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Jean^on' wi-ites: 



I have heard some stories that the people of Xambe lived in Pesede-uinge 

 [5:37] at one time, but have not been able to corroborate them as I have not 

 had the time. 



Nambe Indians informed the writer tiiat the ruins [22:4(i]. 

 [22:41], [22:4'J], [23:36], [25:8], [25:18], [25:23], and [25:30] 

 were built and inhabited by their ancestors at various times in 

 the past. The unlocated Wij<>''qj)wiJiejl [22:unlocated] was in- 

 habited by their ancestors with the ancestors of all the Tewa 

 Indians of other villages. The old Winter cacique of Nambe 

 knew the name and location of Ssr-pxwe [4:8] and said the Nambe 

 or Tewa people used to live at that pueblo, but the latter infor- 

 mation was gained only as an answer to a leading question. A 

 number of Tewa knew of Ssepse.tve ruin, but not one seemed to 

 know definitely that Nambe people used to live there. Oppor- 

 tunity has offered to ask only one San Ildefonso and one Santa 

 Clara Indian about the tradition that the ancestors of the Nambe 

 Indians formerly inhabited P'emJeqyicikeji [5:37]. They had 

 not heard of such a tradition. It appears that Mr. Jean^on ob- 

 tained his information at Santa Clara Pueblo. 



There is at present only one estufa (kiva) at Nambe, and this is 

 a Winter estufa. The only cacique is a Winter cacique. This 

 estufa is of the round aliove-ground type, like the south estufa of 

 San Ildefonso. It contains some faces of Icosa crudely painted on 

 the pillars of its interior. The estufa is in the somewhat irregular 

 courtyard of the village about 200 feet east of the Government 

 schoolhouse. The old cacique says that he has been told by 

 Indians now dead that the high land where the church [23:10] 

 stands was covered in earlier times with houses of the pueblo. 

 See [25:30], [23:10], [23:11], [23:12], [23:6], [23:7], [23:8], [23:'.*]. 



[23:6] Nambe Tsehu'u 'eagle arroyo' (fot? 'eagle' of any species; Am'm 

 'large groove' 'arroyo"). The whole arroyo is called thus. Cf. 

 the names [24:15], [24:6], [24:7], and [24:8]. The part of this 

 arroyo immediately west of Nambe Pueblo is called by the Nambe 

 Indians 'west arroyo', the part immediately north of Namb6 

 Pueblo 'north arroyo'; see [23:7], [23:8]. 



[23:7] Nambe Tsimpijeiyfhu^u "west arroyo' {tsqmpije 'west' 

 <tsqijf 'to set', pije 'toward'; ''{rjf locative and adjective-form- 

 ing postfix; hu\i 'large groove' 'arroyo'). The part of the 

 arrovo [23:6] immediately west of Nambe Pueblo is called thus. 

 See [23:6], [23:8]. Cf. [23:12]. 



'Explorations in Chama Basin, New Mexico, Records of the Past, Mar.-Apr., p. 108, 1911. 



