 



but a freshet washed the land away and Mr. Eldodt quit the claim. 

 [5:33] Fowq.ivlil 'water wind point' {po 'water'; ivq 'wind'; viM 



'projecting corner'). 

 This point projects far out, forming a narrow gap through 



which the river passes. This gap is always windy, according to 



Tewa informants. Although perfectl}' conceivable that the point 



might have been given this name because of the river flowing past 



and the windy character of the location, the Tewa when using the 



name also think of the Powqhq, 'water-air spirits' {po 'water'; 



wq. 'wind' 'air'; In] 'pulse' 'respiration' 'life' 'spirit'), invisible 



spirits who live in the air and are sometimes heard to speak. 



According to one story they catch people who try to kill them- 

 selves by hurling themselves over cliffs and make them fall lightly 



and^ unhurt. Cf. [5:31]. 

 [5:31] PowQ,^viiipiyf 'water wind point mountain' {Powqwui, see 



[5:33]; pvjf 'mountain'). 

 The following queer story came to the mind of a San Juan 



informant when he was asked about this high hill back of Poivq- 



