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[8:84] (1) Eng. Chamizal Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Rito Chamizal. 



Cf. Chamizal settlement [8:83]. 

 [8:85] (1) Picuris "Tuikwepapama 'river on the other side', name of 

 the Pefiasco River"'.' 



(2) Eng. Penasco Creek. (<Span.). =.Span. (4). 



(3) Eng. Lucia Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (.5). 



(4) Span. Rio del Peiiasco, Rito del Penasco 'rock river or 

 creek' 'rocky clili' river or creek'. =Eng. (2). "Rio del 

 Penasco".^ Penasco valley".^ 



(5) Span. Rio Lucia, Rito Lucia ' Lucv River or Ci'eek'. = Eng. 

 (3). Why this name is applied was not ascertained. 



"From these two mountains [[9:4], [9:13], [22:;»J, [22:13]] de 

 scend two streamlets, which run almost directly to the west, 

 parallel with each other, for many miles, divided by wooded 

 ridges of small width. One of these brooks is the Rio del Pueblo 

 [8:86]; the other the Rio del Penasco [8:85], and they unite at a 

 distance of a mile below the pueblo of Picuries to form the Rio del 

 Embudo [8:79], and thus become tributary to the Rio Grande".^ 

 The present writer has not been able to learn any Tewa name for 

 Penasco Creek. 



Cf. Penasco settlement [8:98]. 

 [8:86] (1) Picuris " Teupopapama 'Pueblo canyon and Pueblo river 

 near Picuris pueblo'.''' 



(2) Picuris " Telpuptipama 'whole Pueblo river above Picuris' 

 (telpapa 'above'; pama 'river")".' 



(3) Picuris "Tonopahukuil 'Pueblo river below the canyon' "'.' 



(4) Eng. Pueblo Creek, Pueblo River. (<Span.). =Span. (C), 



(5) Eng. Picuris Creek, Picuris River. =Span. (T). 



(6) Span. Rio del Pueblo, Rito del Pueblo, 'pueblo river', refer- 

 ring to Picuris Pueblo [8 :S8]. =Eng. (4). "Rio del Pueblo ".^ 



(7) Span. Rio de Picuris, Rito de Picuris. =Eng. (5). 

 Budd's Taos " Pa'tiilshenaj'a 'Pueblo Canyon'"^ presumal)ly 



refers to Pueblo Canyon [8:43] above Taos Pueblo. 



It is understood that the canyon extends from the vicinity of 

 Picuris Pueblo upward to tlie mountains. A short distance above 

 Picuris Pueblo there was formerly a sacred rock in the middle of 

 the stream, which had an ancient sun-painting on its surface. In 

 spite of the protest of the Picuris Indians this rock was blasted 

 away a couple of years ago by the employees of a lumber com- 

 pany. See excerpt from Bandelier, under [8:85]. 

 [8:87] Confluence of Pueblo Creek [8:86] and Penasco Creek [8:85] 

 about one mile below Picuris Pueblo [8:88]. 



1 Spinden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. ' Budd, Taos vocabulary, MS., Bur. Amer. Etlm. 



2 Bandelier, Final Report, pt. n, p. 35, 1892. 



