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[28] COCIilTI SHEET 



This sheet (map 28) shows the country about Cochiti Pueblo. This 

 region is claimed b,y the Cochiti Indians, who belony to the Keresan 

 linguistic stock. Hewett refers to this region as "le district de 

 Cochiti".' It is said by the Tewa that the ancient boundary between 

 thoir territory and that of the Cochiti west of the Rio Grande runs 

 somewhere between Ancho Canyon [28:4] and Frijoles Canyon [28:6]. 

 The northern boundary of the Cochiti sheet has been placed therefore 

 in that vicinity. "The Rito de los Frijoles [28:0], with its numerous 

 cave dwellings, forms what seems to be a boundary line dividing the 

 Tehuas from the Queres [Keresan] stock ".^ "Les gorges profondes 

 du Rito de los Frijoles [28:0] separent les deux districts [Cochiti dis- 

 trict and Pajarito district], et la tradition en fait Tancienne ligne de 

 division entre les deux branches de Tewa et des Keres, qui, a ce qu'il 

 parait, etaient rarement en paix Tune avec Tautre".' The Tewa in- 

 form the present writer that the dividing line was north of Frijoles 

 Canyon [28:6], a fact also evident from statements made by Bande- 

 lier and Hewett to the effect that the pueblo village [28:12] and cliff- 

 dwellings in Frijoles Canyon were built by Keresan people; see quo- 

 tations under [28:12]. 



[28:1] Pajarito Canyon, see [17:30]. 

 [28:2] Colt Arroyo," see [17:42]. 

 [28:3] Water Canyon, see [17:58]. 

 [28:4] Ancho Canyon, see [17:62]. 



[28:5] (1) Te/)Ht piijf '■Kere>ian Mountains' (Tetna 'Keresan Indian'; 

 ■piijf 'mountain'). Cf. Eng. (2), Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Cochiti Mountains. Cf . Tewa (1), Span. (3). " Moun- 

 tains of Cochiti"'.^ 



(3) Span. Sierra de Cochiti 'Cochiti Mountains'. Cf. Tewa 

 (1), Eng. (2). 



These terms apply indefinitely to the mountains west of Cochiti. 

 Bandelier refers to them when he writes: "The mountainous 

 parts of the Queres [Keresan] range [i. e. territory] are dry".^ 

 '•The arid hills that separate Jemez [27:35] from Pena Blanca 

 [28:93]".'^ 

 [28:6] (1) Funwi^e^i7ifsPl 'canyon of the place where they scrape(d) 

 or wipe(d) the bottoms (of the pottery vessels)', referring to 

 [28:12] {FtKjw/'ge, see [28:12]; 'iv^y locative and adjective-form- 

 ing postfix; Sr/ 'canyon'). (See pi. 15.) 



1 Hewett, Communautfe, p. 46, 1908. 

 'Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 139, 1892. 

 'Ibid., p. ira (quoting from some Span, source). 

 <Ibi(l., p. 201. 

 sibid., p. 203. 



