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[13:;5i!] Tlic San Juan have a special name for this locality, but the' 

 information is not available. 



[13:;33] San Juan IvWceky,mpo 'the railroad' {lcw^hy,yf 'iron' 'metal' 

 unexplained; po 'trail' 'road'). 



[13:;!-i] San Juan Kwselcivmpolop e 'the railroad bridge' {Kwcrlcumpo, 

 see [13:33]; hope 'bridge" boat '<^o 'to bathe', pe 'stick' 'log'), 



[13:3.5] San Juan ''Afug.e 'down at the alkali point' ('4 'alkali'; fu''u 

 'horizontally projecting point'; ge 'down at' 'over at"). 



The V-shaped alkaline meadow at the confluence of the Chama 

 and Rio Grande rivers is called by this name. It is here that 

 ^Anfsekwijo, the Old Salt ^^'oman, used to dwell and give of her 

 body to the people, according to San Juan mythology. See 

 [29:110]. The San Juan do not gather salt from this place at the 

 present time. The place is, indeed, very scantily supplied with 

 alkali or salt, a fact may explain the origin of the myth, which 

 relates that Old Salt Woman forsook the place. See [29:110], 

 Salt, under Minerals; cf. [13:36], [18:i:)]. 



[13:36] San Juan Pojege 'down where the waters meet' [po 'water'; 

 je 'to meet'; ge 'down at' 'over at'). 



This name applies to the confluence and the adjacent locality. 

 As used at San Juan Pueblo it often refers especially to the fields 

 of San Juan Indians bordering on the Rio Grande, just east of 

 the confluence. 



[13:37] San Juan Qweiejeg.enugeke'd, sometimes abbreviated to Qwe- 

 ienugekedi 'height of kick down together low place' {Qweie- 

 jeg.envg.e, see [13:38]; ^Mi 'height'). 



The wagon road leading up the Chama Valley on the north side 

 of the river passes over this height before plunging into [13:38], 



[13:38] San Juan Qweitjeg_eni/g,tj 'kick down together low place' 

 (qwetl' 'to kick an object' as in the kicking- race game; je 'to 

 meet', said to refer here to the objects kicked; ge ' down at' ' over 

 at'; ww'w below'). The name probably refers to the kicking of 

 objects in a direction toward each other and downward at this 

 place, in connection with the playing of some game, it is said. 

 Cf. [13:37]. 



[13:39] San Juan Tsilo 'basalt arroyos' {tsi 'basalt'; Jcq 'barranca' 

 'arroyo with barrancas'). 



These short and broken gulches extend from the mesa-cliff to 

 the river. The place is strewn with blocks and masses of basalt. 

 Cf. [13:1], [13:2]. 



[13:-1:0] (1) Eng. Duende settlement. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Duende' dwarf. =Eng. (1). Why the name 'dwarf ' 

 was given is not known. 



