358 ETHNOGEOGBAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. axx. 29 



Nanibo Indianis and nearly all the place-names were obtained from 

 them and are in the Namb6 dialect. 



[23:1 1 Nambe Creek, see [19:3]. 



[23:2] Nambe ' Ohips^ygeko/uf ii 'arroj-o behind the hills', referring to 

 [23:3] {^ Ol'Kpcryijc, see [23:3]; I'ohuv 'arrojo with barrancas' 

 < Icq 'barranca,' Jik'h 'large groove' 'arroyo"). 



The Mexican water-mill [23:4] is a short distance east of the 

 mouth of this arroyo. 



[23:3| Nambe '' Oku^ ' Okuhvaje 'the hills' 'the hill heights' {'olai 

 ' hill ' ; kwaje ' height'). This name refers definitelj^ to the heights 

 indicated, southwest of Nambe Puel)!o and between the latter and 

 the arroyo [23:2]. The name refers also vaguely to all the hills 

 south of Nambe or even to hills anywhere. The region beyond 

 [23:3] or beyond the hills in general is called 'okiipir/jr/e or ^oku- 

 kwajepxijiie {psrycje 'lieyoud'). An old trail leads from Nambe 

 Pueblo across [23:3] to [23:4i»]- 



[23:4] Nambe Po^), JVqmh/T'pd'o, Nilinhei'^pdo''i'we 'the water-mill' 

 ' the water-mill by Nambe ' ' place of the water-mill by Nambe ' 

 (^po 'water'; 'o 'metate'; Nnmhe'e, see [23:5]; '?''^ locative and 

 adjective-forming postiJx; 'i'we locative). 



This jNIexican water-mill is situated on the south side of Nambe 

 Creek [23:1] and a short distance east of the mouth of the arroyo 

 [23:2]. Indians and Mexicans living about Nambe have much 

 wheat and maize ground at this mill. 



[23:5] (1) JVdmbe oyiri, jVCunboe 'pueblo of the roundish earth' 'the 

 roundish earth', referring probal)ly to a mound of earth {JVqmbe'c, 

 see [25:30]; oijwi 'pueblo'). This name was originally given 

 to the pueblo ruin [25:30] which is now distinguished as 

 Nqiiiheotjwikcji or Mhnbek'je {leji 'old" pcstpound); for the 

 etymology of the name see [25:30]. All of the forms of the 

 name quoted below are with exception of one of the Oraibi names 

 and one of the Span, names cither identical or akin. "San 

 Francisco Nambe." ^ " Nambe." ^ "Nambe."'' "Vampe."^ 

 "Namba."' "NamiTe."" "Nampe."' "Mambo."« "Mam be."" 



1 Vetancurt {ca. 1693) in Teatro Mex., ill, p. 317, 1871. 



2 MS. ca. nib quoted by Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, v, p. 193, 1890. 



3 D'Anville. map .\m^rique Septentrionale, 17-16. 

 , < I'ike, Exped., 3d map. I.SIO. 



' Bent (1849) in Cal. Mess, and Corres., p. ■.'II. I.sSO. 

 6 Simpson, Report to Sec. War, 2d map, IshO. 

 ' Domenccli, Deserts North Amer., ii, p. 63, 1.S60. 

 8 Ward in Ind. Aff. Jlrp. for 1S64, p. 191, 1865. 

 » Iliid. for 1867, p. 212, 1868. 



