444 ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE TEWA INDIANS [eth. axx. iff 



This is a hiyli, round, black mesa witii iiiany caves in it. For 

 reference to the bell-stoae found on this mesa, see |28:<s;t]. 



On the round eminence of trap and Java that overlooks the Peila Blanca 

 valley, and around which the road from Santa F6 winds downwards like a huge 

 serpent, faint tracesof small structures exist. But I found no pottery, only flint 

 and obsidian. The height is such an excellent outlook, and its surface so small, 

 that I suspect it was only temporarily used as a post of observation by the 

 people of one or the other of the neighboring Indian settlements now in 

 ruins. The 'Mesita Redonda,' as this eminence is called, rises about 400 feet 

 above the river bottom, from which it is half a mile distant in a straight line. 

 Above the road it is at most 200 feet high. The side.-i, as well as the slopes 

 behind it, are covered with debris of hard lava and trap. The surface is ellip- 

 tical, measuring about 100 by 50 meters, and a wide view is commanded from 

 the summit.' 



[28:S',t] A nameless stone, which g-ives forth a clear bell-like tone when 

 struck. The stone is situated about halfway up the south side 

 of Black ]\lesa [28 :SS]. It is about four feet in diameter, the height 

 of a person, and of a blackish color. There is a sort of bench on 

 the mesa side just above the stone, and there are several caves 

 near b\'. The information about this stone is furnished b}^ Mr. 

 K. A. Fleischer, who was shown the stone by an aged Mexican, 

 the latter stating that the stone was well known to Mexicans liv- 

 ing at Peiia Bhuua [28:',to] and to the Indians of Cochiti. See 

 [28:S8]. 



[28:1*0] Nameless puelilo ruin. The informant is Mr. Fleischer, 

 who has visited the ruin and who kindly located it on [28J. Per- 

 haps the same as nameless pueblo ruin west of a point midwaj^ 

 between Bajada [29:L'6] and Cochiti [28:77], [29:unIocated]. q. v. 

 Cf. [28:82], [28:S:3], [28:84], [28:01], [29:2;»]; nameless pueblo ruin 

 midway between Bajada [29:26] and Cochiti [28:77], [29:unlo- 

 cated]; and third nameless pueblo ruin mentioned by Bandelicr 

 between Bajada [29:2«] and Cochiti [28:77], [29:uiil<)cated]. 



[28:'.tl] Nameless pueblo ruin. The informant is Mr. Fleischer, 

 who has visited the ruin and who kindly located it on [28]. Per- 

 haps the same as nameless pueblo ruin midway between Bajada 

 [29:26] and Cochiti [28:77], [29:unlocated], q. v. Cf. [28:82], 

 [28:83], [28:84], [28:1*0], [29:21*]; nameless pueblo ruin west of a 

 point midway between Bajada [29:26], and Cochiti [28:77], [29:un- 

 located]; and third nameless pueblo ruin mentioned by Bandelicr 

 between Bajada [29:26] and Cochiti [28:77], [29:unIocated]. 



[28:1*2] (1) Cochiti Awcftse/iati/Ma 'south town' (kire 'south'; 

 fise derivative postfix; ha'afteta 'town' 'pueblo'). It is so 

 called ])ecause of its position as regards Cochiti Pue})lo [28:77]. 

 It was stated that this name was also formerly applied to [28:I'o], 



' Bandelier, Final Report, i>t. it, p. 181, and note, 1892. 



