230 ETHNOGEOGEAPHY OF TFTE TEWA INDIANS Teth. ann. 20 



There is no San Juan Tewa name for this Mexican settlement. 

 'I'lie Tewa word meaning 'dwarf is p iidni, but is never applied 

 It) this place. 



[13:-1:1] ^^n ,]\i-AnfunfseFqndlwehu\i, see [2:34J. 



[13:42] San Juan SyniwUi, see [2:8()]. 



[13:4;)] San Juan Sij>uwidt7tu^u, see [2:37]. 



[13:44] (1) San Juan Ilifinnce 'where the one-seeded juniper' {hy, 

 'om^-seeded juniper, Juniperus monosperma'; 'iy.f locative and 

 adjoctive-l'orming posttix; riH' locative). The use of two locative 

 elements in this word appears to be irregular. The one-seeded 

 juniper still grows at the place. This is the old name of the place. 

 People at San Juan Pueblo often say HifymsR ^ot'onnie {'ot'o/i/UB 

 'on the other side' 'on the other side of the river', referring to 

 the Rio Grande). 



(2) Eng. San Jose, San Jos^ des Chama settlement. (<Span.). 

 = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. San Jose, San Jose de Chama ' Saint Joseph ' 'Saint 

 Joseph of Chama', referring to Chama liiver. =Eng. (2). 



This settlement extends for two or three miles in a northwest- 

 erly-southeasterly direction. The Mexican houses are along the 

 irrigation ditch, which runs where the higher irrigated lands to 

 the southwest merge into the lower irrigated lands nearer the 

 Chama River. The ditch is perhaps half a mile from the river. 

 See [13:45]. 



[13:45] The Roman Catholic church at San Jose de Chama. 

 This is situated at the southern end of the settlement. 



[13:40] (1) San Juan ''Akqnnutx 'stretched plain' (^aJconnu 'plain' 

 <^a]>onf 'plain', nu locative; ts^ 'state of being stretched' 

 ' stretched '). Cf. Span. (2). 



(2) Sp. Loma Tendida 'stretched hill' 'flat hill' 'mesa'. Cf. 

 Tewa (1), which is evidently a translati»n of this idiomatic Span, 

 expression. 



[13:47] San Juan TeJi'obeJiuu 'break wagon arro^'o' {te 'wagon'; 

 li'aie 'to break'; huu 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



San Juan Indians go much to the mesa l^el' u'behi'aje [2:40] for 

 firewood. To reach the height thej' drive up this small arroyo, 

 the wagon road of which is very rough and hard on wagons. 

 See [2:40]. 



[13:48] (1) Mqhitbu'wUl, Mqhy,wUi 'owl corner point' 'owl point' 

 {Mqhiibii'n, see [14:11]; wui 'projecting corner or point'). 



(2) Watpewid 'point of [14:11]' {Watje <Span. Guache, see 

 [14:11]; wUi 'projecting corner or point'). 



This long projecting tongue of mesa separates Guache settle- 

 ment from San Josd de Chama [13:44]. See [14:11]. 



