298 ETIINOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ANN. 29 



[18:-!HJ The plai-e iiidicati'd is the highest part of the mesa -top. It is 

 a sort of a knoll on the otherwise flat surface. There is no 

 shrine or altar on its summit. 



fl8:-!TJ Sau Ildefonso Tm)npljekutsiJtipo'e 'little trail of the notch in 

 the rock at the west side' {tmrnpije 'west' Ktsqyf- not fully ex- 

 plained, p/y'e 'toward'; i-«'rock' 'stone'; i!,viy?/ 'notch' 'notched"; 

 po 'ti'ail'; '<= diminutive). This is the expression in current use. 

 It is said that through this gap brave j'oung Tewa went down 

 to the river to get water at night when the Sau Ildefonso people 

 were besieged b^^ Vargas on top of the mesa in 1094. It is at 

 present ditKcult to get up or down through this cleft. See 

 [18:l!t]. Cf. [18:28]. 



The cleft is called also Ki/jMie''iwe 'where the rock is cleft' (ku 

 'rock'; paie 'to split'; ^iwe locative), but this is merely a de- 

 scriptive term. It can, of course, also ])e spoken of as a wi'i, as 

 J18:28] is usually referred to. 



[18:2s] San Ildefonso ^Akqmpijeirjwi^i 'the south gap' {^akqmpijf 

 'south' <\:tl-qijf 'plain' 'down country', pije 'toward'; '■("• 

 locative and adjective-forming postfix; wi'l 'gap'). 



It is through this gap in the clifi' that access to the top of the 

 mesa is usually gained. A well-worn ancient trail leads up the 

 talus-slope and through the gap to the top of the mesa. See 

 [18:19]. Cf. [18:27]. '^ 



[18:2'.>] San Ildefonso Tsah'joHjiqnte'iwe'intcpiil'eji 'old wall by the 

 giant's oven', referring to [18:30] {Tmtijobipqiite, see [18:30]; 

 'mv locative; 'i'' locative and adjective-forming postfix; tej^a 

 'wall'; I'cji 'old' postpound). The name applies to the remains 

 of a stone wall which may date from the time of de Vargas or 

 earlier, or may have been built more recently for the purpose of 

 fencing in stock. This was built across a place at which there is 

 no cliii' at all and at which ascent or descent would l)e easy if not 

 barred in some w;iy. Sec [18:19]. Cf. [18:30]. 



[18:30] San Ildefonso Tmtij obi pant e 'the giant's oven' (fsni/'Jo 'giant'; 

 S/ possessive; pqnte "" oven- Kpqtjf 'bread' <Span. pan 'bread', 

 te 'dwelling-place' 'house', probably for an earlier buwate, buioa 

 being the native Tewa word for '])read'). 



This dome-shaped detachment at the southeastern extremity of 

 the mesa is nearly as high as the mesa itself. It is separated 

 from the main mesa-top by a narrow and shallow gap [18:31]. 

 Tewa tradition says that this was the giant's oven, in the inner- 

 most recess of the mountain, at the extremity farthest from the 

 opening [18:21]. Into this oven the cruel giant put the youthful 

 War Gods, but the}^ got out and, placing the giant's onlj* daughter 



