HiKBiNoTON] PLACE-NAMES 583 



Sulphur. No Tewa name for sulphur hiis been discovered. The 

 Tewa of the present day Unow sulphur uniler its Span, name 

 azufre. 



In recent years New Mexico has produced some commercial sulphur, a mill 

 having been erected in the .Jemez Mountains, Sandoval County. Ilovpever, it 

 was one of the first minerals mined in the Territory, mainly to be used in the 

 manufacture of gunpowder, Coronado having made use of sulphur mined 

 at Jemez in the first half of the sixteenth century. In Lincoln and other 

 counties and along the eastern border of the Territory the gypsum beds con- 

 tain considerable sulphur.' 



punfse, of ob.scure etymolooy. A kind of fine white earth which is 

 mixed with pottery clay {nqpi i) for making certain kinds of ware. 

 About half as much funfse. as clay is used. It is found at [2:.34], 

 [2:35], [18:6], [23:.56], and [24:28]." 

 /=y'", of obscure etymology. This name is applied to reddish-black, 

 soft, shiny rockwhich is found at the place ca\\cAfy,niku'ajr [25:24]. 

 It is said that the bods' is painted with this for the Deer dance. 



Tseiimyf 'soft earth' {tseit 'softness' 'soft'; nqijj' 'earth' 'dirt'). 



Tema(fsx)iap'y,ywx, of obscure etymology (Tenia Keresan; tsse 'white- 

 ness' 'white'; la 'dryness' 'dry'; p'lirjwss. name of this kind of 

 mineral). This substance is said to be taken from a place near 

 Pena Blanca [29 : !>2] on the east side of the Rio Grande. It is said , 

 to look somewhat greenish when dug out. It is mixed with 

 water and pottery of certain sorts is washed over with it before 

 firing. It acts as sizing. See iaj?'y,ywce. 



Tequesqmte. See '4, Qsse, page .579. 



Tdss^, of obscure etymology (i!e unexplained; fss^ 'whiteness' 'white'). 

 This name is applied to the coarse whitish rock found at 

 Tetsxhvaje [23:49] south of Nambe. The substance is not used. 



7"^'-, of obscure etymologj-. A whitish substance used to rub on 

 moccasins, or deerskins, or as pottery sizing. It is found at 

 Ty:Vondiwo [25:19]. See t'^if^pi'r'. 



T'y,''"pi'i"^ 'red t'y,'^' {t'y,'"ii kind of mineral, see above; pi 'redness' 

 'red'; T^ locative and adjective-forming postfix). This variety 

 of fyi'^ is said to be found at 2"y,'-pi7m'u [16:24]. 



Tap'iiywsp, of obscure etymology (to 'dryness' 'dry'; j)'y,ywse unex- 

 plained, name of the substance). This white, friable earth, mixed 

 with water, is used for sizing potterj'. It is obtained a short 

 distance east of Santa Fe, at Tap'uijwseVondiwe, (p. 555). Cf. 

 tema{tscs)tap'y,yjivx. 



Tsi 'flaking-stone' 'flint' 'obsidian", natural or worked. The pro- 

 nunciation txPl is also heard. 



' Land of Sunshine, a Book of the Resources of New Mexico, p. lOB, 1906. 



