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tsPi '' canyon''). Whether .spruce trot's now grow in the canvon 

 is not known to the writer. This name is applied to the arroyo 

 or canyon only below the vicinity of Pot.mwPi ruin [16:105]. 

 See [16:102]. 



It is believed that the canyon is correctly located on the sheet. 



[16:116] San Ildefonso Tse'ewTi 'gap of the eagle(s)' {tse 'eagle'; ^e 

 diminutive; wPi 'gap'). Cf. [16:117]. 



[16:117] San Ildefonso Tse'ewilwaje 'height by the gap of the 

 eagle(s)' {Ts<^e>vri, see [16:110]; kwaje 'height'). 



[16:118] San Ildefonso '' Ag.ap' tteg.i' of obscure etymology ('aga unex- 

 plained but occurring also in a few other Tewa place-names, for 

 instance \Agaffttnii [22:5-1]; j^"*; said to sound exactly like p ' 'a 

 sore'; te 'to lift up' ' to pick up'; ge 'down at' 'over at'). This 

 name applies to the western part of the low mesa shown on the 

 sheet. 



[16:1H>] San Ildefonso Wi^hvaje ' height there by the little bend', re- 

 ferring to [16:121]; ('06c, see [16:121]; I'waje 'height') Cf. 

 [16:122]. 



[16:120] San Ildefonso Pmn f ut' cikeg.e ' hill where the snake(s) live(s)' 

 {pxnfu 'snake'; t'a 'to live' 'to dwell'; Tceg.e '' hWV 'knob' <]ce 

 indicating height, g.e ' down at' ' over at'). 



The author was shown the holes in this hill in which many snakes 

 of various kinds are said to live. 



[16:121] San Ildefonso ^Ob^buhi. 'corner there by the little bend' (o 

 'there'; b^ 'little bend'; buu ' lai'ge low roundish place'). The 

 canyon at this place is very deep and has precipitous walls, 

 especially on the southeastern side. It forms a sharp little bend; 

 hence the name. Cf. [16:11!»], [16:1'22]. 



[16:122] San Ildefonso ' Obebiiidba, -clitls there by the little bend', re- 

 ferring to [16:121] {'Obebu'u, see [16:121]; ioba ' cliff'). 



As noted under [16:121], there are high clitfs at this place on the 

 southeastern side of the canyon. These clitfs are of blackish 

 basalt. 



[16:123] (1) San Ildefonso KwxwUl 'oak-tree point' {kwx 'oak'; 

 wui 'horizontally projecting corner or jioint'). Cf. Span. (2). 

 (2) Span. Creston ' ridge '' ' hog-back '. Cf. Tewa (1). 

 These names are applied to a projecting ridge situated on the 

 south side of Guaje Arroyo. There is a spring of good water at 

 the locality. 



[16:124] San Ildefonso ' Omapseyf/e ' beyond [16:42]' COma, see [16:42]; 

 pffyge 'be\ond'). This name is, of coui-se, applied vaguely to the 

 region beyond the hill [16:42]; especially to the localit}^ indicated 

 on the map. See [16:42]. 



