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formerly occupied by the plaza is called Tadawe; see [19:2G]. The 

 south estufa [19:24] was in the center of the former plaza. The 

 house rows surrounding' the former plaza were two or three stories 

 high; most of those of the prcs(>nt pueblo are only one story 

 high, while a few have two stories. According to San Ildefonso 

 tradition, when the plaza occupied its former southern location 

 San Ildefonso was a populous and prosperous village. It was big 

 and several-storied. All went well until certain sorcerers advo- 

 cated moving the pueblo to the north. .Vll good people, including 

 the Fo'ientujo (Summer cacique), opposed this move, saying that 

 people must always migrate to the south, villages must always be 

 moved southward. It was arranged at last that the good people 

 and the bad sorcerers should hold a gaming contest and that the 

 pueblo should be moved according to the wish of the winners. 

 \VTiat kind of game was played is no longer remembered. The 

 bad sorcerers won the game hy witchcraft, and according to their 

 wish the pueblo was shifted northward. Since that time the San 

 Ildefonso people have decreased in number, have had pestilence, 

 famines, persecutions. This is because the pueblo was shifted 

 in the wrong direction. Concerning this shifting Bandelier says: 



After the uprising of 1696, when the church was ruined by fire, the village 

 was moved a short distance farther north, and the present church is located 

 almost in front of the site of the older one, to the north of it.' 



In a footnote Bandelier adds concerning the destruction of the 

 church : 



This occurred on the 4th of June, 1696. Two priests, Father Francisco Cor- 

 bera and Father Antonio Moreno, were murdered by the Indians, who during 

 the night closed all the openings of both church and convent and then set lire 

 to the edifice. Several other Spaniards also perished. The facts are too well 

 known to require reference to any of the numerous documents concerning the 

 events. 



The plaza of the present San Ildefonso used to contain, within 

 the memory of an informant about 45 years of age, seven large 

 Cottonwood trees. Of these at present only one remains. 



Cf. especially [19:2:!], [19:24], [19:2.5], [19:26]. 

 [19:23] San Ildefonso Fimjjijetee 'the north estufa" {pimplje 'north' 

 <ViVf 'mountain' 'up country', 2>'j'-' 'toward'; te^e 'estufa' 

 'kiva'). 



This is a i-ectangular room, entirely above ground, a part of 

 the north houserow of the village. Cf. [19:24]. 

 [19:24] San Ildefonso ^ AliOiupijete'e 'south estufa' {\r7,:omj}ije 'south' 

 <\ilqr)f 'plain' 'down country', pije 'toward'; tee 'estufa' 

 'kiva'). 



'Bandelier, Finol Report, pt. n, p. 82, 1892. 



