158 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA IXDIAKS [Kin. axx. :;9 



for the purpose of obtaining the glistening earth called poksenfy,, 

 which is used by the Tewa women in making- pottery. The name, 

 pokcenfy, is applied to coal-tar and asphalt, as well as to mica, 

 but it is supposed that it is mica' or micaceous earth which is 

 referred to by the Indians. See [7:2] and INIixeeals, p. 582. 



[6:8] Teboui 'cottonwood grove' {te 'cottonwood' 'Populus wisli- 

 zeni'; hodl 'pile' 'grove'). 



Petaca [6:1] is said to be situated about a mile nortli of this 

 grove. This grove may be identical with Old Servilleta [8:8], q. v. 



[6:4] (1) Kipo, J^Pimpo 'prairie-dog water' {/,-i 'prairie-dog'; po 

 'water' 'creek'). =Taos (3), Eng. (5), Span. (8). 



(2) Petakapo, PetakW\mp(> 'Petaca water'. (< Span.). =Eng. 

 (4), Span. (7). 



(3) Taos Kifupaaml 'prairie-dog dwelling place water' {li 

 'prairie-dog'; i'yi. 'to dwell', cognate with Tewa t'a 'to dwell'; 

 pa- 'water' 'creek'; anij, noun postfix). =Tewa (1), Eng. (5) 

 Span. (s). 



(4) Eng. Petaca Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (T). 



(5) Eng. Tusas Creek. (<Span.). =Tewa(l),Taos(3),Span.(8). 



(6) Eng. Servilleta Creek. (<Span.). = Span. (9). 



(7) Span. Kito Petaca 'leathern case creek', named from the 

 settlement Petaca [6:1]. =Eng. (4). 



(S) Span. Rito de las Tusas 'prairie-dog creek'. =Tewa (1), 

 Taos (3), Eng. (5). 



(9) Rito Servilleta 'napkin creek', named after Servilleta 

 Vieja [6:unlocated]. 



[6:5] (1) Eng. Vallecito Creek. (<Span.). = Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Rito Vallecito, Arroyo Vallecito, 'little valley creek' 

 'little valley arro^o'. =Eng. (1). 



[6:0] San Juan J/qhij^sennx, Mqhy,s^nnsRpir) f 'at the owl's horns' 

 'mountain at the owl's horns' (wgAii 'owl'; »^yf 'horn', also 

 applied to the "horns" of owls; «;g locative; y»f/;y 'mountain"). 

 An old San Juan informant said that he had heard that the moun- 

 tains are called thus because from the vicinity of Ojo Caliente 

 [6:26] two peaks are seen resembling the horns of an owl. These 

 are evidently the peak directly north of [6:21] and the norther- 

 most of the peaks or mountains called by this name. It reijuires 

 considerable imagination to see this resemblance. The horn to 

 the right is more prominent than that to the left. 



These mountains seem to be about as high as [6:16], whereas 

 the other mountains shown on the sheet are lower. The caves 

 [6:30], [6:31] are at the foot of the northernmost mountain. The 

 colored cliti's [6:11] are in the southern slope of the southern- 

 most. This southernmost peak of JIqJiy,simi!K one sees when look- 

 ing straight up the Ojo Caliente Valley. 



'See W. G. Ritch, Illustrated New Mexico, p. 140. 1885. 



