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tsiUemse.T) f 'to sink in' <fe« 'to sink in', .le 'little bj' little', 

 inieyf 'to go'). Why the gap is so called appears to be no longer 

 known to the San Ildefonso people. Perhaps the water of the 

 arroyos [16:10'i], [16:100] or some other water sinks or sank in 

 the earth or sand at this locality. The name hints at the prob- 

 able reason for the abandonment of the pueblo. The gap gives 

 its name to the pueblo ruin [16:105]. 

 Hewett ^ describes this gap as follows: 



The long narrow potrero [tongue of mesa] bounding the canyon on the north 

 is entirely cut out for a distance of nearly a mile, thus throwing into one 

 squarish, ojien park the width of two small canyonsand the formerly inter- 

 vening mesa. From the midst of this little jiark, roughly a mile square, a view 

 of surpassing beauty is to be had. 



[16:107] San Ildefonso Sy,ndaupomi^u 'below the soldiers' road', re 

 ferring to a road made in this locality by American soldiers, it is 

 said {»y.ndah <Span. soldado 'soldier'; f>o 'trail' 'road'; nu^u 

 'below'). Cf. [16:108]. 



[16:108] San Ildefonso Sy,ndaupokwaje 'soldiers' road height' 

 ismda(ip», see [16:107]; hmje 'height'). Cf. [16:107]. 



[16:109] Nameless pueblo ruin. Hewett^ says: 



This ruin is situated in Canyon de los Alamos on a high ridge running par- 

 allel with the stream on its south side. It is about three-quarters of a mile 

 west of Tsankawi and its inhabitants eventuall)- merged with the population 

 of that village. Tlie settlement consisted of one rectangular pueblo of consid- 

 erable size and a number of small clan houses scattered along the ridge to the 

 west for about half a mile. It belongs to the older class of ruins. 



Doctor Hewett informs the writer that an old trail leads 

 straight from SiekewPi [16:11-1] due west to this ruin. 



[16:110] Nameless pueblo ruin. Doctor Hewett informs the writer 

 that a small pueblo ruin exists about where located on the map. 

 So far as can be learned, this ruin has not been mentioned in any 

 publication. 



[16: 111] San Ildefonso tSsekewilwaje, SsekeiLnJ>iimg.e 'height or mesa of 

 the gap of the sharp round cactus', referring to [16:112] {SsekewPi, 

 see [16:112]; kwaje, Icwag.e 'height' 'mesa'). =Eng. (2). 



(2) Eng. "Tsankawi mesa".^ (<Tewa). =Tewa(l). Forthe 

 spelling of the name see [16:114]. (Pis. 9, 10.) 



[16:112] San Ildefonso Smkewi'l '■ga^) oi the sharp round cactus' {ss^ 

 applied to several varieties of jointed round cactus, among others 

 to Opuntia comanchica and Opuntia polyacantha; ke 'sharpness' 

 'sharp', probably referring to the sharpness of the thorns; wPi 

 'gap'). This gap has given the names to [16:111], [16:113], 

 [16:114], and [17:13]. 



lAatiquities, p. 18, 1906. >Ibid., p. 21. ^Ibid., p. 20. 



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