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On the east side of a small gulch near the top of the talus there 

 is a cliff of earth about 15 feet in height. It is said that in former 

 times there was a cave at the bottom of the cliff. Large frag- 

 ments of the earthen cliff have broken oft' from time to time, until 

 now not ar trace of the cave can be seen. The cave was in ancient 

 times, it is said, one of the places from which fire and smoke 

 issued. The other places were '' Oguheme [20:7], Toma [29:3], 

 and T "i^nfjop i'' \\&:'2X\ according to San Ildefonso tradition. 



[19:117] San Ildefonso Tajepo 'the straight trail' {taje 'straight'; f>o 

 'trail'). The name is applied to distinguish this trail from the 

 more devious trail [19:114]. 



This trail goes straight up the mesa [19:112]. Either [19:117] 

 or [19:112] is often used when traveling down the river on foot 

 or horeeback. 



[19:118] San Ildefonso Tsatijdbip'o, Tsa^ijoiip'oH'* 'the hole of the 

 giant ' ' the place of the hole of the giant ' {tsoMjo ' a kind of giant '; 

 Si'possessive; p'o ' hole ' 'cave ': T' locative and adjective- forming 

 postfix). 



This is a large but shallow cave at the base of the cliff above 

 the talus. It is said to have been one of the caves frequented by 

 the giant who lived within the Black Mesa; see under [18:19]. 



[19 :119] San Ildefonso ' Odotefmoui ' projecting corner of the crow 

 dwelling-place' {'odo 'crow' 'raven'; <« 'dwelling place', here 

 almost equivalent to ' nest' in the vaguer sense of the word; fu'u, 

 wiii ' horizontally projecting corner "). The name is applied to 

 a projecting corner of blackish cliff'. 



[19:120] Poisi2?'(nviH 'projecting corners at tlie hole or mouth of the 

 river canyon ', referring to the canyon of the Rio Grande south of 

 the place (potsVi 'river canyon' <po 'water' 'i-iver', fsVi 'can- 

 yon '; jj'o ' hole ', here referring to the ' mouth ' of a canyon; wiud 

 ' horizontally projecting corner '). The name refers to the pro- 

 jecting corners of higher land at each side of the mouth of the 

 canyon. See special treatment of the Rio Grande [Large Fea- 

 tures], pages 100-102. 



[19:121] San Wd^ionso KwtfJcy,mfo]i-op'e 'the railroad bridge' (hss^'hi.rif 

 'iron' 'metal'; po 'road' 'trail'; hop' e 'boat' 'bridge' <ko 'to 

 bathe', j9'e 'stick' 'log'). 



This bridge is the onl}' railroad bridge across the Rio Grande 

 north of Albuquerque, New Mexico. 



[19:122] San Ildefonso Kv:xky,mpo 'the railroad' {Jcv:xlctj,r)j> 'iron' 

 'metal;' po 'road' 'trail'; — the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. 



[19:123] (1) San Ildefonso Potsimfeg.e 'down at the little muddy 

 yjlace ' {potsinn ' it is nmddy ' < potsi ' mud ' < po ' water ', tsi ' to 

 cut through' 'to ooze through'; nq 'to be'; '« diminutive; ge 

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