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(2) Eng. Pagosa hot springs. (<Span.). =Te\va (1), Span. (:3). 



(3) Span. Ojo Caliente de Pagosa 'hot spring of Pagosa', the 

 hitter word having a moaning unknown to the informants; the 

 Si)an. dictionaries do not give "pagosa". Mr. llodge suggests 

 that it is a corruption of Span, pegosa "sticliy." 



These are hot springs in southern Colorado nearthfr boundary 

 between San Juan and Kio Arriba Counties, New Mexico. 

 (1) PaRnf^pnge^ Ps.nfupoge'' akarj f 'snake water place' 'snake water 

 place plain' {jmn/y, 'snake'; po 'water'; ge 'down at' 'over at'; 

 ''akqijf 'plain'). Why this name is given is not known to the 

 informants. 



(2) Eng. San Luis Valley. (<Span.). =Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Vallede San Luis 'Saint Louis Valley', =Eng. (2). 

 When and how the valley was so named was not ascertained. 



This is a large valley in south-central Colorado. 

 (1) Hopi "Pi-sis-bai-ya:'' ' given as the Hopi name of the Colorado 

 River or Grand Canyon. 



(2) Eng. Colorado River, Grand Canyon of Colorado River. 

 {<Span.). =Span. (3). 



(3) Rio Colorado, Canon Grande del Rio Colorado 'red river', 

 'great canyon of the red river', so called because of the red color 

 of its water. =Eng. (2). Strange to sa\', the Rio Grande Tewa 

 have no name for the Colorado River or Grand Canyon, although 

 several Tewa have seen the river or canyon. 



(1) FinrsseT' 'the white mountains' {piyf 'mountain'; Isip. 'white- 

 ness' 'white'; 'i'' locative and adjective-forming postfix). Prob- 

 ably a translation of the Span, name, or vice versa. =Eng. (2), 

 Span. (3). 



(2) Eng. Sierra Blanca. (<Span.). = Tewa (1), Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Sierra Blanca 'white mountains'. =Tewa (1), Eng. 



(•2)- 



This is a large range in southern Colorado, northeast of Ala- 

 mosa. It is east of Slpojie Lake. q. v., pages 567-569. 

 {I) P'apinnfp\ikq)jj' '_yucca mountain plain' {J^'apirjj', see immedi- 

 ately below; 711K 'at' locative postfix; \il:qtjf 'plain'). 



(2) Eng. Montezuma Valley. (<Span.O- =Span. (3). 



(3) Span. Vallede Montezuma ' ^lontezuma Valley '. =Eng. (2). 

 The name is that of the Aztec chief. 



This is a large valley in southwestern Colorado. It is said 

 that in ancient times when the Tewa were journeying south 

 fj-om Sipop'e (pages 567-569) the Kosa, a mythic person who 

 founded the Kosa Society of the Tewa, first appeared to the 



■ Fewkesiu Journ. Amer. Etiinol. oimI Arrha'ul., iv, p. 10f>, 189-1. 



