HAnRiNGTOx] PLACE-NAMES 217 



[11:-29J San Juan Konvg^e 'down below thearroyo', referring to [11:27] 

 (/.o 'barranca' 'arroyowith banks'; nii'u 'below'; g.e 'down at' 

 ' over at'). This name refers to tiiiite a large and indefinite locality 

 below (i. e., west of) the end [11:28] of the arroyo [11:27]. See 

 [11:27] and [11:28]. 



[11:30] San Juan 'EJdbli teqwa 'dwelling house of Eldodt' ('Eldb 

 < German Eldodt; i/ possessive posttix; ^ci/wa 'house' <fo dwell- 

 ing-place', qwa indicating state of being a receptacle). 



This is the red-brick residence of Mr. Samuel Eldodt. He has 

 a collection of rare Indian objects from existing pueblos and 

 pueblo ruins, which he courteously allowed the writer to examine 

 and use for purposes of study. 



[11:31] San Juan -KialceM 'threshing-floor height' ('<?.<« 'threshing- 

 floor' <Span. era 'threshing-floor', which in turn is derived from 

 Latin area, of same meaning; Ice.i! 'height'). 



This is a high place southeast of Mr. Eldodt's house where wheat 

 is threshed in Mexican fashion by di'iving animals over it. 



[11:32] San Juan "^ EJiWeJateqwa 'school house' ("elwda 'school' 

 <Span. escuela 'school'; teqwa 'house' <te 'dwelling place', 

 qwa denoting state of being a receptacle). 



This is the Government schoolhouse for Indian children. It is 

 south of the pueblo. 



[11:33] San Juan ^ikqinpije'iij yse-po 'southern race-track' (^al-qmpije 

 ' south ' < ^alqrjf ' plain ', pije ' toward '; 'i'*' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix; '^j)(3 ' race-track '< '^ 'to run', prt 'track' 'trail'). 

 This is the southern ceremonial race-track of the San Juan 

 Indians. It lies on the level, barren height of Tsig.u\ilqnnu 

 [11:31] and extends in a north and south direction as does the 

 northern race-track. See [11:20]. 



[11:31] San Juan TsigiCahqnnu, Ts/'g.ukwaje 'chico plain' 'chico 

 height' (Tsigju an unidentified species of bush, called chico by 

 the Mexicans of the Tewa country; \tkqnnii 'plain' <^akqyf 

 'plain', mo unexplained; Jcwaje 'height'). This name is given to 

 the high, barren plain southeast of San Juan Pueblo. Chico 

 bushes grow on it; hence the name. 



This ma}' also be regarded as a part of '' OTc^ akqnnu [11:12]. 

 South of [11:31] is Tsigxilu u [11:11], q. v. 



[11:35] San Juan ■ Ehvelapse.yjge'era 'threshing-floors beyond the 

 school', referring to the Government schoolhouse [11:32] {^ekioela 

 'school' <Span. escuela 'school'; fxyge ^beyond'; 'era ' thresh- 

 ing-floor' <Span. era 'threshing-floor'). 



There are several threshing-floors at the locality known by this 

 name. 



[11:36] San Juan Nuge 'down below', so called because of its low 

 and southerly location {nu'u 'below'; gn? 'down at' 'over at'). 



