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The base of the mountains is reddish: 



Tlu! gorge [28::'0] on the northern side of which this cave village [28 :un- 

 locati'il] and the Cueva Pintada [28:;ilJ lio, is called Canada de !a Ouesta 

 Colorada, deriving its name from seams of hlood-red iron ochre that apjiear 

 in cliffs west of it, at the base of the San Miguel Mountains.' 



The inouiitaiiis oiv^e the pue))lo ruin [28:30] some of its names. 

 See [28:;25J, [28:30j, [28:;3',iJ. 

 [28:30] (1) fitba(2rvata'"indhrein^si'i 'canyon of the painted cave place' 

 referring- to [28:31] {f<>b(i(priitq''hid!ir(', see [28:31]; ^{ijf locative 

 and adjective-forming posttix; tsP! 'canyon'). Cf. Cochiti (3), 

 Eng. (5), Span. (8). 



(2) ^Api'inisP!., "'Apuviy/'infsr!, Mlmpi'a'inisi'i, 'red slope 

 canyon' 'red slope e;irth canyon' 'red earth slope canyon', trans- 

 lations of Span. (9) ( a\i ' steep slope', translating Span, cuesta; pi 

 'redness' 'red', translating Span, colorada; iyy locative and 

 adjective-forming postfix; /s/'/ 'canyon"; tulijj' 'earth'). Cf. 

 Eng. (6), Span. (9). 



(3) Cochiti Tiietf'detanf'kdt'etfahialcdlJija 'painted cave can- 

 yon', referring to [28:31] {Txiit fittetmt flcdt' etfama^ see [28:31]; 

 te/t'y'ffl 'canyon'). = Eng. (5), Span. (8). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(4:) Cochiti \{p<>kdlJi\}a 'chokecherry canyon', probably a trans- 

 lation of Span. (10) (V//W 'chokecherry' 'Prnnus melanocarpa', _ 

 Tewa'«5<',- iaiA'ja 'canyon'). Cf. Eng. (7), Span. (10), and espe- 

 cially [28:5it]. 



(5) Eng. Painted Cave Canyon, referring to [28:31]. = Cochiti 

 (3), Span. (8). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(6) Eng. Cuesta Colorada Canyon. (<Span.). =Span. (9). 

 Cf. Tewa (2). 



(7) Eng. Capulin Canyon. (<Span.). = Cochiti (4), Span. (10). 



(8) Span. Cafion de la Cueva Pintada 'painted cave canyon'. 

 = Cochiti (3), Eng. (5). Cf. Tewa (1). 



(9) Span. Cafion de la Cuesta Colorada, Canada de la Cuesta 

 Colorada 'red slope canyon' 'red slope Canada'. =Eng. (6). 

 Cf. Tewa (2). " Cafiada de la Cuesta Colorada". = "Canada de 

 la Questa Colorada'".^ It is so called from the red slope of the 

 San Miguel Mountains [28:29] at the upper course of the canyon. 



Canada de la Cuesta Colorada, deriving its name from seams of blood-red 

 iron ochre that appear in cliffs west of it, at the base of the San Miguel Moun- 

 tains [28:20].' 



Cf. Span. Potrei-o de la Cuesta Colorada [28:unlocated], 

 page 454. 



(10) Span. Caiion Capulin, Cafion del Capulin 'chokecherry 

 can von' 'canyon of the Prunus melanocarpa\ = Cochiti (4), 



' Bandelier, Final Report, pt. II, p. 157, 1892. 



» Ibid., et passim. 



3 Hewett, Communaut('.'i, p. 4fi, 1908. 



