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A Acoma (áh-ko-mah). “People of the White Rock”; Keres-speaking village of the western group occupied since [prehistoric] times. adobe (a-dóugh-bay). Thick mud with high clay content; also a sun-baked brick made of clay. Alameda (alah-máy-dah). “Cottonwood Grove”; Spanish-American village. Albuquerque (al-bu-kér-keh). Largest city in New Mexico; named after the Duke of Alburquerque, Viceroy of Mexico. Antonio de Espejo (day es-páy-ho). Leader of the third Spanish expedition into New Mexico in 1583. arroyo (ah-ró-yo). Water course or channel seasonally dry. awanyu (uh-wan-you). “Plumbed or feathered serpent”; mythological guardian of springs.
B Bandelier (ban-duh-leér). Author of The Delight Makers; student, archæologist, historian and linguist who spent much time among the [Keres]. [Bandelier] lived at the [pueblo] of [Cochiti] and was very popular among the Indians. Bernalillo (bear-nah-lée-yoh). Apparently a diminutive of Bernal; founded by Vargas in 1695; present-day Spanish-American village. bigotes (bee-gó-tes). “Whiskers.” buckskin. The tanned hide of a deer.
C canyon. A deep valley with high steep slopes. Canyon del Alamo (del á-lah-mo). “Cottonwood [Canyon].” Cachiti (ká-chee-tee). Keres-speaking village of the sixteenth century; of obscure etymology. Cañada de Cochiti (ka-nyá-da day kó-cha-tee). “[Cochiti] Canyon.” Cañada refers to a shallow and wide canyon. Capulín (ka-poo-léen). “Chokecherry.” Chokecherry Canyon. Chaco (chá-ko). A canyon in northwestern New Mexico. [Chaco] Canyon National Monument. cibola (sée-bo-lah). “Buffalo.” Cochiti. Spanish for [Cachiti]. cacique (ka-cee-ke). Chief religious officer in a [pueblo]. There are usually two town chiefs in each pueblo representing two separate moities either Turquoise or Squash. Coronado (koro-náh-tho). Leader of the first Spanish expedition into New Mexico in 1540. cronies. Old people; friends; chums. Cuapa (coo-áh-pa). [Prehistoric] village of the Keres-speaking people; meaning unknown.
D diesmo (diéz-mo). “Ten percent”; tithe; refers to present-day Water [Canyon]. Don Diego de Vargas (don deeáy-go day vár-gas). Leader of the reconquest of New Mexico in 1693 after the [Pueblo] Rebellion of 1680. Don Juan de Oñate (hwan day o-yná-te). Leader of the colonizing expedition into New Mexico in 1598. Don Pedro de Peralta (páy-dro day pe-rál-tah). Successor to Oñate as Governor of New Mexico in 1610.
E El Rito de Los Frijoles (el ree-toe day los free-hó-lays). “The little river of the beans”; bean creek.
F Franciscans (fran-cis-cans). Religious order established by Saint Francis of Assisi. Francisco Sanchez Chamuscado (fran-cées-co sán-chess chamoos-cáh-tho). Leader of the second Spanish expedition into New Mexico in 1581. friar (fryer). Member of a male religious order.
H Haatze (ha-áht-say). “Earth”; “World”; a ruin of the [Keres] southwest of [Tyuonyi]. Hanat Cochiti (há-not kó-cha-tee). “[Cochiti] Above”; [Potrero] [Viejo]. Hemes (háy-mess). Indian [pueblo] thirty odd miles west of [Bandelier] National Monument. Hernando de Alvarado (er-nán-do day al-var-áh-tho). Captain under [Coronado] during the expedition of 1540.
I Isleta (ees-láy-tah). “Little Island”; modern Indian village located about thirteen miles south of [Albuquerque] on the banks of the Rio Grande.
J Jemez (háy-mess). Spanish for [Hemes].