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[18:22] (1) San Ildefonso Tsahijdbipiijf 'the giant's heart' (tuatijo 

 'giant'; it possessive; piyy 'heart'). 



(2) San Ildefonso A'm^s^T' 'white stone' (kir 'stone'; fsse 'white- 

 ness' 'white'; T' locative and adjective-forming postfix.) 



These names are said to refer to a white stone about a foot in 

 diameter situated on the top of the mesa near tiie northern edge 

 and slightly east of a point on the surface over the cave [18:21]. 

 This stone is what remains of the giant's heart, it is said. 



An Indian told the writer that although he has been on top of 

 the mesa many times and knows that the heart exists, he has never 

 seen it. A careful search along the northern edge of the mesa 

 failed to reveal the giant's heart. See [18:19]. 

 [18:23] San Ildefonso T'\infjolioajeJc'ajeku 'holy stone on top of 

 [18:19]' {T'liufjo, see [18:19]; Iwaje 'height' 'on top of; Faje 

 'holy object' 'fetish'; leu 'stone'). 



This is a roundish bowlder-altar on the western side of the top 

 of Black Mesa. Hewett describes it as follows: 



Un sanetuaire sur le bord ouest du plateau sert aujourd'luii encore au culte des 

 Indians. C'est un cairn creux, conique, de six pieds de Iiaut, fait de gros cail- 

 loux, avec un creux pour le feu ^ sa base. II est connu sous le nom du sanetuaire 

 dufeu. II occupe la place la mieux en Evidence de toute la valine du Rio Grande. ' 



Fresh prayer-plumes and feathers have been found deposited 

 at the altar. Because of this shrine Hewett has called the Black 

 Mesa "Sacred Fire :Mountain"=. See [18:19]. 

 [18:2i] San Ildefonso T'linfjolwajeteqwahji, 'old houses on the top of 

 [18:9]' {T^y,n f jo, sqq\1S:19\, Jiwuje 'height' 'on top of '; teqwa- 

 keji 'old house' < teqwa ' house < te ' dwelling place,' qwa denoting 

 state of being a receptacle; Iceji 'old' postpound). 



Somewhat north and east of the center of the surface of the 

 mesa the walls and rooms of former houses or shelters can be 

 traced as low ridges and mounds. The Indians say that the top 

 of Black Mesa was never iuhalnted except temporarily in times 

 of war. Bandelier is evidently correct when he writes: 



It was on this cliff [18:19] that the Tehuas [Tewas] held out so long in 1694 

 against Diego de Vargas. The ruins on its summit are those of the temporary 

 abodes constructed at that time by the Indiana.^ 



See [18: lit]. 

 [18:2.5] At the place indicated one can climb up and down the cliff, 

 but only with considerable difficulty. The cliff is high and steep, 

 and there is no easy waj^ up as there is at [18:27], [18:28], and 

 [18:29]. 



' Hewett, Comm\mauti5s, pp. 32-33. 1908. ' liandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 82, 1892. 



2 Hewett in Out West, xxxi, p. 701, 1909. 



