366 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. ann. 29 



[23:44] Nam be EuFirp'agje ' jjravelly Hat place' {Jcuh'se. 'gravel' <hu 

 'stone', k'^ as in ''ok'se, ' sand'; p'a ' largeness and flatness' 'large 

 and flat'; g.e 'down at' 'over at'). 



This is a high, arid, somewhat sandy and gravelly place. Here 

 [23:43] begins. 



[23:45] Nainbe Pofsejiie^e 'small corner of the yellow .squash(es)' {po 

 's(iua.sh' 'pumpkin'; tsejl 'yellowness' 'yellow'; be'e 'small low 

 roundish place'). 



This is a little dell on both sides of Nambe Creek at a sharp 

 turn in the creek. There are some cottouwood trees there, also 

 cultivated fields. 



[23:46] Nambe Mah^powe, see [22:39]. 



[23: 47 1 Nambe Tisy,tsenfihu'u 'arroyo of the yellow fe«,' an unidenti- 

 fied weed {TsyTsenfi-, see [25:58]; Am'm 'large groove' 'ar- 

 royo'). Whether the name Tsij/tsenfi- referred originally to this 

 arroyo or to the mountain [25:58] is uncertain. 



[23:48] Nambe IiQsog.e, ^ Ohuf)?py<iekqs()g.e 'place of the big arroyo' 

 'place of the big arroyo beyond the hills' {kq 'barranca'; so 

 'largeness' 'large'; ge 'down at' 'over at'; ^ Okupxyfje, see 

 under [23 : 3J). 



The upper course of this large arroj'o is called Pset'g4ahu''ic 

 see [23:58]. 



[23:49] Nambe Tefssekwaje ' height oi a kind of whitish earth called 

 iefsx ' found at this place and of which no use is made < te un- 

 explained, fssg 'whiteness' 'white'). Cf. [23:50]. 



There are many small piles of stones on top of this height, 

 seemingly placed there for some religious purpose. See [23 : 50], 

 [23:51], [23:52]. 



[23:50] Nambe Tefssp.bii'u, 'corner of a kind of whitish earth called 

 tds^^ {Tetsx-, see [23:49]; 6«,'m 'large low roundish place'). Cf. 

 [23:49]. This name is applied to the locality between [23:49] and 

 the arroyo [23 : 48]. See [23 : 49], [23 : 51], [23 : 52]. 



[23:51] A large artiticial pile of earth. 



[23:52] Several small piles of stones. 



[23:53] Old and partially obliterated wagon road connecting Nambe 

 Pueblo and Callamongue [21:25]. 



[23:54] Naml)e QioaRpupiPokn ^ moantiiin mahogany roots water hill' 

 (qtosE 'mountain mahogany' 'Cercocarpus parvifolius' called by 

 the Mexicans palo duro; ^>;« ' base' 'root'; po 'water' 'spring'; 

 'oytw'hill'). It was said that there is no place called merely 

 Qwxpiipo. 



This small hill is correctly located on the sheet. The old 

 wagon road [23:53] passes between this hill and [23:49]. 



