372 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. axn. 29 



other hills shown on this part of the sheet. The old trail from 

 Nanilx' to Cundayo passes east of this hill. 

 [24:16] Nambe PonfiFe^, Po7ifiFe^''hiHije 'dodge plumed arroyo 

 shrubplace' 'dodsi'e plumed arroyo shrub height' {ponfi 'plumed 

 arroyo shrub' ' Fallugia paradoxa acuminata'; ]c\i"^ 'to dodge'; 

 kwaje 'height'). The verl^ k'i<^ appears to be used much as is 

 Eng. 'to dodge.' The exact meaning of the name was not under- 

 stood by the informants. This name is applied to two ridges, the 

 more southerly one having a depression in its middle. 



An old trail leading to P'ajo [24:21] passes east of Ponfik'e''. 

 [24:17] Nambe ILuajx'iilceioe ' fasting thread peak or height ' 

 {/lau,xj)q.''i-, see [24:19]; keive 'peak' 'height'). Perhaps the 

 name II(Usepq.''i- was originally applied to the arroyo [24:10]. 

 See [24:1S]. 

 [24:18] ^amh6 Tobapiipi, TdbapupiHwe ' cliff roots come out ' 'place 

 where the cliff roots come out' 0-dba 'cliff'; pu 'base', here 

 'root';j;i 'to come out' 'to issue'; ''iwe locative). 



A peculiar mineral formation, probably of fossil origin, is found 

 at this place. Sti"aight pieces of brownish stone resembling 

 fragments of human ribs are found protruding from the ground, 

 'coming up', here and there on the southern slope of [24:17] 

 near the base of some low cliffs. These pieces of stone are said 

 by the Nambe Indians to be thejyw ' roots' of the cliff, whicli is 

 conceived of as having I'oots as does a plant. Earl and Archie 

 Bolander, sons of the teacher of the Government Indian school at 

 Nambe, had also noticed this formation and had supposed it to 

 consist of fossilized bones. 

 [24:19] (1) Nambe H(use.pq?its^i 'fasting thread canyon' {hadse. 'to 

 fast' 'to hold a religious fast'; /.<(]'- 'thread'; Isi'i 'canyon'). 

 The meaning of the name was not fully understood by the 

 informants. It is not clear what ' fasting ' has to do with 

 ' thread '. 



The locality would be a good place to fast since it is absolutely 

 devoid of food and water. There is ordinarily not even a thread- 

 like stream of water in the bed of the ' canyon '. This waterway 

 should be called a /<«'« rather than a tsi^i, as the informants re- 

 marked; cf. -IcQlmht, in Nambe (2), below. Cf. [24:17] and [24:21]. 



(2) ]>liimhe Toi>'birir)j'ko/ni\i 'cliff corner arroyo' {Toiubii'u, 

 see [24:20]; ^iyf locative and adjective-forming postfix; liqhiCu 

 'arroyo with barrancas' <Ao 'barranca', /w'w 'large groove' 

 'arroyo'). This name is applied because the arroyo is conceived 

 of as ffowing about the low place [24:20]. 



This arroyo and the arroyo [24:25] are the chief tributaries of 

 the Tsehu\i [24:1-1]. Cf. [24:20]. 



