290 KTHNOGEOGBAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [f.th. anx. 20 



/■■»« 'water' 'river'; j:?/ 'to i.ssue" 'to pass'; ^iwe locative). This 

 name is applied to the little-used wagon ford of the Itio Grande 

 .^liifhtly north of Hobart's ranch [18:1 1]. 



[18:2J Santa Clara A'^/'ivy''''"'", see [14:7it]. 



[18:3J San Ildcfonso ]V(jinpiheg.i 'red earth with the many little 

 gulches' {ndyf 'earth'; /)* 'redness' 'red'; hegl 'gulched' 

 <hee 'little groove' 'gulch' 'arroyito', g/ as in many adjectives 

 which denote shape). Cf . [23 :5!t]. The name is applied to the 

 first range of low reddish hills east of Black Mesa [18:19J. 



The range is more than a nule long. It is much eroded and 

 cut b}' small gulches. On its highest point is the ancient altar or 

 shrine [18 :4]. A higher range of hills, east of Nqmpilwyi and run- 

 ning parallel with it is Ptjog.e [21:2]. 



[18:4] San Ildefonso Nqmpiheg.ikuhoJi 'stone pile of the place of the 

 red earth with the many little gulches', referring to [18:3] 

 {Nqmp!heg:i, see [18:3]; Icuboui 'pile of stones' 'altar or shrine 

 consisting of a pile of stones' <lcu 'stone', biui 'large roundish 

 object or pile'). 



This hihrine is situated on the highest point of the whole 

 Nilmplhegi Range. 



[18:5] San Ildefonso fimyseFoijivPi 'gap where the mineral called 

 fimyce is dug' {[•mifseVqijf-, see [18:6]; w/"/ 'gap'). This name 

 refers especially to the vicinity of the pit [18:6] but more loosely 

 to the whole gap between yqmpihegi [18:3] and P//V>g^' [21:l']. 

 See [18:6]. 



[18:6] San Ildefonso /'(my^A'ow^^'w'd ' place where the mineral called 

 funfse is dug' {fmifse. a whitish mineral used in pottery making 

 (see Minerals) ; A'o??y 'to dig'; 'Iwe locative). 



The pit follows the outcropping of the vein of the mineral. It 

 extends 60 feet or more in length in an easterly and westerly 

 direction. It is nowhere more than a few feet deep and a few 

 feet broad. This is the place where San Ildefonso pottery-makers 

 usually obtain funfx. A well-worn ancient trail leads to the 

 place from San Ildefonso and a modern wagon road passes a short 

 distance west of the pit. Cf. [18:5]. 



[18:7] San Ildefonso Tmiijodehii'l:ii 'stone on which the giant rubbed 

 or scratched his penis' {tsaiijo 'a kind of giant' <tsaii unex- 

 plained, ^V> augmentative) ; de 'penis'; /ni'u 'to rub' 'to scratch'; 

 Jcu 'stone'). 



This is a trough-shaped stone about 7 paces long and 2 or 3 

 feet broad. The child-eating giant who lived within Black Mesa 

 [18:19] used to visit this rock. In former times San Ildcfonso 

 Indians were accustomed to come to this stone to pray. The San 

 Ildefonso informants say that the writer is the first non-Indian 



