286 ETHNOGEOGEAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. anx. L>9 



Pajaiito" as the latter i.s applied by Handelier. It is said that 

 horses are contined in the area and that this fact explains the 

 name. See [17:36]. Cf.[17:57]. 



[17:54] San Ildefonso Qiox/tiplfu^it 'red-tailed hawk point' {qwxmfi 



'an unidentified species of red-tailed hawk' <q'wse't)f 'tail', pi 



'redness' 'red'; /'«'« 'horizontally projecting point or corner'). 



The point jjives the name to the canj'on [17:rjrj]. There is at 



San Ildefonso a Qwsempi Clan. 



[17:55] San Ild(>fonso Qwsempif>/g.ein^si-i 'canyon down by red- 

 tailed hawk point', referring- to [17:54] {Qwirrnpifuhi, see[17:54]; 

 ge 'down at' 'over at'; "i"* locative and adjective-forming post- 

 fix; tsT! 'canyon'). 



This is a deep canyon, on the northeast side of which [17:54] is 

 situated. 



[17:5GJ Nameless puel)lo ruin. 



This ruin has been apyjroximately located through the kindness 

 of Doctor Hewett. It is said to be at the upper end of the long 

 mesa [17:31]. 



[17:57] San Ildefonso Kaiajuk'a^i'^po'iwe 'place of the water at the 

 horse-fenced-in place', referring to [17:53] {lui^ajuk'a'i'', see 

 [17:63]; po 'water'; 'live locative). The name refers to a spring 

 at the very head of [17:58] proper. 



It is said that a sawmill was formerly situated about 100 yards 

 north of this place. The locality is like a rolling valley, it is 

 said. 



[17:58] (1) San Ildefonso PoU'epo/M'^.'sPi, literally 'fishweir water 

 thread canyon', but the etymology is not clear (poJ-e 'fishweir'; 

 po 'water'; j!>g'- 'thread' 'cord' not used in modern Tewa with 

 the meaning 'stream', but perhaps used so in ancient Tewa; tez'i 

 'canyon'). 



('2) Eng. Water Canyon. . ' Water Canyon ' is a common name 

 in the Southwest. Cf. Huntington: "But there ain't no water in 

 these mountains, except once in about 10 years in Water Can- 

 yon".' The reference is not to this Water Canyon. 



(3) Span. Canon del Diezmo 'canyon of the tenth or the tithe'. 

 Why this Span, name is applied is not explained. 



The names apply to a very long canyon, running from [17:57], 

 it is said, to the Rio Grande. 



[17:59] San Ildefonso J/'/^/^^f'/'* 'sawmill place' (mnkhia 'machine' 

 'sawmill' <Span. maquina 'machine'; T' locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix). 



It is not ascertained on which side of the creek [17:58] the saw- 

 mill formerly stood at this place. 



I Huntington in Uarper'i^ Ma<jaziitc, p. 294, Jan., 1912. 



