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(3) Span. Valle de los Posos 'valley of the holes'. =Eng. (2). 

 The Span, name is said to refer to the holes in the grassy surface 

 of the valley. 



This is, like [16:-t4] and [16:131], one of the high, grass-grown 

 nieadow-valle^'s we^^t of the Jemez Range. 



[16:46] San lldefonso Tsisopiijy, Tsisopiykeioe ' mountain of the great 

 canyon ' ' mountain peak of the great canyon ' {Tslso^o, see [16:53]; 

 piyy ' mountain '; Jcewe ' peak'). 



This mountain is at the head of Isisc'o, or Guaje Canj'on [16:63]. 

 A trail much used hy Tewa people when going to Jemez leads up 

 the Guaje Canjon [16:53], over this mountain and across the 

 Valle Grande [16:131] to Jemez. See [16:47]. 



[16:47] San lldefonso Tsisopiij f-afa' P* 'great canyon mountain steep 

 slope where one goes up as one ascends stairs or ladders ' {Tsim- 

 ViVfi see [16:46]; a' a' ' steep slope '; fa ' to go up a stairway or a 

 ladder'; T' locative and adjective-forming postfix). 



On this slope the trail mentioned under [16:46] is steep and 

 stairwaj'-like. 



[16:48] San lldefonso KupiwaJ'i ''pjlwag.e ' red stone strewn mesa' [leu 

 'stone'; pi 'redness' 'red'; w<ui 'strewn' 'scattered'; iijj' 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; lwag.e 'mesa'). Whether 

 the name ' red stone strewn ' is original!}^ applied to [16:48] or 

 [16:49] or to both is not determined. Cf. [16:49]. 



[16:49] (1) San lldefonso Kupiwcul 'infsi''i ' red stone strewn canyon' 

 {Kuplwcui., see [16:49]; T' locative and adjective-forming post- 

 iix; tei'*' ' canyon '). Whether this name was originally applied 

 to [16:48] or [16:49] or to both is not determined. Cf. [16:48]. 



(2) Eng. Angostura Canyon. (<Span.). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. La Angostura, (Jaiion de la Angostura ' the narrow 

 place ' ' canyon of the narrow place '. = Eng. 2. 



[16:50] (1) San lldefonso Kupo 'rock water' {Ich 'stone' 'rock'; po 

 ' water ' ' creek '). Cf . Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Piedra Creek, Piedra Canyon. ( < Span. ). = Span. (3). 

 Cf. Tewa (1). 



(3) Span. Agua de Piedra ' rock water '. = Eng. (2). Cf . 

 Tewa (1). 



The stream gives [16:51] its name. Whether the Tewa name 



is a translation of the Span., or vice versa, is not determined. 

 [16:51] San lldefonso Kupokwaje 'rock water height' {Kupo, see 



[16:50]; hwaje 'height'). 

 [16:52] San lldefonso Iluwije Hwe ' place of the two arroyos', referring 



to [16:50] and [16:49] (Am'm ' large groove ' ' arroyo '; wije ' two '; 



'^w locative). 



