380 ETHNOGEOGEAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [etii. ann. 29 



yon ill places. Tlie region is (|uite well wooded: it is wild and 

 very beavitiful. 



The portion of the creek in the vicinity of Old Nambe Pueblo 

 [25:oOj is said to be called QesewlliiCii; see [25:28]. 



[25:16J Nanibe Kutipywse.hoM 'round hill of the high stone(s)' 0cu 

 'stone'; tiiywx 'highness' 'high'; boul 'large roundish pile'). 

 This little mountain gives the name to [25:17]. 



[25:17] Nambe Kufiiyivxbodi'p/ibin', Kntij,r)wse.ht\i 'corner by the 

 round hill of tiie high stonc(s)' 'corner by the high stone(s)', 

 referring to [25:1(5] {Kti(y,ijwxbo-ii, Kiity,ywse, see|25:16]; bu'u 

 'large low roundish place"). 

 This low place is between [25:10] and [25:1-1:]. 



[25:1S] ISamhi I'lbUroywikeji 'pueblo ruin of the little red mound' 

 (pi 'redness' 'red'; bUi 'small roundish pile'; o^wiA;^;;* 'pueblo 

 ruin' <'oywi 'pueblo', 'iv/i 'old' postpound). Perhaps the 

 name refers to the reddish hill on which the ruin stands. Cf. the 

 designation of [25:3i>], which is also named after a mound. 



This is the ruin of a very ancient pueblo, largely obliterated. 

 The potsherds found are commented on by Mr. A. V. Kidder 

 as being of a very archaic type. It is said that the pueblo was 

 inhabited by ancestors of the Nambe Indians. The place gives 

 the name to [25 :'2u]. See [25:19]. 



[25:i;»] Nambe T\i"Fon4lwe 'where the kind of earth called fy,'^ is 

 or was dug' (/''?/-, see under Minerals. Voy/ 'to dig'; -Iwe 

 locative). 



[25:20] Nambe Pibulhnhi, 'little red mound arroyo', referring to 

 [25:18] {Pibiii, se^e [25:18]; fta' k 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



[25:21] (1) Nambe Kuotsa^i^ 'place of the sparkling stones' 0cu 

 'stone'; ''otsa 'sparkling'; '/"' locative and adjective-forming post- 

 fix). Cf. Nambe (2). 



(2) Nambe iVa7;y'ofe«'-i'' 'place of the sparkling earth'; (?M]7;y 

 'earth'; ''otsa 'sparkling'; T' locative and adjective-forming 

 postfix). 



The ground on both sides of the creek at this locality contains a 

 sparkling substance like mica. This is not utilized in any wa}'. 



[25:22] Nambe T^-ilcwikwaJe of obscure etymology (fo* said to sound 

 like foi 'eye'; i'tt'^ unexplained; kwaje 'height'). 



[25:23] Nameless pueblo ruin. It closely resembles [25:18] in appear- 

 ance, bein'gon a slight elevation on the south side of theci'eek. The 

 old cacicjue tried hard to think of its name but it had slipped his 

 memory. He said that he had known the name ])ut had not 

 thought of it for j'ears. 



The ruin is claimed as one of the homes of the ancestors 

 of the Nambe people. 



