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''Akonfheii)f 'the great plain' {'al'orjf 'plain'; he 'greatness' 'great'; 

 ''ijjf locative and adjective-forming postfix). Tliis name is ap- 

 plied to the great plains east of the Kocky Mountain region. Cf. 

 ''Akqnfhe'iinfo, just above. 



(1) Eng. Costilla Mountains. (<Span.). =Span. (2). "Costilla 

 region north of Taos [8:45]".' 



(3) Span. Sierra Costilla, Sierra de la Costilla 'ril> mountains'. 

 = Eng. (1). 



The maps show these mountains close b}' the boundarj' between 

 Taos and Colfax Counties, near the Colorado line; also a Costilla 

 settlement and Costilla Creek west of the mountains of that name. 

 To which feature the name Costilla was fii'st applied is not 

 determined. 



(1) Eng. Culebra Mountains. (<Span.). = Span. (2). •* The snow- 

 clad range of the Culebra ".- 



(2) Span. Sierra Culebra, Sierra de la Culebra 'snake moun- 

 tains'. = Eng. (1). 



The maps show these mountains north of the Costilla Mountains 

 [Unmapped], above, also a Culebra settlement and Culebra Creek 

 west of the mountains of that name. To which feature the name 

 Culebra was first applied is not determined. 



(1) Dulse. ^(<Span.). =Eng. (3), Span. (4). Cf. Tewa (2). 



(2) Po-aHwe 'place of the sweet water' {po 'water'; 'a 'sweet- 

 ness' 'sweet'; Hwe locative). This name appears not to be a 

 mere translation of the Span, name, for cand}' or sirup is called 

 'dfw in Tewa (Vl 'sweetness' 'sweet'; po 'water'), not ?Vd. Cf. 

 Tewa (1), Eng. (3), Span. (4). 



(3) Eng. Dulce settlement. (<Span.). = Tewa (1), Span. (4). 

 Cf. Tewa (2). 



(4) Span. Dulce 'sweet'. =Tewa (1), Eng. (3). Cf. Tewa (2). 

 Why the Span, name was applied is not known. Judging from 

 Tewa (2), it may refer to sweet water. 



This is a modern settlement in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, 

 with a Government school for the Jicarilla Apache. 

 (1) Eng. EI Paso city, in Texas. (<Span.). =Span. (2). 



(2) Span. El Paso, El Paso del Norte 'the pass' 'the pass of 

 the north'. =Eng. (1). So called because the Rio Grande there 

 passes through a kind of gap in the mountains. 



Although El Paso is known to some of the Tewa they have no 

 name for it and know nothing of the tribes which used to live in 

 that vicinity. 

 (1) Eng. Gallinas creek. (<Span.). = Span. (2). 



1 Bandelier, Pinal Report, pt. ii, p. 36, 1892. 



2TKiH T^ 1^ 



-Ibid., p. 45. 



