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the south side of Pojoaijue Creek, ahuost in the midcUe of the 

 marshy meadow [19:38]. This pool or spring is never dry. Live 

 stock drink there. The pool is the 'hike of the east' of the San 

 Ildefonso sacred water ceremony; sec pages 44-4.5. 

 [19:40] San Ildefonso T aha; oyvnkeji 'live belt pueblo ruin-' [T'ahd'a 

 see [19:41]; ^Qijunlyj! 'pueblo ruin' <"(2);«;i 'pueblo', keji ^ o\A\ 

 postpound). "I'ha-mba."' The "I" is evidentlv a misprint for 

 "T." "Ihamba."^ 



All that could he learned of this pue1)lo is that it is very old 

 and prol)ubly was formerly inhabited b^' some of the ancestors of 

 San Ildefonso people. It was constructed of adobe. Bandelier 

 saj's of it: 



On the south siile of the Pojuaque River, between that vilUifie [21:29] and 

 San Ildefonso, two ruins are known to exist; Jacona, orJSacona [21:9], a small 

 pueblo occupied until 1696, and I'ha-mba, of more ancient Aite. I have not 

 heard of any others in that vicinity.' 



Hewett says : 



Prfis de la riviere [19:3], au-dessus de San Ildefonso, on trouve les ruinea 

 de Sacona [21:9] et d'lhamba . . . Toutes ces mines sont historiques.'' 



See [19:41]. 



[19:41] San Ildefonso Taha'a 'live belt' 'belt where they live' {fa 

 'to live' 'to dwell'; hCa 'woman's belt', applied also sometimes 

 to a belt of country). The et^nnology of the name is not very 

 clear to the Indians. For quoted forms see under [19:40]. 



This name is applied to a strip of country at the foot of the 

 north end of TfiiiiKiolnt [19:35]. The place gives names to the 

 pueblo ruin [19:40] and the arroyo [19:42]. 



[19:42] San Ildefonso T'ahahojni'u 'live belt arroyo' {T'aba'a, see 

 [19:41]; Ixqhiin 'arroyo with barrancas' <Zo 'barranca', hCu 

 'large groove' 'arroyo'). The gulch takes its name from [19:41]. 



[19:43] San Ildefonso Sit^e, Sijepo 'vagina estufa' 'vagina estufa 

 water' (.«" 'vagina' 'vulva'; t<'''e 'estufa' 'kiva'; po 'water'). 

 There is a .spring near Zufii called by the Zuiii "vulva spring."^ 

 For the use of te\' cf. [24:11]. 



Although in a dry dell of the hills, there is always water in this 

 spring. There is a roundish pool about 15 feet across, from one 

 side of which two long narrow arms extend 10 feet or more, each 

 arm ending in a small roundish pool. The large pool is the 

 'vagina estufa' proper; the arms are called //o 'arm'). The 

 water is clean and tastes good. Mexican women come to the pool 



1 Bandelier; Final Report, pt. n, p. 85, 1892. 



snewctt, Communaiitcs, p. 33. 1908. 



'Stevenson, Tlie Ztnli Indians, Twentii-lhird Rrp. Bur. Amcr. Etliii., p. 87, 190-1. 



