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pueblos. The locutecl ruins on the sheet proper are all claimed 

 by the Nambe Indians as the villages of their ancestors. The 

 greater part of the area shown is at present comprised in the 

 Pecos National Forest (formerly known as Pecos River Forest 

 Reserve). 



[22:1 J Rio Grande, see special treatment [Large Features], pp. 100-102. 



[22:2] Embudo Creek, see [8:79]. 



[22:3] Trampas Creek, see [8:80]. 



[22:4] (1) Eng. Trampas settlement. (<Span.). = Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Trampas, Las Trampas 'the traps'. =Eng. (1). 

 " Trampas."' 



It appears that no Tewa name for the settlement exists. Cf. 

 [22:.3]. 



[22:.5] Penasco Creek, see [8:85]. 



[22:6] Penasco settlement, see [8:98]. 



[22:7] Picuris Pueblo, see [8:88]. 



[22:8] Pueblo Creek, see [8:86]. 



[22:9] (1) Ty,i/ipiyf 'basket mountain' {(y.tjj' 'basket'; piTjj' ' moun- 

 tain'). It is said that the name is applied to the mountain because 

 of its shape. Cf. Eng. (3), Span. (4). 



(2) Picuris " Jicarilla or Jicarita peak is called Qayaitha, which 

 means mountain. Jicarilla or Jicarita is called j^'utlpi^e/t/o, 'eat- 

 ing basket' "".- 



(3) Eng. Jicarita Mountain, Jicarita Peak. (<Span.). = 

 Span. (4). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(4) Cerro Jicara, Cerro Jicarita, Cerro Jicarilla 'mountain of 

 the basket' 'mountain of the cup-shaped basket'. =Eng. (2). 

 Cf. Tewa(l). "Jicarilla Peak ".^ " Jlcarrita".* 



The peak is roundish like an inverted basket ; it is not heavil}' 

 wooded; Bandelier^ calls it "the bald Jicarrita." The altitude of 

 the mountain has been determined by the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey to be 12,944 feet.^ It is well known to the Tewa that 

 Jicarita Peak is a sacred mountain of the Picuris Indians. The 

 Picuris have a shrine on its summit, it is said, and members of 

 certain fraternities of Picuris frequently visit the top of Jicarita 

 in a body. 



[22:10] Truchas Creek, Las Truchas Creek, see [9:9]. 



[22:11] (1) Eng. Truchas settlement. Las Truchas settlement. 

 (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



1 Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 35, 1892. 



2 Spinden, Picuris notes, MS., 1910. 



3 U. S. Geog. Surveys W. of the 100th Merid., Parts of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico, 

 atlas sheet No. 69, 1873-77. 



* Bandelier, op. cit . , p, 34. 



6 Gannett, Dictionary of Altitudes, p. 645, 1906. 



