264 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



the San Ildefonso sacred water ceremony; see Cardinal Sacked 

 Water Lakes, pp. 44-45. West of the pool rise two litthi hills — 

 the 'ohu, with clifflike sides, and the toia. Cf . [16:38] and [16:39]. 



[16:3.S] San Ildefonso PotsqrjiCcex^nnx'ir) fhu'' u., Potsqnse^nnx'irj fhu'u 

 'blue or green water man place arroyo' (Potsqywxspinx, see 

 [16:37]; H' ' locative and adjective-forming- postfix; Au^ii 'large 

 groove' 'arroyo'). The name is probahl3^ taken from [16:37]. 



[16:39] San Ildefonso Potsq'rjv:sesejinse.H_r)lwage, Poisqfis^nnse^iyhvage 

 'blue or green man place mesa' {Potsqywxsinnsf', see [16:37]; 

 TMocative and adjective-forming postfi.x; hcage 'mesa'). The 

 name is probably taken from [16 :37]. 



[16:40] San Ildefonso JCoJohi'u oi obscure etymology {I'a.io unex- 

 plained; hiiu 'large low roundish place'). Cf. [16:41]. 



[16:41] San Ildefonso JC odohitl-wage 'mesaat [16:4o]' ; (JCo-tobu^u, see 

 [16:47]; X'wage 'mesa.') 



[16:42] San Ildefonso ^Omapiyy oi obscure etymology ('o«?a unex- 

 plained; piijj' 'mountain'). '<> means with different intonations 

 'scar' and 'metate'. The syllable ma is postpoundcd in several 

 other place -namas, but its meaning is no longer understood. 

 This high hill is thought of by the San Ildefonso in connection 

 Viith /•U7napiijj' [16:130]. ■Omapiyf is on the west side of the 

 Rio Grande at the mouth of the canj'on, fiimapiyf is on the east 

 side. The locality at the foot of ' Omapiyf is called ' OmaplnnxCu 

 ox'' OmamCu (ju*'?/ 'below'), 'f^waf^ii'y i'' *>■ conspicuous moun- 

 tain as viewed from San Ildefonso Pueblo. 



[16:43] San Ildefonso 'Omapiyu^'i. 'OtnawPl 'gap by [16:42]' (' Oma- 

 PiVft V>'wa see [16:42]; wi^i 'gap'). 



A wagon road goes through this gap or pass. 



[16:44] (1) San Ildefonso Piwpxyf/e ' bevond the mountains' (piyj" 

 'mountain'; pxyffe 'beyond'). There is no more definite Tewa 

 name for this valley. 



(2) Eng. Santa Rosa Valley. (< Span.). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Valle de Santa Rosa ' valley of Saint Rose '. =Eng. (2). 

 This is one of the high, grass-grown meadow-valleys west of 



the Jemez Range. Such valleys occur also in the Peruvian Andes, 

 where they are called by the German -speaking inhabitants 

 " Wiesentaler." Cf. [16:45] and [16:131]. See also [27:11]. 

 [16:45] (1) San Ildefonso Tslsopi»ipmy(/e ''beyond the mountain of the 

 great catiyon', referring to [16:46] {Tsisopiyf,see[lG:-H]]; pseycje 

 'beyond'). The locality is also referred to by the more inclusive 

 and looselv applied name Pimprryqe ' bcA^ond the mountains '. Cf . 

 [16:45]. ■ . ^ ■ 



(2) Eng. PososValle3^ (< Span.). = Span. (3). 



