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[28:15J (1) Eng. Frijolito Puehlo ruin. (<Span.). = Span. (2). 



(2) Span. Pueblo Viejo Frijolito ' little bean pueblo ruin ', dimin- 

 utive of the name Frijoles; see [28:0], [28:12]. The name wa.s, 

 so far a.s the writer knows, iirst applied by Mr. A. V. Kidder in 

 1908. The Tewa and Cochiti Indians apply to the ruin names 

 which merely describe its location. 



This is a small pueblo ruin, of about 50 rooms, on top of the 



mesa [28:1G] south of Frijoles Canyon [28:6]. It is opposite the 



pueblo ruin [28:12] and about 1.5 yards from the ruin of the mesa. 



[28:l(j] Span, '"ilesa del Rito"'.' The name means 'mesa of the 



. creek', referring to [28:(3]. 



Bandelier says: 



The Mesa del Rito borders on the south the gorge of the 'Tyonyi', and is 

 covered with bushes and with groves of taller trees like Piiion {Pinus edulis 

 and P. Miirreyana). Whether tliere are ruins on this long and comparatively 

 narrow plateau is doubtful, as I have seen none myself, and the statements of the 

 Indians are contradictory on this point. Across this mesa a trail from east to 

 west, formerly much used by the Xavajo Indians on their incursions against 

 the Spanish and Pueljlo settlements, creeps up from the Eio Grande, and, 

 crossing the mesa, rises to the crest of the mountains. It seems almost 

 impossible for cattle and horses to ascend the dizzy slope, yet the savages more 

 than once have driven their living booty with merciless haste over this trail 

 to their distant homes. I estimate the length of the Mesa del Rito at 6 miles 

 from north to south. ' 



Just where the old Navajo trail referred to runs is not known 

 to the writer. The Tewa informants called [28:28] a Navajo 

 trail. See Navajo trail [28 : unlocated]. Cf . [28 : 17], [28 : 19]. 

 [28:17] Nameless canyon. 



This canyon starts as a slight ravine in the pine-grown mesa- 

 top west of the ruin [28:15] and grows gradually deeper and more 

 can3'on-like until it reaches the Kio Grande. A couple of hundred 

 yards before it reaches the river its bed drops precipitously a 

 hundred feet or more, thus forming the low dell [28:1s] at its 

 mouth. This canyon may be the '"Caflon del Rito"' of Bandelier; 

 see reference thereto in excerpt from Bandelier under [28:19] (2). 

 Bandelier's description fits [28:17] except that it can not be deter- 

 mined how he makes the Potrero del Alan)0 [28:23] bound it on 

 the west and southwest. The writer has walked down the canyon 

 [28:17] from the vicinity of the ruin [28:15] to the Rio Grande. 

 See [28:18]. 

 [28:18] Nameless low dell at the mouth of the canyon [28:17]. This 

 appears to be not the same as the dell described by Bandelier in 

 the quotation under [28:22], q. v. See also [28:17]. 



' Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, pp. 146-47. 1892. 



