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Namb6 SintinMcC oywilej ! of ol).s<'urc ciymolo^y (liintine-ia apparently 

 <Span. sentinela 'guard' although the writer learned of no such 

 Span, place-name; 'orjwilej/ 'puel)lo ruin ' <''o7/w'^ 'pue})lo,' ^'(^'i 

 'old' postpound). A Nambe iiil'orniant gave this as the name of 

 a pueblo ruin, which he located a short distance north of [22:21]. 



(1) Eng. Spirit Lake. (<Span.). =Span. (2). "Spirit Lake."' 

 (2) Span. Laguna del Espiritu Santo 'Hoi}- Ghost lake.' 

 = Eug. (1). "Espiritu Santo Lake."- 



The trail to Spirit Lake follows a charming little stream ten miles through 

 the woods, tip an ap|)ropriate canon, to where the litlle lake lies hidden away 

 in the woods, surrounded by high rock walls, some 11,000 feet above sea level. 

 A few miles beyond the white sign which points to Spirit Lake, the trail 

 emerges from the trees into an open glade. On the right is Santa Fe Baldy 

 [22:53], 12,623 feet above the sea, snowcapped the greater part of the year; 

 on the left, but a little lower, is Lake Peak [22:54], a crater long burnt out, 

 which now liolds the Crystal Lakes, the sources of the Santa Fe [22:55] 

 and Nambee [22:37] Rivers. Far below, between the peaks, lies the Rio 

 Grande Valley, through which the Rio Grande River is traceable to its very 

 source by its fringe of trees.' 



The map given in the pamphlet cited shows Spirit Lake aliout a mile and 

 a half southeast of the summit of Baldy Peak [22:-53]. The data available 

 do not warrant identifying "Spirit Lake" with any of the Tewa lake names 

 of this region. Illustrations of this beautiful little lake have been published.^ 



See ''Ag.atfctniipiyf [22:54] and 'Ag.atfsenupiykewepoA'wi 

 ' Crystal Lakes ' ' Lagoon on Lake Peak', all under [22: unlocated]. 

 "Stewart Lake." > 



This lake is mentioned in connection with Spirit Lake [22: 

 unlocated], and is probably situated in the mountains east of 

 Nam be. 

 Nambe TahUPqrjwil'eji 'pueblo ruin of the little pile of grass' {ta 

 'grass'; hUi ' small roundi.sh pile'; ''qywikeji 'pueblo ruin' <oywi 

 'pueblo', l-eji 'old' postpound). 

 This is said to be a pueblo ruin in the hills southeast of Nambe. 

 T'a7n)ijog.e, T' atnujog.epoJcivi 'place of the great dawn' 'lake of the 

 place of the great dawn' {t'amu 'dawn' <t'a 'day', mu 'heat 

 lightning' 'northern lights'; jo augmentative; ge 'down at' 

 'over at'; pokwi 'lake' <po 'water', Jcwi vuiexplained). 



Tliis place and lake are most sacred to the Tewa, being men- 

 tioned in songs connected with cachina worship. Most of the 

 informants said that they had heard the name of the lake and 

 place, but do not know the location. Several, including one very 



' The Valley Ranch, op. cit. 



' Land of Sunshine, a Handbook of Resources of New Mexico, p. 22, 1906. 



3 Ibid., opp. p. 23; also in the pamphlet on the Valley Ranch, op. cit. 



