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[17:23] San lldetonso l^wqwi^i 'wind gap' (ywd 'wind'; wTi 'gsip'). 

 This wide and windy gap is believed to be correctly placed on 

 the sheet. The names [17:24] and [17:25] are derived from it. 



[17:24] San Ildefonso JSlivqwilwaje, Ijioqwllce^il 'wind gap height', re- 

 ferring to [17:2.3]; kwaje 'height'; Tom! 'height'). Especially 

 the mesa between J^wqwPi [17:23] and the Kio (Iraude is called 

 by this name. 



[17:25] San Ildefonso JSwqvihii'u 'wind gap arroj^o', referring to 

 [17:23] (jyuxi'wri, see [17:23]; hu'n ' large groove ' 'arroyo'). 

 The Kedawihu^u [17:19] is the largest tributary of this arroyo. 



[17:26] Buckman wagon bridge, see [20:20]. 



[17:27] Buckman settlement, see [20:19]. 



[17:28] San Ildefonso A"<>Wffj9'^'^"' ' place of the twisted corn-husks' 

 {VauM 'skin' ' tegument', here referring to 'corn-husks'; />'« 

 'to twist' 'to braid' 'to interlace'; '*'' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix). 



Corn-husks were and are sometimes twisted and knotted into 

 strange forms and thus prepared have some ceremonial use. At 

 the ruins on the Pajarito Plateau a number of twisted corn-husks 

 have been found. 



The locality is described as a nearly level dell at the head of the 

 'Aiebehu'u[V7-39]. 



[17:29] (1) San Ildefonso 'Aiebe^u'n, 'Aiebefsi^i 'arroyo of the little 

 corner of the chokecherry ' ' can3'on of the little corner of the 

 chokecherry' (^Aiebe'e, see under [17: unlocated], page 288; ]lu\o 

 ' large groove ' ' arroyo '; isPi ' canyon '). 



(2) Buey Canyon, Ox Canyon. (<Span.). =Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Canon del Buey 'ox canyon'. =Eng. (2). 



[17:30] (1) San Ildefonso Tx/.ieg.dsPi, T^t\/i/g.ehi/^n. ' bird place canyon ' 

 'bird place arroyo', referring to [17:34] {TsUege, see [17:34]; 

 tsiH ' canyon ' ; hiPu ' large groove ' ' arroyo '). . The name 

 Ti^Lic'g.efsPi is applied especially to the upper, Ts'iJ'eQ.eJui! u to the 

 lower, course of the waterway. Cf. Cochiti (2), Eng. (3), 

 Span. (4). 



(2) Cochiti Wdftetlmiffl ' bird canyon ', pi'obably translating 

 the Span, name {wdftet 'bird'; Irinfo 'canj'on' <Span. canon). 

 Cf. Tewa (1), Eng. (3),'Span. (4). 



(.3) Eng. "Pajarito Canyon".' (<Span.). = Span. (4). Cf. 

 Tewa (1), Cochiti (2). 



(4) Span. Canon del Pajarito ' canyon of the little bird ', refer- 

 ring to Pueblo del Pajarito [17:34]. =Eng. (3). Cf. Tewa (1), 

 Cochiti (2). 



The arroyo begins at K'y,jobuu [16:135]. At places in its 

 upper course it is a deep and narrow canyon. The lower course 

 seldom carries surface water. "A limited supply of water can 



' Hewett, General View, p. 69S, 1905. 



