308 ETIINOGEOGEAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. axn. 29 



Mas the former site of San Ildefonso. When at ths site the 

 pueblo was only slightly north of a point due west of the shrine 

 hill] 19:27]. See [19:22], [19:24]. 



[19:27] San Ildefonso ^^lutiiywsejo 'the very hicrh hill' [-olu ■liill"; 

 ty.ywsejo 'great height' 'very high' <ty,ywx 'height' 'high',jio 

 augmentative). 



This sjuinietrieal high round hill is the shrine hill of San 

 Ildefonso. A well-worn trail leads from the southeast corner of 

 the pueblo to the shrine [19:28] on the summit of the hill. See 

 [19:28]. 



[19:28] San Ildefonso '' Oliitij,ywsejokeine]c'ajelcuhoJ-i 'holy rock-pile on 

 top of the very high hill' {' Okutiiijtcrjo, see [19:27]: i'U-e 'peak' 

 'on the very top of a pointed thing'; k'aje 'fetish' 'holy thing' 

 'holy'; Icuhaii 'pile or group of stones' <^m 'stone', ho.d 'large 

 and roundish like a pile'). See [19:27]. 



[19:29] San Ildefonso 'Olmrri 'the gap in the hills' i^ol'u 'hill': wfi 



'gap')- 



This refers to the gap between '' Okut^yviifjo [19:27] and ^ <>l-u- 

 p'agi^iyf [19:33]. Out from the gap runs the arroyo [19:30], 

 which takes its name from the gap. Just east of the gap lies the 

 claypit [19:31] which also takes its name from the gap. The lower 

 part of the western side of the gap is used by the villa;,'ers as a 

 latrine. At daybreak on the day of the buffalo dance (January 24) 

 the dancers tile down through this gap from the east. 



[19:30] San Ildefonso ^ Ohuintyjflniu 'arroyo of the gap in the hills' 

 referring to [19:29] {WkuwiH, see [19:29]; 'iyf locative and adjec- 

 tive-forming postfix; A ;«'« 'large groove' 'arroyo'). See [19:29]. 



[19:31] San Ildefonso ^ OJiimy'iidyl' qndlice 'place at the gap in the 

 hills where the earth or clay is dug' COkuwPi, see [19:29]; 9)dy_f 

 'earth'; ^'oi;y 'to dig'; '/^rf locative). 



This deposit is the chief, indeed practically the only, source of the 

 clay from which San Ildefonso women make their pottery. The 

 clay is reddish, and l)oth the red and the black ware of San Ilde- 

 fonso are made from it. See A'Qpi'i, under Minerals. 



[19:32] San Ildefonso Vjkiibu\i, ^Ohipsryffe 'corner of the hills' 

 ' corner back of the hills' {'iJ.n 'hill'; bii'}/ 'large low roundish 

 place'; p^ijf/e ^beyond'}. This name applies to the dell or low 

 place back of the hills immediately southeast of San Ildefonso. 



[19:33] San JUMonso 'Ohip'(taf''iijj' 'the two broad flat hills' Cokx. 

 'hill'; 2>'(tg'' ' broadness and flatness' 'broad and flat": 'i/;y loca- 

 tive and adjective-forming postfix). 



There are two of these hills which appear nearly flat when 

 compared with ^ (Hiifiiyuisejo [19:27]. 



