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[15:16] Te<fqpoge *" down at the cottonwood fluff water'' {icM 'green 

 seedpod of the female tree of Populus wislizeui, Popukis acumin- 

 ata, or Populus angustifolia', but used in this place-name as an 

 abbrev^iation of teMtpoVt, {jwil 'flower') or te.iaoJcu {'olcu 'down' 

 'fluft''), 'the flufl' of the seed of the female tree of these species'; po 

 'water'; g.e ' down at' 'over at'). Thei'e were cottonwoods and 

 pools at the place; hence the name. 



This is the old Tewa name of the site of the present ranch of 

 Mr. Lucero Amado, which is passed by the m:un road connecting 

 San Juan Pueblo and Santa Cruz settlement [15:19], 



[15:17] (1) B usage, Busog.efolwi 'big corner' 'pool of the big corner' 

 {huu 'large low roundish place'; so'" 'bigness' 'big'; g,e 'down 

 at' 'oyer at'; pokwi 'pool' 'lake' <po 'water', 7,'wi unex- 

 plained). 



(3) San Ildefonso Fijnpljepolwi ' lake of the north ' {pvmpljc 

 'north' <piyf 'mountain', pije 'toward'; pohwi 'lake' <po 

 'water', liwi unexplained). For the reason that this name is 

 given, see below. 



These names refer to the large dell near the Kio (irande just 

 to the north of the mouth of Santa Cruz Creek [15:18]. Near the 

 Rio Grande this dell is marshy and there is a pool. This pool 

 is the "lake of the north" of the San Ildefonso sacred water cere- 

 mony; see Cardinal Sacred Water Lakes, pp. 44-45. It is 

 at this pool that the Santa Clara and San Ildefonso Kosa societies 

 hold their initiation ceremony annually, when certain members 

 sing and pra}' at the pool for eight days. The Kosa paint their 

 bodies with stripes, using the mud of this pool for the purpose. 



[15:18] (1) TsbnajoimpohiCu 'creek of the superior flaking stone', 

 referring to Tsimajo [32:18] {Tsimajo, see [22:18]; T' locative 

 and adjective-forming postflx; pohuu 'creek with water in it' 

 <po 'water', hu^u ' large groove ' 'arroyo'). Cf. Picuris (.3). 



(2) Kanfi^J-a,KanfXda'impohuhi, 'the Caiiada' ' Canada Creek' 

 {hanfseJa <Span. Canada, referring to the Canada de Santa 

 Cruz, see Span. (5), below; T' locative and adjective-forming 

 postfix; pohuu 'creek with water in it' <po 'water', hn'u 

 'large groove' 'arroyo'). This is a sort of translation of the 

 Span. name. 



(3) Picuris "Chemaiyona 'Canada de Santa Cruz.'"' Cf. 

 Tewa (1). 



(4) Eng. Santa Cruz Creek. (<Span.). = Span. (5). 



(o) Span. Canada de Santa Cruz ' mountain valley of the holj^ 

 cross', referring to Santa Cruz settlement [15:19]. 



The coui'se of the headwaters of the creek is shown on sheet [22]. 



^Spinden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. 



