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[27:32] (1) Jemez Hqjqjq, of obscure etymolog3\ 



(:2) Eng. Vallecito Creek, Valleclto. (<>Span.). =Span. (?.). 



(y) Spau. Vallecito, Rito del Vallecito 'little valle3'' 'creek of 

 the little valley'. =Eng. (2). 



There are a number of Mexican farms in the valley of this 

 creek. The same names are applied to the settlement as to the val- 

 ley itself. 

 [27:33] Jemez //^wy2'««'f* 'place of the owl water' {l^wii, 'owl'; pQ, 

 'water'; im locative). The name is applied to springs and to a 

 gulch on the west side of Jemez Creek [27:34] northwest of Jemez 

 Pueblo. 

 [27:34] (1) WqT)ffe'impo, Wqyge^impohu'u 'creek of [27:36]' ( n7/??r/<', 

 see [27:35]; ''iyj' locative and adjective-forming postfix; po 

 'water'; f>o/u/ii. 'creek with water in it' <po 'water', /ni'u 

 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



(2) Picuris "Hemepane" 'Jemez River '.^ Evidently "pane" 

 means 'river'. 



(3) Cochiti Ponfetfena 'western river' {ponfe 'west'; tfena 

 'river'). 



(3) Pd, Pawdhod, U^pd, IIcpdwd''wd, TJiivffwd 'the river' 

 'the river cafiada' 'Jemez River' 'Jemez River Cafiada' 'Jemez 

 Canada ' {pd 'water' 'river'; pdwa'wd 'caiiada with a stream 

 in it' <i)d 'water', wd'wd 'caiiada'; H^- Jemez; wd'iod 'arroyo' 

 'cafiada'). 



(4) Eng. Jemez Creek, Jemez River, 



(5) Span. Canada de Jemez, Rio de Jemez, Rito de Jemez 

 '.Icmez Canada' 'JemezRiver' 'JemezCreek'. '• Rio de Jemez". ^ 

 "La Canada de los Xemes".^ 



The name Jemez Creek is given because Jemez is the principal 

 pueblo situated on it. The Keres pueblos Sia [29:94] and Santa 

 Ana [29:95] are on the lower course of the creek. Bandelier^ 

 notes: "The Queres [Keres] held and hold to-day about one-half 

 of the course of the Rio de Jemez." 

 [27:35] (1) W(iij[/e'orjwi of obscure etymology ( WqTjj' 'Jemez Indian' 

 unexplained; g,e 'down at' 'over at' since the settlement is 

 thought of as being over beyond or down beyond the mountains; 

 'oyu'i 'pueblo'). Jemez Indian is called Wq7jf, a word of uncer- 

 tain etymology. It sounds almost like iootjj' 'to descend' but the 

 vowel sounds of the two words are distinct. Jemez people are 

 called either Wqntowd or Wqijcjc'inUywa (tmva 'people'; 'i>y loca- 

 tive and adjective-forming postfix). Wqy/i^itowa is never used, 

 perhaps because it is not euphonic. The Navaho are called by the 



' Spinden, Picuris notes, 1910. 'Ibid., p. 213, note. 



"Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 199, 1892. 



