HARKIN-GTON] PLACE-WAMES 371 



[24:5] (1) Nambe ' Ossewe ' place of the unidentified weed species called 

 'os^' ('o.s^ a species of weed; we locative). 



(2) Span. Gallinero 'place for keeping chickens' 'chicken house 

 or yard ', probably so called because of fancied resemblance in shape 

 between the ridge and a chicken house. 



Both Xaml)e and Span, names seem to refer rather vaguely 

 to the whole arid locality. 



[24:6] Nambe Tueqwxywui ' oagle-tail point' {tse ' eagle ' of any species; 

 qwxyf 'tail'; vjui 'horizontally projecting point', here referring 

 to the westward projecting end of the little hill). There are sev- 

 eral names on the sheet which contain tse 'eagle.' 



The hill by this name gives the names to [24:7] and [24:8]. 



[24:7] Nambe Tseqws^ywuipieyf/e 'beyond eagle-tail point', referring 

 to [24:6] {Tseqwrnrjioiil, see [24:6]; pxyge 'beyond'). This name 

 seems to be applied rather definitely to the locality just north of 

 the hills [24:6]. 



[24:8] Nambe Tseqwse'r)wiJ'iHr)j'hu''u ' arroyoby eagle-tail point', refer- 

 ring to [24:6] {Tseqwsi'gwiu.i, see [24:6]; iyf locative and adjective- 

 forming postfix; hu'u 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



This arroyo flows into Kuj>\rifku''u [21:11]. Notice the places 

 with names in its upper course. 



[24:3] Nambe ''OUawi'i 'sandy gap' ('o^-'ct 'sand'; wiH 'gap'). This 

 name refers definitely to a gap through which the arroyo [24:8] 

 passes, and vaguely to the whole region about the gap. 



[24:10] Nambe Nqntsxrjfi.Q.e 'placeof the white earth' (nqrjf 'earth'; 

 tssenfl 'whiteness' 'white', applied to the White Corn Maiden 

 and found in some other place-names <tsss, 'white', nfi un- 

 explained but occurring with some other color names: Q.e ' down 

 at' 'over at'). 



The earth is whitish at this place. There are low hillocks on 

 the northern side of the arroyo [24:8]. 



[24:11] Nambe P'ete'e 'trap estufa' {j)'e 'trap' of any kind; tee 

 'estufa'). For the name cf. Site'e [19:43]. This name is applied 

 to two little springs in the bed of the arroyo [34:8] near the 

 source of the arroyo. 



[24:12] Naml)e Mlgelkqhu'u, see [21:32]. 



[24:13] Nambe Creek, see [19:3]. 



[24:14] Nambe Tsehuu, see [23:6]. 



[24:15] Nambe Tseqivajo, Tseqwajo' olc/u said to mean 'where the eagle 

 dragged veiy much ' ' hill where the eagle dragged very much ' 

 (fee 'eagle'; qu-a'' to drag'; ji'o augmentative). The reason for 

 applying the name was not known to the informants. There are 

 several other names on the sheet in which tse 'eagle' appears. 

 The name applies to a small hill somewhat farther west than the 



