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TAOS 



[b. a. e. 



loss of the Americans was 7 killed out- 

 right and 45 wounded, some of the latter, 

 including Capt. Burgwin, fatally. Since 

 that time the Taos people were entirely 

 peaceable until May 1910, when a threat- 

 ened uprising, which had its origin in 

 land encroachment by whites, was speed- 



Bahur (White Shell), Urhlaina (Green 

 Leaf), Chia (Stone Knife), Bahol ( referring 

 to a small animal), Turatn ( Elk), Ba taina 

 tongterlana ( ' ' Water people far talking' ' ), 

 Nam (Earth), *Towha (Coyote), *Kaki 

 (Raven), *Pachotu (Rattlesnake), *Ton 

 (Tree bole, )*Poyo(Whippoorwill),*Chiyu 

 (Rat), *Towhayu (Fighting Coyote), 

 *Turwillana (referring to a cylindrical fos- 

 sil marked in rings). In addition the fol- 

 lowing have been noted by Hodge: Pfia 

 (Feather), Tu ( House), Kua (Bear), Pian- 

 botinu (White Mountain), and Ahluhl (of 

 undetermined meaning). Ptiataikwah- 

 laonan, Kwahlaonan, and Hupfokwah- 

 laonan are said to be divisions of a single 

 clan. (f. w. H.) 



ily quelled on the appearance of Terri- 

 torial troops. 



Members of this tribe have probably 

 intermarried extensively with the Ute, 

 some of whose customs they have bor- 

 rowed. Unlike the other Pueblos ( q. v. ) , 

 the men wear their hair in two long plaits 

 hanging at the sides, and high leggings of 

 deerskin. Their lands are well watered, 

 and their livelihood is gained chiefly 

 by agriculture and by hunting in the 

 adjacent timbered mountains. 



Of the mythology of the tribe little has 

 as yet been recorded. The people assert 

 that when their ancestors first came to- 

 gether they spoke a number of languages, 

 but that the tongue of the Feather (Pfia) 

 clan finally prevailed, and this is the lan- 

 guage of the tribe to-day. 



The following clans have been re- 

 corded by Mrs M. C. Stevenson, those with 

 an asterisk being extinct: Tocholimafia 

 (Golden Warbler), Talohlafia (Parrot 

 [Macaw?]), Chiu (Eagle), Toltu (Sun), 

 Ter-taitatana (Day people), Hahl (refer- 

 ring to a small shell), Fialohla (Abalone), 

 Kangtong (Corn), Pachunona (White 

 Shell Bead), Ba (Water), Kang (Corn- 

 cob), Bachilto( Red Shell), Kahl (Wolf), 



YOUNG WOMAN OF TAOS 



Braba.— Ca>;tanecia (1596) in Uth Rep. B. A. E., 

 511, 525, 1S96. Brada.— Castaneda misquoted by 

 Curtis, Children of the Sun, 121, 1S,S3. T-Ta-i- 

 na-ma.— Miller, Pueblo of Taos, 34, 1898 (='\vil- 

 lowpeople'). Jaos,— Hinton, Handbook to Ariz., 

 map. 1878 (misprint). Koho'hlte.— Hodge, field 

 notes, B. A. E., 1895 (Jicarilla name). Red Wil- 

 low Indians.— Arnv in Ind. Aff. Kep. 1871. 382, 

 1872. San Creroni'mo de los Tahos.— Vctaucurt 



