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(3) Eng. Fernandez Creek, Fernandez de Taos Creek, Taos 

 Creek. (<Span.). =Si)an. (i). 



(4) Span. Rito Fernandez, Kito Fernandez de Taos, Rito de 

 Taos, etc. See [8:54]. 



[8:53] (1) Eng. Fernandez Canyon, Fernandez de Taos Canyon, Taos 

 Canyon. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Canon Fernandez, Canon Fernandez de Taos, Canon 

 de Taos, etc. See [8:54]. 



Perhaps Picuris (3) of [8 :52] is the Picuris name for the canyon 

 instead of for the creek. 

 [8:54] (1) Taos ''Paqwitinuwaaga" 'down at night pool", referring to 

 the pool of a spring situated somewhere near Taos settlement 

 {pa.fjiri.d- 'lake" 'pool'; nuwa 'night'; mja 'down at'). 



The pool to which the name refers is said to have green grass 

 about it all winter. This name is evidently applied also to Fernan- 

 dez Creek [8:52] and Fernandez Canyon [8:53]. See "Paxwenua-" 

 and "Paxwinowia-" under [8:52]. 



(2) Eng. Fernandez de Taos, Fernandez Taos. (<Span.). 

 = Span. (3). The name Taos is the official and commonly used 

 form. 



(3) Span. Fernandez de Taos, Fernandez Taos. Infoi-mation 

 bearing on the history of this name is lacking. 



This is the town of Taos, county seat of Taos County. 

 "The modern town of Fernandez de Taos, which lies about 3 

 miles west of the pueblo"". ' According to the maps "west" in 

 the quotation above should be corrected to "southwest." "The 

 Ranclios de Taos [8:58] lie 4 miles from Fernandez de Taos, the 

 modern town". ^ 

 [8:55] (1) Eng. Taos Pass. = Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Paso de Taos. =Eng. (1). 

 [8:56] (1) T'anupo, T'anug.ei?)ipo 'dwell below water' 'dwell below 

 place water', referring to the Tano and especially to Gaiisteo 

 [29:i0] {T'anu, ranug.e, see [29:40]; fy> 'water' 'creek' 'river'). 

 (2) ffwjr/e'mpo 'river of [29:33]' [fj'wge, see [29:33]; 'ivf 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; po 'water' 'creek' 

 'river'). 

 [8:57] (1) Eng. Rio Grande of Taos Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 

 (2) Span. Rio Grande de Taos 'great river of Taos' 'big creek 

 of Taos'. =EDg. (1). 



One would expect that this creek would also be called after 

 [8:58]. 

 [S:aS] {I) nantjh. (<Span.). = Span. (5). 



(2) Taos "T'a'lamuna. 'los Ranchos de Taos'".' = Picuris (3). 



' Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 32, 18'J2. 



2 Ibid., p. 33, note. 



'Budd, Taos vocabulary, MS., Bur. Amer. Ethn. 



