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[7:12] Nameless arroyo. This is a large and long gulch, without 

 v;atcr exc^ept just after rains. The main trail connecting San 

 Juan Pueblo with El llito passes through this arroyo. 



[7:13] San Juan Ponfipa'''^lceJ'i, Ponfipa^<^kwaJ6 'height of the beds 

 of plumed ari-oyo shrub' {Ponfipa"'^, see [7:14]; Ic&ii. I'waji, 

 'height'). 



This is the height or low mesa on which the pueblo ruin [7:11] 

 stands. 



[7:14] San Juan Ponfipa^°'lceri''o'r)wiJceji, Ponf\pci!°'hwaj^qriw\lceji 

 'pueblo ruin of the i)Iumed arroyo shrub beds height' {ponf\ 

 'plumed arroyo shrub' 'Fallugia paradoxa acuminata', called by 

 Mexicans living in the Tewa country, poiiile; j!:iff'" 'bed' 'mat- 

 tress' 'sleeping-mat'; tceAt, Iwaje 'height'; ''oijwiheji 'pueblo 

 ruin' <-oijwi 'pueblo', kejt 'ruin' postpound). Bandelier's 

 "P'o-nyi Pa-kuen" is almost certaiidy his spelling for Ponf\pa>- 

 hwaje: "The Tehuas claim Sepilue [4:8] as one of their ancient 

 settlements, but I failed to obtain any folk-lore concerning it. I 

 was also informed that another ruin existed near by, to which 

 the Indians of San Juan give the name of P'o-nyi Pa-kuen. It 

 might be the ruin of which I was informed as h'ing about 7 mUes 

 farther west, near the road to Abiquiu. My informant told me 

 that near that ruin there were traces of an ancient acequia".' 

 The supposition expressed in the next to the last sentence quoted 

 is evidently erroneous. It is not clear from Bandelier's text 

 whether the "traces of an ancient acequia" which he mentions 

 are near "P'o-nyi Pa-kuen" or near the ruin 7 miles west of 

 " Sepaue". No traces of an ancient ditch were noticed near [7:14]. 

 The circumstances under which the name Ponfipa^'^lceJ-i was origi- 

 nally given were probably forgotten long ago. Large mounds 

 lying on the mesa top mark the site of tiie ancient Tewa village. 



[7: 15] San Juan Ponf\pa^°''keJ,ikqli u^u, Ponfypo^'^TcwajekohiCu ' barranca 

 arroyo of the plumed arroyo shrub beds height' {Ponfipa^°'h.ii, 

 Ponfipa'^Jx-H'aje, see [7:14]; I'qliuu 'barranca arro^^o' <^<? 'bar- 

 ranca', hiCu 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



This is an arroyo of considerable size, the first large arroyo 

 joining Ojo Caliente Creek north of the northern end of Tsikicaje 

 [7:16]. A Mexican informant who lives at Gavilan [7:3] said that 

 this arroyo has no Mexican name, but that he would call it Arroyo 

 del Pueblo 'pueblo arroyo', referring to [7:14]. 



[7:16] San Juan Tsikwaje, see [13:1]. 



[7:lower Ojo Caliente region] San Juan T^ipxy^e, Txilvvajepxyge 

 ' beyond the basalt ' ' beyond the basalt height', referring to [7:16] 

 (^si 'basalt'; ^wa;e 'heiglit'; p^??^(?' beyond'). This name refers 

 to the whole region northwest of [7:16]. See [7:4], [7:5]. [7:17], 

 [7:19], [7:20], [7:22]. " 



' Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 5S, 1892. 



