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[5:47] (1) Tdfapu'oku'e 'little hills of [5:46]' {Tsipapu, see [5:46]; 



''oku 'hill'; 'e diminutive). 

 (2) TfiWoku'e 'little hills of [5:46]' {Tfili, see [5:48]; 'olu 



'hill'; 'f? diminutive). 

 [5:48] (1) Tsipapukq, Tslpapukqhu^u, 'barrancas of [5:46]' 'barranca 



arroyos of [5:46]' [TsipapxC, see [5:46]; hqlivJu 'barranca arroyo' 



•Ckq 'Imrranca', A«'?< 'lar^e g-roove' 'arroyo'). 



(2) Tfilikq, TfilUcqhahi^ 'barrancas of [5:46]' 'barranca ar- 

 royos of [5:46]' {Tfili, see [5:46]; hqhii'tt 'barranca arroyo' <hq 

 'barranca', huhi 'large g'l'oove' 'arroyo'). i 



[5:49] (1) TsijokeJ-l 'knife height', translating the Span, name (tsijo 

 'knife' <tsi''i 'ilaking stone', j/o augmentative; IceJ-l 'height'). 

 Cf. Te\ya (2), Eng. (3), Span. (i). 



{2) Kutflja. (<Span.). = Eng. (3), Span. (4). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(3) Cuchilla. ( < Span.). = Tewa (2), Span. (4). Cf . Tewa (1). 



(4) Span. Cuchilla, 'sharp narrow ridge of land'. = Tewa (2), 

 Eng. (3). Cf. Tewa (1). 



This long thin ridge of basalt curves slightly northward just 

 before touching the river. The extreme point of this ridge was 

 cut through several 3'ears ago for a proposed railway through the 

 Chama River valley and the cut has been utilized for running an 

 iri'igation ditch. There are several narrow ridges of land called 

 by the JSIexicans Cuchilla, in northern New Mexico. See for 

 instance Cuchilla [9:2]. [5:49] tapers gradually and is very 

 symmetrical. 



[5:50] Te'eivilmhi ' little cottonwood gap arroyo ' (Te'ewiii'*, see [5:44]; 

 hu'u ' large groove ' 'arro5'o'). See [5:44]. 

 A wagon road leads up this arroyo. 



[5:51] 7firt6r5.<i' ' cottonwood grove ' {/"e 'cottonwood' 'Populus wisli- 

 zeni'; lea 'denseness' 'dense' 'forest'; hul 'pile' 'cluster'). 

 The valley is wide here on the side southwest of the river, with 

 good alfalfa fields and a grove of cottonwoods. This is possibly 

 the cottonwood grove where the Jicarilla Apache used formerly 

 to hold a ceremon^^ at certain times. See under [5:unlocated]. 

 This is the cottonwood grove lying farthest down the river in the 

 part of the valley above TsiwUi [13:2]. 



[5:52] Nameless arroyo of considerable size. . 



[5:53] San Juan Jlqaikwcije 'young female deer height' {mdai said by 

 an aged San Juan informant to be an antiquated form of m(ig.e 

 '3'oung female of the mule deer'; hwaje, 'height'). This is the 

 old San Juan Tewa name. 



This hill is south of Ojo Caliente Creek. The main wagon road 

 between Ojo Caliente and Chamita passes between this hill and 

 the mesa [5:55]. 



