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(3) Eng. Fi'ijolos Canyon pueblo ruin, pucl)I() ruin in the Rito 

 de !os Fi'ijolos, roferrhig to [28:6]. Cf. Spun. (4). 



(-1) Span. Pueblo Viejo del Kito de los Frijoles, referrinff to 

 [28:<;.] Cf. Eng. (3). 



The pueblo ruin, clift-dwellino-s, and outlying ruins of this 

 ancient settlement have l)een described most fullj' liy Bandelicr,' 

 and by Hewett.^ This settlement is claimed liy the Cochiti Indians 

 as a home of their ancestors, and two old San Ildefonso Tewa 

 informants have stated positively that it was a I'lVa [Keresan] 

 village. Bandelier saj's: 



Tlie people of Cochiti told me that the caves of Rito [28:6], as well as tlie 

 three pueblo ruins [situated near together on the floor of Frijoles Canyon], 

 were the work of their ancestors, when the Queres [Keresans] all lived there 

 together, in times much anterior to the coming of the Spaniards.^ 



The ancient boundary between the Tewa and Keresan territory 

 is said to have been somewhat north of Frijoles Canyon ; see under 

 [28:r.]. This settlement is claimed by the Cochiti Indians to have 

 been their earliest home. Abandoning this village, they built, 

 occupied, and abandoned several pueblos, now in ruins, south of 

 Tyd'awye until at last they moved to their present site [28:77]. 

 For discussion of tins tradition see under [28:77]. See also [28:<>], 

 [28:13]; plates 16 and 17. The fields siiown in the latter lie below 

 the pixeblo ruin and above the waterfall [28:14]. 



[28:13] The so-called 'ceremonial cave'. 



This great natural cave is in the north wall of the canyon [28:6]. 

 about 150 feet above the waters of the creek. In it are the re- 

 mains of an ancient estufa, or kiva and of several small houses. 

 The cavern has been described by Hewett.^ 



[28:11] (1) Puqwi<ieiwjcmng.e 'waterfall down by the place where the 

 bottoms of the pottery vessels were wiped or smoothed thin' 

 referring to [28:12] {Puqwi^t\ see [28:1^']; pojenn/g^e 'waterfall' 

 <p(> 'water', jemn 'to fall', said of 3+, gr 'down at' 'over at"). 

 (iJ) Cochiti Tf^onfcftfljilcanfif of obscure etymology 

 {Tfo'oiife, see [28:12]; ftflfi'kanfif "waterfalF). 



(3) Eng. Frijoles Canyon Waterfall, referring to [28:6]. 



(4) Span. Salto de Agua del Rito de los Frijoles ' bean creek 

 waterfall', referring to [28:6]. 



This waterfall is perhaps 60 feet high and the canyon is so nar- 

 row at the place that there is not room to build a wagon road at 

 the side of the falls. One can see the Rio Grande from the 

 waterfall. 



1 Final Report, pt. n, pp. 139-19, 1892. 



^Papers Schnol Amer. ArcfiS'oL , Nos. 5 and 10, 1909. 



3 Bandelk'r. op. cit., p. 1-45. 



i Papers School Amer. Arclueol, No. 10, pp. CG4-C6, 19U9. 



