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[19:10J San Ildefonso Tefuhu'u 'cottonvvood tree bend corner' {te 

 'cottonwood' 'Populus wislizeni'; fu'u 'horizontally projecting 

 corner', here referring to a bend of the river which is conceived 

 of as a projection of the water of the river; hu'u 'large low 

 ronndish place'). 



The place is l)j the river bank, due west of [19:34]. 

 [19:17] San Ildefonso Kopage 'down by the broad arroyo', referring 

 to the lower course of the Kqp aQ.e ij] fhiC u [19:3]. This name is 

 applied to the locality north of San Ildefonso Pueblo from as far 

 south as the vicinity of the schoolhouse [19:18] to and including 

 the arroyo [19:3]. See Kopageirjflmu [19:3], the commonest 

 San Ildefonso name for the lower part of Pojoaque Creek. 

 [19:18] San Ildefonso ' Ekwelateqwa 'the schoolhouse' (^eJcwela <Span. 

 esquela 'school'; teqwa 'house' <!!e 'dwelling place', (?«'« denot- 

 ing state of being a receptacle). 



This is the Government school, which the younger Indian chil- 

 dren of San Ildefonso attend. There are a schoolhouse proper and 

 a living house for the teacher. The well contains better water 

 than is generally to be obtained about San Ildefonso. 

 [19:19] San Ildefonso Teiuig.ehu'U 'corner down below the cottonwood 

 trees' (te 'cottonwood' 'Populus wislizeni'; 7iu''u 'beneath'; g.e 

 'down by' 'over by'; hu^u 'large low roundish place'). A large 

 area northeast of San Ildefonso Pueblo is called by this name. 

 There are at present no cottonwood trees at the place. 

 [19:20] San Ildefonso Kqntige 'down below the barranca or arroyo' 

 {kq 'barranca' 'arroyo with barrancas'; nuht, 'below' 'beneath'; 

 ge 'down at' 'over at'). This name refers to the locality of the 

 old plum orchard, situated about midway between San Ildefonso 

 Pueblo and the schoolhouse [19:18] and west of the main road 

 leading northward from San Ildefonso. There is an irrigation 

 ditch with large barrancas at the side of the locality toward San 

 Ildefonso Pueblo; hence probably the name. The locality is used 

 as a latrine. 

 [19:21] San Ildefonso Tejlkwage of obscure etymology {tejl unex- 

 plained; lirage ' mesa' 'high level land'). This name is applied 

 to the locality north of the northern estufa [19:23] of San Ilde- 

 fonso Pueblo, that is, north of the middle of the northern house 

 row. It consists partly of bare ground used as a dumping place 

 • for rubbish near the houoerow, and partly of a cultivated field 

 which lies farther north. The informants say that it is an old 

 name, of unknown etymology. 

 [19:'22] (1) Poqviog.eqyivi 'pueblo where the water cuts down through' 

 'pueblo down by the delta' (po 'water'; qwoge 'where it cuts 

 down through' < qtvo 'to cut through', ge 'down at' 'over at'; 



