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(3) Piciiris "Talamona, 'name of the pueblo ruin at Ranchos 

 de Taos'".' Evidently the same as Taos (2), above. 



(4) Eng. Kanchos de Taos, Kanchos of Taos, Ranches de Taos, 

 Ranches of Taos, Ranchos, Ranches, Francisco Ranchos, Francisco 

 Ranches. (<Spau.). =Span. (5). 



(6) Ranchos de Taos. Ranchos, Ranchos de Francisco, Francisco 

 Ranchos. "Ranchos de Taos".^ 



"The Ranchos de Taos lie 4 miles from Fernandez de Taos, the 

 modern town".^ "There are said to be considerable ruins near 

 the Ranchos de Taos, and also extensive vestiges of garden 

 plots".-* See [8:59]. 

 [8:5!;*] Picuris "Talamona 'name of the pueblo ruin at Ranchos de 

 Taos'".' Budd records what is evidently the same word as the 

 Taos name for Ranchos de Taos [8:5S]. 



Mr. Melaquias Martinez informs the writer that the pueblo 

 min is at the site of the modern Mexican town [8:5)S]. Dr. 

 Spinden states as follows: "There are remains of an old pueblo 

 near Ranchos de Taos. This pueblo ruin is apparently quite 

 modern — walls are still standing. I was informed at Picuris 

 that this pueblo ruin had its former population depleted bj- dis- 

 ease. Some of the remnant went to Taos and some .to Picuris. 

 The people have mixed with those of other pueblos, but there are 

 none at present at Picuris.'' 

 [8:60] (1) Eng. Miranda Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Arroyo jNliranda, Arroyo de ]\Iiranda '^Miranda 

 arroyo". Miranda is an important family name in New Mexican 

 history. 



This is a small arroyo on which the sulphur spring [8:61] is 

 situated. 

 [8:61] (1) Eng. Sulphur Spring. =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Ojo de Azufre, 'sulphur spring'. =Eng. (1). 

 This is a sulphur spring on the arroyo [8:60]. 

 [8:62] (1) Eng. Frijoles Creek. (< Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Rito de los Frijoles, Rito Frijoles 'bean creek I 

 = Eng.(l). 

 [8:63] (1) Kiip\ndkoe 'at the black stone' {ku 'stone'; pcVJ" 'black"; 

 'iwe locative). 



The informants were one San Juan and one San Ildefonso 

 Indian. Each of these said that there must be a black stone 

 somewhere near the settlement, but did not know where the stone 

 is situated. 



(2) Eng. Cordova. (< Span.). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Cordova, name of a cit^^ in Spain. =Eng. (2). 



1 Spiiidfii, Picuris notes. MS., 1910. ' Ibid., p. S3, note. 



' 13aii(ielier, Final Report, pt. ii, pp. 33,34, 1S92. < Ibid., pp. 32-33. 



