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[28:2.sJ An old trail now often followed in going between Frijoles 

 Canyon [28:0] and the Stone Lions Shrine [28:27J. 



The whole region is covered by a networlc of trails. The San 

 Ildefonso Indian workmen employed in excavating the pueblo ruin 

 [28:12] at Frijoles Canyon have called this trail Wi'insniepo 'the 

 Navaho trail' ( Wihr-sate 'Navaho'; po 'trail'), but it is doubtful 

 whether this trail was followed by raiding Navaho any more than 

 any other of the numerous trails of the vicinity. Cf. the so-called 

 Navaho trail described by Bandolier [28:unlocated], which appears 

 not to be identical with tliis one. 



[28:29] (1) San Ildefonso Seqwsempiyf 'bluebird tail mountains' {se 

 'bluebird' of several species ; qwipyf 'tail'; fnyy 'mountain'). 

 Why the name is applied is not known to the informants. 



(2) Cochiti Rfpe'tfohoCe ' cottontail rabbit mountains' {rfse'tfo, 

 one form of the word meaning 'cottontail rabbit'; IcoCe 'moun- 

 tiiin'). The Cochiti informant said that there is a large white 

 spot on the east side of the mountains, which resembles in some 

 way a cottontail rabbit; hence the name. One can see this spot 

 from Cochiti Pueblo and the informant said that Indians go toward 

 this spot or rfee'tfo (' cottontail rabbit') when going to the Stone 

 Lions Shrine [28:27]. Bandelier says, however, "that cluster 



, [of mountains] is called by the Queres [of Cochiti] Riitye, or 

 Rabbit, as its crests on one side resemble the outline of a colossal 

 rabbit, crouching, with its ears erect."' For quoted forms of the 

 name applied to the pueblo ruin see under [28:39]. 



(3) Eng. San Miguel Mountains. (<Span.). =Span. (1). 

 "San Miguel Mountains."' 



(1) Span. Sierra de San Miguel ' Saint Michael's Mountains'. 

 = Eng. (3) "Sierra de San Miguel."- The mountains appear to 

 give the name to the mesa [8:37]. 



The San Miguel Mountains are conspicuous from the Rio 

 Grande Valley: 



To the west especially the view [from 28:49] is striking, the somber canones 

 opening directly opposite, beneath the bold crest and peaks of the Sierra de 

 San Miguel.^ 



The land-tongue called Potrero do las Vacas [28:25] extends 

 eastward from the base of these mountains: 



Tliis ridge is the end of a long, narrow plateau, sloping gently toward the 

 Mesa Prieta [28:24] from the eastern base of the Sierra de San MigiieL The 

 name of tins tongue is Potrero de las Vacas, and on it stand some of the most 

 remarkable antiquities of the Southwest.* 



1 Bandelier, Final Report, pt. ii, p. 157, 1892. s ibid., p. 81. 



"- Ibid., pp. 72, note, 81, 1.51), 158. « Ibid., p. 150. 



