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[16:53] (1) San lldefonso Tsiso'o 'great caa3fon' {tsPi 'canyon'; 

 s/fo ' greatness' ' great'). This name refers to the Guaje Canyon 

 above its junction with [16:100]. Below this junction it is called 

 by the San lldefonso Tewa ' Onuihii u; see [16:126]. The Guaje 

 is a very large canyon, and it is easy to understand why the name 

 Th'iso^o was originally api)lied. 



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



(3) Span. Cauon de Guaje, Canon Guaje, Canon de los Guajes 

 'canyon of the long gourd(s) or gourd rattle(s)'. =Eng. (2). 

 Why theSpan. name was applied has not been learned. "Guages."^ 



This deep and long canyon has its mouth near the railroad bridge 

 [19:121]. There is said to ])e always water in its upper course. 

 The pueblo ruin [16:G0], situated on the Guaje, is an important 

 one. The trail leading up Guaje Canyon is mentioned under 

 [16:40]. _ 



[16:51:] San lldefonso Tsiwehipseyge ' bej^ond the narrow canyon', 

 referring to [16:55] (Tsiweki, see [16:55]; ps^rjge ' beyond'). 



[16:55] San lldefonso Ts/wel'T/'ipe 'place of the narrow canyon' (tsPi 

 ' canyon ' ; ivi/l'i ' narrowness ' ' narrow ' ; 'iwe locative). The canyon 

 is narrow at this place. The place has given the names to [16:54], 

 [16:5fi], and [16:57]. 



[16:56] San lldefonso Pi>npijersiwekt'i)jlwag.e 'northern mosa by the 

 place that the canyon is narrow' {pimpije 'north' Kfirjf 'moun- 

 tain' 'up country', /?//<^ 'toward"; TsiwA-i, see [16:55]; '/"'' loca- 

 tive and adjective-forming postfix; kwage 'mesa'). Cf. [16:57]. 



[16:57] San lldefonso A/iO?nj)iJefsiweliiykwage ' southern mesa by the 

 place that the canyon is narrow' i^iA-ojnpije 'south' <\ikor)j' 

 'plain' 'down country', j)/jti 'toward'; ^fs/weZ/, see [16:55]; '^'» 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; kwag.e 'mesa'). Cf. 

 [16:56]. 



[16:5s] San lldefonso Kapotewi'i 'gap by the Santa Clara houses' 

 {Kapo 'Santa Clara Pueblo', see [14:61]; te 'dwelling place'; wi'i 

 'gap ') It is said that Santa Clara Indians used to dwell at this 

 place; hence the name. 



The informants say that it was not more than a hundred years 

 ago when Santa Clara people lived at this place. 



[16:5'.»] San lldefonso ■A'tjiusetege 'down where the spider was picked 

 up' (^(i'ywse. 'spider'; fo'to pick up"; g.e 'down at' 'over at'). 



[16:6o] Nameless pueblo ruin. Doctor Hewett informs the writer 

 that this ruin is at least as large as that of Potsuwi'i [16:105]. 

 The Indian name for the ruin has not been ascertained. 



> Hewett: Antiquities, pi. xvii, 190C; Communautfo, p. 24, 1908. 



