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only the northern ranges of the Sierra de San Francisco and the Sierra Blanoa, 

 rise above 12,000 feet.' 



Agaiu: 



The TruchaH are slightly higher than Taos Peak [8:51]. The latter is 13,145 

 feet, the former 13,150, — both according to Wheeler. The altitude of the 

 Jicarrita [22: 9] has not, to my knowledge, been determined; but the impression 

 of those who have ascended to its top is that it exceeds the Truchas in height.^ 



The United States Geological Survey has established the altitude 

 of Truchas Peak as 13,275 feet, and that of " Jicarilla" Peak as 

 12,944 feet. See [22:14]. It is said that nulcu is found on this 

 peak; see under Minerals. 



[22:14] ' OFy,'irj(je-il, Ki(><impimpseijgeoJ>:'^irjgeM^ Kus^nnse.'pstyqi olc u- 

 'ijj(je-ii 'the shadowy side or place' 'the shadowy side beyond 

 rock horn mountain' 'the shadowy .side beyond the place of the 

 rock horns' ('oA:'y 'shadow'; ^irjgeM 'side'; EuMinpiij f, Kusvinse., 

 see [22:13]; psgyge 'bej'ond'). It is said that on the other side of 

 the great mountain [22:13] the sun rarely shines. On that side 

 near the mountain top all the place is like smoky ice {'ojt j)\iidi'' 

 'black ice' < ^oji 'ice',j?'cj;y 'blackness' 'black', '*"' locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix). On the mountainside below this ice 

 are flowers, white, red, yellow. See [22:13]. 



[22:15] San Juan Tastnt^rjwse.jo'ohu, see [12:19]. 



[22:16] San Juan Sapobnu, .see [12:38]. 



[22:17] Santa Cruz Creek, .see [15:18]. 



[22:18] (1) Tsimajo, Tslmajobuho 'flaking stone of superior quality' 

 'town of the flaking .stone of superior quality' {tsri 'flaking 

 stone' of any variety; majo 'superior' 'chief, apparently <?«« 

 unexplained, ^'o augmentative; hn^u 'town'). Witli tlie name cf. 

 T'>?«f//'(9 ' pinon of superior quality " [3:11]. Just why the name 

 was originalh' applied has been forgotten. No obsidian or other 

 flaking stone is known to exist at the place. = Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Chimayo settlement. (<Span.). =Tewa(l), Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Chimayo. ( < Te wa). = Te wa (1), Eng. (2). The pho- 

 netic condition of the Tewa name is well adapted to be taken over 

 into Span.; cf., for general .sound, Chuma3^el, a place in the 

 countr}' of the Maya Indians. "Chiinaj'o".^ The Indians of 

 Taos (according to information obtained by the writer) and of 

 Picuris (according to information obtained by Doctor Spinden) 

 know the place well, but call it by its Span. name. 



The Indians say that Chimaj^o used to be a Tewa Indian pueblo, 

 then called Ts!miij<j'qyiDi Coywi ' pueblo '). This pueblo wa.s situ- 

 ated where the church now is, the informants stated. The church 

 is on the south side of the creek. Where the church now is there 



'Bandelier, Final Report, pt. i, pp. 7-8 and notes, 1890. 

 •Ibid., pt. II, p. 34, note, 1892. 

 3 Ibid. ,p. 83. 



