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no such superstition. See [6:Ojo Caliente region], below, and 

 nameless mineral spring 18 miles east of Abiquiu [3:36], [6:un- 

 located]. 

 [6:Ojo Caliente region] (1) PosPi''^ 'at the greenness', referring to 

 Ojo Caliente hot springs [6:24]' (Posi see [6:24]; T* locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix). This name refers to the whole region 

 about Ojo Caliente hot springs [6:24], from which the Tewa claim 

 that they originally came. For spellings of Po.sl- by Bandelier 

 and Hewett applied to the pueblo ruin [6:25] see under [6:25]. 

 For the etymology and origin of Fosi- see [6:24]. 



(2) Taos Palmhd 'at the hot water' {pa- 'water'; I'M 'hot', 

 cognate with ,s« in Tewa nuvxi 'hot'; hi locative). =Picuris (3), 

 Cochiti (4), Eng. (6), Span. (7). 



(3) Picuris "Paxluma",^ probably a spelling for a form iden- 

 tical with the Taos form given above. =Taos (2), Cochiti (4), 

 Eng. (6), Span. (7). 



(4) Cochiti Kdwatfatss^ 'at the hot spring' (kduM 'hot', said of 

 water; ^y« 'spring or issuing'; fe^ locative). = Taos (2), Picuris 

 (3), Eng. (6). Span. (7). 



(5) Jicarilla Apache '"''oho, 'Ojo Caliente'".^ 



(()) Eng. Ojo Caliente region. (<Span.). = Taos (2), Picuris 

 (3), Cochiti (4), Span. (7). 



(7) Span, region de Ojo Caliente 'hot spring region'. =Taos 

 (2), Ficuris (3), Cochiti (4), Eng. (5). 



The Tewa always refer to this region as their cradleland. Cf. 

 [6:7], [6:16], [6:17], [6:24], [6:2.5], [6:26], and nameless mineral 

 springs IS miles east of Abiquiu [3:36], [6:unlocated]. 

 [6:25] PosPq)jioi/,-eji, l^osi pokwigehe-ii'' qijtvil'cj i 'greenness pueblo ruin' 

 'greenness pool height pueblo ruin' {Posi-, Posipokwi, see [6:24]; 

 g.e 'down at' 'over at'; Jce'ii 'height'; ^oywUvJi 'pueblo ruin' 

 <i'' 01)101 'pueblo', heji 'ruin' postpound). The form PospQywi[/e 

 {g.e 'down at' 'over at') is evidently the form on which the 

 spellings quoted below are based " Pose-uing-ge".^ " Pose- 

 uingge".^ "Village of Po-se or P'ho-se".'^ ''Pose Uingge"." 

 "Poseuinge or Posege".' The Tewa informants state that no 

 such form as Posige or "Posege" is ever used, and that such a 

 form is not correct. "Poseuinge".* 



The ruin has been described by Bandelier," and by Hewett."* 

 Posejeniu, the Tewa culture hero, dwelt at this village and at 

 IIy.j)oiPqywi [6:18] and IloiviiPorjwi [6:21] according to a tra- 



> Splnden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. = Ibid., p. 43. 



' Goddard, Jicarilla Apache Texts, p. 161, iai2. ' Hewett, Antiquities, p. 38, 1906. 



' Bandelier, Final Report, pt. i, p. 310, 1890; pt. » Hewett, Communautds, p. 41, 1908. 



II, p. 22, 1892. » Bandelier, op. cit., pt. n, pp. 43-46. 



' Ibid., p. 37 et passim. '» Antiquities, No. 35, 1906. 

 5 Ibid., p. 42. 



