M mano (máh-no). “Hand”; hand-piece of flat stone for grinding corn. manta (mán-ta). “Dress”; “Blanket.” Marcos de Nisa (már-kos day née-sah). A Franciscan friar. mesa (máy-sah). Flat-topped high hill or table land. Mesa Verde (vér-they). “Green”; now a National Park in southwestern Colorado. Mesita Huerfano (may-sée-tah weár-fa-no). “Orphan Mesa”; Black Mesa. metate (may-táh-tay). Flat stone for grinding corn. Base stone. moccasins. Heel-less shoe of soft leather worn by Indians, moiety. A division of a tribe in which the cacique, either Summer or Winter, has charge of the ceremonials during his respective season. N Navaho (náh-vah-ho). Semi-nomadic Indians living west of the pueblo area. Navawi (náh-vah-wee). “Place of a hunting trap”; “pit-fall gap”; ruined pueblo northeast of Tyuonyi. neolithic (nee-o-lith-ik). New stone age. O olla (ó-yah). Pottery jar for water. Otermin (o-ter-méen). Governor of New Mexico at the outbreak of the Pueblo Rebellion of 1680. P padre (páh-dray). Monk or priest. Pajarito (pah-ha-rée-toe). “Little Bird”; Pajarito Plateau. Pecos (pay-kos). “Place down where the stone is on top”; Indian village east of the Rio Grande. Perage (pear-áh-gay). “Small rodent which jumps like a kangaroo”; “place of a species of kangaroo rat”; a ruined pueblo across the Rio Grande from San Ildefonso. pinto (peen-toe). A type of bean grown by Indians in prehistoric times. piñon (pee-ynón). Edible seed of pine; pinus edulis. plaza (pláh-sah). “Inner court”; area in the center of a town for public gathering. potrero (po-tré-roh). High, narrow mesa-top between canyons. Potsui’i (póte-su-wee-ee). “Gap where the water sinks”; prehistoric pueblo northeast of Tyuonyi. Pohoge (po-hó-gay). “Where the water cuts down through”; Tewa name for San Ildefonso. prehistoric. Referring to times before the Coronado expedition of 1540. pueblo (pwé-blo). “Village”; “Town.” Puwige (poo-wí-gay). “Where the bottoms of the pottery vessels are wiped or smoothed thin”; ruined pueblo on the floor of Frijoles Canyon; the big community house. Sometimes called Tyuonyi. Q Quirex (keer-esh). Province of five Keresan villages on the Rio Grande in 1540. R ramada (rah-máh-tha). Open flat-roofed porch built of poles and brush; a shelter. Ramon Vigil Grant (rah-móan vee-híll). Huge tract of land north of Frijoles Canyon. Rio Chama (ree-oh chá-mah). “Chama River.” Rio Grande (ree-oh grán-day). “Big River.”