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[9:4()J San Juan TnigM^onuQ.^ i^ohiC e 'little hills down by the chico 

 water'(7iv'g*V/)'/;)«'M, see[9:3S]; g^ 'downat' 'overat'; T'locative 

 and adjective-forming postdx; \jVu 'hilT; '<? diminutive). 



Southeast of the spring and pool is a range of very small hills. 



[9:41] San Juan Tuig.upomig.e'impol-ii-'^i^- 'little pool down by the chico 

 water' (Ts>g.uponu'u, see [9:38J; g,e 'down at' 'over at'; T' loca- 

 tive and adjective- forming postfix; pokui\ 'pool' 'lake' <po 

 'water', /Ivz-j unexplained: '<? diminutive). 



This is a small round pool which drains to the south. North- 

 east and west of it are small knolls of bluish, peV)bly earth. 

 Grass grows luxuriantly in a small patch south of the pool. The 

 little arroyo [9:42] can be traced from the spring. 



[9:42] San Juan Tsigiiponu''g.f'''irji:q '})arranca down by the chico 

 water' {Tuighpoiiuhi, see [9:38]; g.e 'down at' 'overat'; 'i'' loca- 

 tive and adjective-forming postfix; I'o 'barranca' 'banked 

 arroyo'). See [9:41]. 



[9:43] San Juan P'i-og,e''qijwi''l-cjl 'pueblo iniin down at the wood- 

 peckerplace' {p'i'o 'woodpecker', Span. ' carpintero'; g.e 'down 

 at' 'overat'; '091/'^ Av/i 'pueblo ruin' K'oyivi 'pueblo', ^t;«- 'ruin' 

 postpound). The whole region about the ruins is called P' Pogi'. 

 There are several names of animals compounded with g.e. Thus 

 T.shiege ' down at the bird place ' [17:34], for instance. " Pio-ge." ' 

 "Pioge."2 



The pueblo ruin lies perhaps a hundred yards southeast of the 

 'farm of Mr. Isador Lopez. A wagon road runs between this 

 farm and the ruin. A ditch about 1.5 feet deep has been cut 

 through the ruin from north to south. This ditch was con- 

 structed for irrigation purposes about seven years ago, but owing 

 to financial difficulties of the companj' which dug it, the ditch 

 has never been utilized. The pueldo was of adobe and the ruin 

 consists of low mounds. Bandelier' says of P'l'oQ.e: "Pio-ge, 

 three miles north of San Juan. This is smaller than Abiquiu [3 :3S] ; 

 but the disposition of its buildings appears to have been similar. 

 Considerable pottery has been exhumed from Pio-ge, and hand- 

 some specimens are in Mr. Eldodt's possession. Among them 

 are sacrificial bowls with the turreted rim that characterizes those 

 vessels, and the symbolic paintings of the rain-clouds, of water- 

 snakes, and of the libella. Similar fetiches of alabaster have also 

 been unearthed. Pio-ge is claimed by the Tehuas of San Juan as 

 one of their ancient villages, and they assert that it was aban- 

 doned previous to Spanish times." 



"Quatre endi'oits sont bien connus des Indiens de San Juan 

 pour avoir ete habites anciennement par quelques-iins de leurs 

 clans: Pioge, a trois milles au nord de San Juan."^ P i'og_e has 

 given the name to the small arroj-o [9:44]. 



iBandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 03, 1892. ^Hewett, Commuiiaut&, p. 30, 1908. 



