41G F.THNOGEOGRAPny OF THE TEWA INDIANS [ktii. ann. 29 



pue])lo ruin in the dell iit the mouth of Alamo Canyon [28:unlo- 

 ciited], page 453. 

 [28:23] (1) Keresan[(^ochiti«J "Uish-ka Tit-yi Ha-nat."' 



(2) Eng. Alamo Mesa. (<8pau.). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. ^lesa del Alamo, Potrero d(;l Alamo, 'cottonwood 

 mesa' 'cottonwood land-tongue \ referring to [28:20]. 



The mesa has been located b}' Doctor Hewett. The location 

 can not be determined definitely from Bandelier's description 

 (iiuoted under [28:22]). 



The mesa lies between [28:21] and [28:20], taking its name from 

 the latter. See [28:20], [28:22]. and Pueblo Kiver in the dell at 

 the mouth of Alamo Canyon [28:unlocated], page 453. 

 [28:24] (1) Keresan [Cochiti?] "Kom-asa-ua Ko-te." = 



(2) Span. Mesa Prieta 'dark mesa'. Evidently so called be- 

 cause of its color. 



For Bandclier's description of this mesa, see excerj)ts from his 

 Final Report, under [28:22] and [28:25] (2). 

 [28:25] (1) Eng. Vacas Mesa, Potrero de las Vacas. (<Span.). 

 = Spau. (2). 



(2) Span. Potrero de las Vacas 'land-tongue of the cows', prob- 

 ably so called because cattle are pastured there. "Potrero de las 

 Vacas. "^ 



Bandelier writes of this mesa: 



From the crest [of 28:24] we overlook in the south a series of rocks and 

 wooded heights, and in the west a ridge flanked by gorges on both sides. 

 This ridge is the end of a long, narrow i)lateau, irloping gently toward the Mesa 

 Prieta [28:24] from the eastern base of the Sierra de San Miguel [28:29] . The 

 name of this tongue is Potrero de las Vacas, and cm it stand some of the most 

 remarkable antiquities [[28:26] and [28:27]] in the Southwest. It requires 

 several hours of steady walking to reach the upper end of the Potrero de las 

 Vacas. The trail leads through forests, in which edible Pinons abound, and in 

 autumn, when the little nuts ripen, bears are not untrequently met with, and 

 their presence is marked by the devastated appearance of the Pifion trees. 

 These trees are also beset by flocks of the Picicorrus columhinun (called Piiionero 

 in Spanish and Sho-liak-ka in Queres), a handsome bird, which ruthlessly plun- 

 ders the nut-bearing pines, uttering discordant shrieks and piercing cries. The 

 forest of the P<jtrero de las Vacas is therefore not so silent and solemn as other 

 wooded areas in that region, where a solitary raven or crow ajipears to be the 

 only living creature. To the riglit of the trail yawns the deep cliasm of the 

 Canada Honda [28:21], from which every word spoken on the brink re-echoes 

 with wonderful distinctness. Toward the eastern [certainly misprint for 

 western!] end of tlie Potrero the forests begin to thin out, and an open space 

 extends until within a half mile of the rocky pedestal of the San Miguel Moun- 

 tains [28:29].-' 



See [28:26], [28:27]. 



' Bandelier, Final Report, i>t. ii. p. US, 1892. 'Ibid., pp. 21, l.W. 



2 Ibid., p. 150. < Ibid., pp. l.iO-l.'Jl. 



