336 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



"PokwMi" and "Po'kwoide-' arc both for Tewa PoqvooM 'San 

 llldefonso people' (see [19:22]). 



Pojoaque has changed graduall}' from an Indian puoblo to a 

 Mexican settlement. 



It became the seat of the Spanish mission of San Francisco early in the 

 seventeenth century. After tlie Pueblo rebellions of 1680 and 1696 it was 

 abandoned, but was resettled with five families, liy order of the governor of 

 New Mexico, in 1706, when it became the mission of Nuestra Senora de Guada- 

 lupe. In 1760 it was reduced to a visita of the Nambo mission; but in 1782 it 

 as;ain became a mission, with Nambe and Tesuque as its visitas. In 1712 its 

 population was 79; in 1890 it was only 20; since 1900 it has become extinct as 

 a Tewa pueblo, the houses now being in possession of Mexican families. ' 



In 1909 the writer could not iind an Indian at Pojoa(iue, although 

 a girl was found who said she was partly Indian but did not know 

 the Indian language. At Pojoaque were obtained the names of 

 three men said to be Pojoaque Indians. The family names of 

 these men is Tapia. One was said to be living at Nambe and two 

 at Santa Fe. The history of Pojoaque is well known to the 

 Indians of other pue.blos. When at Santo Domingo in 1909 the 

 writer was told that he could not be permitted to sleep at that 

 pueblo and was reminded by an old Indian of the fate of Pojoaque. 

 Cf. e.specially [21:30] and [21:.31]. 

 [21:30] (1) Postj.rpD'cfgfi'e 'little drink water place' {Posy.ijwseg.e, see 

 [21:29]; 'e diminutive). Cf. Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Pojoaquito. (<Span.). = Span. (3). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(3) Span. Pojoaquito (diminutive of Pojoaque [21:29]). =Eng. 

 (2). Cf. Tewa(l). 



The eastern group of houses on Pojoaque height is called thus. 

 The church is at this place. Both Mexicans and Indians are care- 

 ful to distinguish between Pojoaque and Pojoaquito. 

 [21:31] (1) TeF e^ qyrvil'ej t , TeFeoyivil-ejioyinpiyge, Ttl-'e'oyu-ipiijqe- 

 'oyivi/ceji 'cotton wood bud pueblo ruin' 'cotton wood bud pueblo 

 ruin centrally' situated among the (Tewa) pueblos' (tek'ehndoi 

 male tree of Populus wislizeni, Populus acuminata, or Populus 

 angustifolia < te as in teuq, see under [15 :16], k'e ' kernel' ' grain '; 

 ^ qijwil'ej 1 'pueblo ruin' < ^qywi 'pueblo', ^'dji^! 'old' postpound; 

 piyge ' in the middle of ' in the midst of '). Why the pueblo was 

 given the name 'cottonwood bud(s)' seems no longer to be known. 

 It was designated ''oywipiyfje 'centrally situated among the pueblos' 

 because it and the historic Pojoaque [21:29] are actually so situ- 

 ated. San Juan is north, Santa Clara northwest, San Ildefonso 

 "west, Tesuque south, and Nambe east of this place. No other 

 pueblo is so situated. This was stated independentl}' by several 



1 Handbook Intls., i)t. 2, p. 274, ItllU. 



