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ing of the name in his article. That the place received its name 

 from the rock described above is only Mr. Jeanfon's conjecture; no 

 Indian has explained the origin of the name in this way. Two 

 San Ildefonso Indians whom the writer asked about the name did 

 not know either the name or the ruin, althoug-h they knew the ruins 

 [5:37] and [5:43]. Notice also that Bandelier gives the names of 

 the ruins [5:37] and [5:43], but does not mention [5:42].' 



[5:43] Te'ewPoyvnlceji^ Te\'^0iji'4^'>j/'-, Te'ewi.kedPoywikeji, Te^eke.ii- 

 'oijwiktji 'little Cottonwood gap pueblo ruin' 'little cottonwood 

 pueblo ruin' 'little cottonwood gap height pueblo ruin' 'little 

 cottonwood height pueblo ruin' {Te'ewPi, Te'e, see [5:44]; kedi 

 'height'; ^oywikeji 'pueblo ruin' <\i]ioi 'pueblo', keji 'ruin' 

 postfix). See [5:43]. "Indians of San Juan have given me 

 the names of some of the ruined pueblos that lie on the mesas 

 west and south of the Chama River; for instance, Fe-se-re [5:37] 

 and Te-e-uing-ge",= "Teeuinge",^ "Teeuinge",^ "Teeuinge".^ 

 This ruin is described by llewett." The mesa on which this 

 ruin stands can be clearly seen from Chili [5:46]; also from the 

 Cuchilla [5:49] and many points in the Chama River valley south- 

 east of the Cuchilla. The gap [5:44] and the hill [5:45] are also 

 " clearly seen from these places. Mr. Jeanyon states that part of 

 the ruin is being washed away by an arroyo and bones and various 

 other objects are being exposed to view. 



[5:44] Te'emvl 'little cottonwood gap' {te 'cottonwood' 'Populus 

 wislizeni'; '<; diminutive; mv''/' 'gap'). 



This is a gap or pass between the mesa on \\hich the ruin [5:43] 

 lies and the hill [5:45]. It was presumably called thus because at 

 some time undersized or young cottonwood trees stood at the 

 place. This gap has given the name to the pueblo ruin [5:43], to 

 the hill [5:45], and to the arroyo [5:50]. An old trail is said to 

 pass through the gap. Cf. [5:43], [5:45], [5:50]. 



[5:45] Ti^cwilhiul 'little cottonwood gap knob' {Te'ewPi, see [5:44]; 

 6rA«i' roundish pile' 'knob "round hill"). Cf. [5:43], [5:44], [5:50]. 



[5:4(5] (1) San Juan Tsipapu of obscure meaning {tsPi 'flaking stone' 

 'obsidian'; pa unexplained: j>a 'buttocks' 'region about the 

 anus'). This is the old San Juan Tewa name of the place. 



(2) TfiU. (<Span.). =Eng. (3), Span. (4). 



(3) Eng. Chili settlement. (<Span.). = Tewa (2), Span. (4). 

 Span. Chili unexplained. =Tewa (2), Eng. (3). 



1 See Bandelier, Final Report, pt. Ii, p. 58, 1892. 



' Ibid. 



8 Hewett, Antiquities, p. 34, 1906. 



< Hewett, Communautfe, p. il, 1908. 



» Jeancon, Explorations in Chama Basin, New Mexico, Records of the I'ast, vol. x, p. 97, 1911. 



« Antiquities, No. 29, 1906. 



