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but this statement is probably to be explained as the infomuuit's 

 inference rather than as a tribal tradition. See [28:9:?]. 



(2) Eng. Peiia Blanca. (<Span). = Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Pena Blanca ' white rock' 'white cliff'. The place is 

 named from the white rocks [28:94]. 



Pena Blanca is a large Mexican settlement. Bandelier tells 

 something of it in his Joined Bepart.^ The circle on the sheet indi- 

 cates approximately the location of the Roman Catholic church 

 at Pena Blanca. The town extends with straggling houses for 

 perhaps a mile north and south of the church. There are a Fran- 

 ciscan monastery and a convent at Peiia Blanca. See [28:93] and 

 [28:94]. 

 [28:93] Cochiti KweftxJui'aftetafonm. 'southern pueblo ruin' (kwe 

 'south'; ft£<e derivative postfix; haaftefafouui 'pueblo ruin' 

 <haafttta 'pueblo', foma 'old'). Kweftxhd\:tffeta is the 

 Cochiti name of the present Mexican town of Peiia Blanca 

 [28:92], on the site of which this pueblo ruin is situated. It was 

 stated l)y the Cochiti informant that the name given above is the 

 old Cochiti name for the ruin, but this statement is probably to 

 be explained as the informant's inference rather than as a tribal 

 tradition. 



On one of the gravelly dunes northea.st of the church [see under [28:92]] at 

 Pena Blanca, a large rectangle formed by upright stones or slabs is to be seen. 

 Pottery, flint, and obsidian are strewn over the place, and I found a half- 

 finished stone axe; but this rectangle looks to me rather like a garden enclo- 

 sure than a former building. - 



But the present writer's Cochiti informant asserted that there is 

 a large pueblo ruin at Pefia Blanca, obliterated by the present 

 Mexican town, and Mr. K. A. Fleischer states that he has heard 

 through several sources that there are traces of a pueblo ruin at 

 Peiia Blanca. See [28:92]. 

 [28:94] (1) Eng. White Rocks. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. La Pena Blanca 'the white rock or cliff'. =Eng. (1). 

 This is a large white rock or cliff, very conspicuous, situated 

 about 25 feet east of the main wagon' road connecting Cochiti and 

 Santo Domingo. It is common information among Mexicans 

 living at or about Pena Blanca that the settlement of Peiia Blanca 

 gets its name from this rock. See [28:l»2]. 

 [28:95] An old trail, leading from Pena Blanca [28:92] across the 



low hills to Domingo Station [28:115]. 

 [28:96] (1) Eng. Altar Hills. (<Span.). 

 (2) Span. Los Al tares 'the altars'. 



1 Pt. n, pp. 95, 181, 1892. nbitl., p. 181. 



