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[6:7] (1) Posipo 'greenness water', referring to Ojo Caliente hot 

 springs [6:24]' {Fosi, see [6:24]; pn 'water' 'creek' 'river'). 



(2) Taos Paluapaa?id 'liot water river', referring to Ojo Cali- 

 ente hot springs [6:24]' (pa- 'water'; lud 'hot'; pa- 'water'; and 

 noun postlix). =Picuris (3), Eng. (4), Span. (5). 



(3) Picuris "Pasxlupane".i =Taos (2), Eng. (4), Span. (5). 



(4) Eng. Ojo Caliente Creek. ( < Span.). = Taos (2), Picuris (3), 

 Span. (5). 



(5) Span. Rito Ojo Caliente, Rio Ojo Caliente 'hot water creek' 

 'hot water river', referring to Ojo Caliente hot springs [6:24]. 

 = Taos (2), Picuris (3), Eng. (4). "This is the Rio defojo Cali- 

 ente, which takes its name from the remarkable medicinal ther- 

 mal springs [6:24] on its western banks''.^ 



[6:8] 2Iahy,sennsefsPi 'canyon at the owl's horns' {Jilqhy,sOinse, see 

 [6:6]; fsi'i. 'canyon'). 



This is a deep, narrow, and beautiful canyon. The walls are 

 rockj' and in man}' places perpendicular. Mqhy,.'i^?vn3j. [6:t>] towers 

 to the northeast and Posipiyy [6:16] and Posipiyye [6:17] to the 

 southwest. 



[6:9] JIqh}j,><enn!eisi'iwepo^o 'water mill at the canyon by the owFs 

 horns' {3fqhy,sinns^fsi^i, see [6:8]; '*W locative; po^o 'water mill' 

 <po 'water', 'o 'metato'). 



The wagon road which runs through 3Iqky,s^7ins^isi'i [6:8] is on 

 the northeastern side of the creek. Several small brooks which 

 flow down from the heights of 3Iqhiisoi?ise [6:6] cross this road. 

 At the fourth of these brooks which crosses the road, counting 

 from the confluence of Comanche Creek [6:12], stands the Mexican 

 water-mill. The little brook which turns the wheel is said to flow 

 quite strongly all the j'ear. 



[6:10] Mqhiistnns^fsip'oivui, 3/qhy,sinns^p'oioui 'tlie projecting cor- 

 ners or points at the opening or mouth of the canyon at the owl's 

 horns' {Jlqhy.stnns^tsi-i, see [6:S]; p ow'ui ' projecting corner or 

 point at the opening or mouth of a canyon' < j>'o 'hole' 'open- 

 ing', v^Ul 'projecting corner or point'). This name refers to 

 both the northern and the southern mouth of the canyon [6:8]. 

 The northern mouth is also shown on the enlargement. A San 

 Juan informant was heard to say l/q/iiisejiip'owUi, Init when his 

 attention was called to the name he said that he did not consider 

 the latter part correct. 



[6:11] JVqmpPdwP* 'at the pink or light-reddish colored earth' {nqyf 

 'earth'; piqwP^, pPqu'ivf 'pink' 'light reddish' < pji 'red' 

 'redness', 'a 'bi'own' but when postpounded to color-denoting 



■Spiuden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. "Bandelicr, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 37, 1892. 



