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[28:34] Span. "Potrero de las Casas".' This name means 'land- 

 tongue of the houses', probably referring to the ruin [28:35]. 

 Bandelicr writes: 



Between the two [[28:30] and [28:32]] rises a triangular plateau, called 

 Potrero de las Casas, on the top of which is said to be a pueblo ruin [28:35].' 



See [28:35]. 

 [28:35] Pueblo ruin on "Potrero de las Casas". 

 See excerpt from Bandelier under [28:34J. 



Mr. K. A. Fleischer informs the writer that he saw this ruin, 

 which consists of low mounds; it is not far from the point of the 

 Potrero. See [28:34]. 

 [28:36] (1) Eng. Capulin Mesa. (<Span.). =Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Chata Mesa. (<Span.). =Span. (1). 



(3) Span. Potrero Capulin, Mesa Capulin 'chokecherry mesa' 

 'mesa of the Prunus melanocarpa'. =Eng. (4). "Potrero del 

 Capvdin".- "Potrero Chato, or Capulin".^ Capulin is also one 

 of the names applied to the canyon [29:30] 



(4) Span. Mesa Chata, Potrero Chato 'blunt mesa or land- 

 tongue'. = Eng. (2). "PotreroChato, or Capulin".^ "Potrero 

 Chiato".^ 



As explained to the writer by a Cochiti Indian, the more inclu- 

 sive name is 'Potrero Chato,' the upper part of which, near the 

 San Miguel Mountains [28:29], is called Potrero de San Miguel 

 [28:37], while the central and lower part is also called Potrero 

 Capulin. The three names are used very loosely. Bandelier 

 says of this mesa: 



The one [potrero] forming the southern wall of the Cuesta Colorada gorge 

 [28:30] is an extensive plateau called Potrero Chato, or Capulin, and on its 

 top are many ancient remains. A number of small hocuses are scattered over 

 it, and near the foot of the Sierra San Miguel [28:29] lie the ruins of the 

 pueblo [28:39]. ... It stands on a bald eminence, from which, as from the 

 Potrero de las Vacas [28:25], an extensive view is obtained in all directions 

 except the west and north. . . . The soil on the surface of tlie Potrero 

 [28:36] is fertile, but there is no permanent water. . . . Precipitation. . . is 

 sufficient in ordinary years to permit the growth of Indian corn, beans, and 

 squashes. Game was abundant in olden times, and is not unfrequently en- 

 countered to-day, — principally deer, bears, and turkeys.* 



Again: 



The orography of this part of the Valles chain [Jemez Mountains] is imper- 

 fectly known. The nomenclature varies greatly according to the source whence 

 it is obtained. Thus the Potrero Chato is frequently called Capulin, and its 

 upper part is termed Potrero de San Miguel [28::>7]. As it is three-lobeil, the 

 three lobes bear different local names. Between them lie, from north to south, 



1 Bandolier, Final Report, pt. II, p. 157, 1S92. * Ibid., p. 159. 



2Ibid.,p. 21. 6Ibid., pp. 158-lfiO. 



'Ibid., p. 158. 



