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mouth, and it is cliiimcd by the Santa Chua Indians a.s their own 

 frock. Cf. Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Santa Ckra Creek. (<Span.). =Span. (3). Cf. 

 Tewa (1). 



(3) Span. Rito de Santa Chi.ra, Arroyo de Santa Clara, Caiion 

 do Santa Clara ' creek, arroyo or canyon of [14:71]'. =Eng. (2). 

 " Les rivieres . . . Santa Clara." ' Bandelier's "Arroyo de Santa 

 Clai'a"- certainly does not apply to Santa Clara Creek; see 

 under [14:1 16 1. 



[14:25] Kuswifupiyf, see [2:1.5]. 



[14:26] Santa Q\\xYa^Aj)ipibuu 'naked red corner' (Vjo/ 'nakedness' 

 'naked'; pi 'redness' 'red'; hu'it, 'largo low roundish place'). 

 This name refers to a low place on I roth sides of the creek. It 

 is said to be reddish. Cf. [14:27]. 



[14:27] Santa Clara '^4^>/p«;'6(//?'wa/e' naked red corner height ' {^Apipl- 

 ba'ii, see [14:26]; hjoajb 'height'). 



[14:28] Santa Clara Tmewa-ii 'wide gap of the little eagle' {tse 

 'eagle'; '<; diminutive; wcui 'wide gap'). 



[14:29] Santa Clara Kii'onfse.g.iiwe, Kn'oiifxgibuhi ' stone on its head 

 place' 'stone on its head corner' (leu 'stone'; ''onfxgi 'on the 

 head', adverb; 'we locative; hicu 'large low roundish place'). 

 There are at this place "tent-rocks" (see pis. 6-8), which are 

 thought to reseml)le people carrying objects on tJieir heads; hence 

 the name. 



[14:30] Santa Clara Ts-'S^'c-g/wi^ 'white meal place' (is^ 'whiteness' 

 'white'; Figyf 'meal' 'flour'; nig. locative). 



A Mexican family is said to live at this place, which is north 

 of the creek, under Kusunfupirjf [14:25]. 



[14:31] Santa Clara Kuqwa'P^ 'rock house place' (ku 'stone' 'rock'; 

 qwa denoting state of being receptacle ; T' locative and adjective- 

 forming posttix). The name refers to the location of a rock 

 which has caves in it or is hollow, capable of being used as a 

 house. 



[14 :32] Santa Clara Buirakupa'awe ' sunny place of the stone for baking 

 bread' {buwaku ' bread stone', referring here to stone of the kind 

 of which slabs are made for cooking buwajaie 'paper bread' 

 <hiiwa 'bread', ^'flrJe 'to tear off the surface layer from an 

 object'; leu ' stone '; jwa'awe 'suiuij' place' 'sunny side' <paa 

 akin to Jemezj^e 'sun', we locative). 



There is said to be at this place a deposit of the kind of sand- 

 stone used for preparing guayave slabs. So far as could be 

 learned, the Santa Clara or other Tewa do not get guaj'ave stones 

 fi'om this place at the present time. 



' Hewett, Communaut(?s, p. 24, 1908. ^ Bnudelier, Finiil Keport, pt. n', p. 05, 1892. 



