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rate camps".' Goddard explains concerning the fiesta: "The 

 feast of San Antonio formerly held on the Chama River in a Cot- 

 tonwood grove near the mouth of Caliente Creek [Ojo Caliente 

 Creek] ".2 The text implies that the grove is at or near the Cii- 

 chilla [5:49]. Perhaps [5:51] is the grove. 

 "Poihuuinge".^ ''Poihuunge".^ None of the informants interro- 

 gated have known the name or the ruin. The -uinge or -unge of 

 the forms of the name quoted above is evidently for ''qr)v;i(ie 

 'down at the pueblo' 'over at the pueblo' i^qyici ' pueblo ',0<j' down 

 at' 'over at'). The etymology of the first part of the name is not 

 apparent. 



The ruin is situated as follows: "About 4 miles above the con- 

 fluence of the Chama with the Kio Grande is the noble cottonwood 

 grove whose grateful shade has been the noon or evening goal of 

 every traveler that has toiled up or down that sandy valley for a 

 century. At this point a chain of detached fragments of the 

 great Black mesa (Mesa Canoa) [13:1] crosses over to the south 

 side of the river and extends for some miles southwestward. On 

 the top of one of these black fragmentary mesas about a mile 

 south of the river stood the village of Poihuuinge".^ See 

 [9:unlocated], where Hewett's "Poihuge" is discussed. 



[6] UPPER OJO CALIENTE SHEET 



This sheet (map 6) shows the region about and above Ojo Caliente. 



Three pueblo ruins are included, all of which have old Tewa names. 

 These are claimed by the Tewa as foi-mer pueblos of their people. The 

 Tewa believe this region to have been the cradlcland of their race. 

 Ojo Caliente hot springs [6:24] and the caves at La Cueva [6:30], [6:31] 

 are of special interest. 



[6:1] (1) Eng. Petaca. (<Span.). = Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Petaca, 'a small coffer or grip of sewed leather or 

 canvas used in traveling or for storing articles, much as a suitcase 

 is now used.' Veiy old petacas can still be seen in some of the 

 Mexican houses in New Mexico. "Why this name was applied to 

 Petaca settlement has not been learned. 



This is a small Mexican settlement. See [6:4]. 

 [6:2] PolccenfyJiondiwe 'where a certain kind of mineral called po- 

 hxnfy, is dug' (poksenfy,, see under Minerals, p. 5S2; k'ondiwe 

 'where it is dug' < h'qi)f 'to dig', 'iW locative). 



This mineral deposit is situated in the hills more than two miles 

 east of Petaca [6:1]. It is still occasionally visited by the Tewa 



1 Goddard, Jicarilla Apache Texts, p. 257, 1911. 



"Ibid., p. 161, note. 



a Hewett, Antiquities, p. 33, 1906. 



< Hewett, Communautes, ji. 42, 1908. 



' Hewett: Antiquities, pp. 33-34, 1906; see also Oommunautfe, op. cit. 



