HARRINGTON] PLACE-NAMES 385 



This evidently is the ruin "Kopiwari" previously mentioned 

 (page 360, note 6) as recorded by Mr. Hodge in 1805, and noted 

 by him as situated about 5 miles north of Nambe Pueblo. 



Nambe 'Obii'u. of obscure etymology ('« said to sound like neither 'o 

 'handquern' nor \> 'scar'; perhaps it is the demonstrative 'o 

 'there'; bii'u 'large low roundish place'). The name of the little 

 mountain [25:12] presupposes this name, but the informants did 

 not know to which corner this name should be applied. 



Nambe Tsifuhwaje'eye sparkling black stuff height, ('foi 'eye'; fy."^ 

 'a sparkling black mineral used as face paint'; hcaje 'height'). 

 It is said that tsi ' eye ' is prepouuded because daubs of the min- 

 eral are put at the corners of the eyes in face painting. This may 

 be a second name for the place [25:24]. 



[26] TESUQUE SHEET 



This sheet (map 26) shows some of the places with Tesuque names 

 in the immediate vicinity of Tesuque Pueblo. Owing to the atti- 

 tude of the Tesuque Indians the author's work was made difficult and 

 after a short time forbidden altogether, so that it was impossil)le to 

 collect the place-names known to .the Tesuque as completely as in 

 the case of the other Ilio Grande Tewa Pueblos. It is regretted 

 especially that permission to study the place-names of the wild 

 country east and southeast of the Tesuque Pueblo was withheld. 



No pueblo ruins are shown on the sheet. Pueblo ruins are known 

 to exist in the area, but their names and sites have not been learned. 

 Bandelier' says: " Higher up [than Kvjemug.e; see [21:24] ], in the Tezu- 

 que valley proper, are various sites which the Indians of Te-tzo-ge 

 (Tezuque) state are those of settlements of their forefathers. I have 

 not been able to learn their names of these ruins, most of which are 

 almost obliterated.'' Hewett- says: " Dans la vallee de Tesuque, au- 

 dessus du village, on traverse quelques ruines prehistoriques qui n'ont 

 pas de nom." So far as known, Twitchell is the only writer who pub- 

 lishes the name of one of these ruins; see "Pio-go" under [26:unlo- 

 cated]. Mr. Hodge states that he "was informed by the Tesuque In- 

 dians in 1895 that the' site of the original Tesuque— the pueblo occu- 

 pied at the first coming of the Spaniards and bearing the same name 

 (Tet-su'-ge) — was situated about 3 miles east of the present village." 

 See [26:8]. 



[26:1] (1) Tat'y,7jgepohii'u 'dry spotted place creek', referring to 

 [26:8] {f<ify.ijge, see [26:8]; pohiCu 'creek with water in it' <po 

 'water', huu 'large groove' 'arroyo'). This is the old Tewa 

 name. Cf. Tewa (2), Eug. (3), Span. (4). 



1 Final Report, pt. ii, p. 85, 1892. « Communaiiti?s, p. 33, 1908. 



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