from used for grinding corn. Indian Montezuma (Mon-teh-ZOO-muh) Indian Last Aztec emperor of Mexico. Navajo (NAW-vuh-ho) Spanish A tribe of seminomadic, from herdsmen Indians of the Indian Southwest. Related to the Apaches. Pueblo (Pooh-EB-lo) Spanish Village; hence the Indians who built the large dwellings in the Southwest. Also applied to the dwellings themselves. Sinagua (Sin-AH-wah) Spanish Prehistoric Indians of the Verde Valley who built Montezuma Castle. The word means literally “without water.” Verde (VER-day) Spanish Green; hence Verde Valley. Yavapai (YAH-vah-pie) Indian Indians occupying Verde Valley when it was visited by the Espejo Expedition. Possibly descendents of the Hohokam. Yucca (YUK-uh) Spanish, A desert plant of the probably lily family with long, from fibrous, green leaves and Indian a tall stem bearing a cluster of white blossoms. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1977 O-244-528 Transcriber’s Notes —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —Note that the section “Suggested Readings” in the Table of Contents is not present in the actual Contents. —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.