Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians / by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington.

  • Henderson, Junius, 1865-1937.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians / by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    remote period, togetlier witli the existejiee of native names for dogs in the Pueblo dialects, it is jnaictically certain that tlie ancient dwellers in the region had domesticated dogs. The difliculty of distinguLshing the bones of some of the native dogs from those of the coyote has been emphasized by Coues.^ Cross-breeding with various European dogs since the advent of the .wliites, in additioji to cross-ljreeding with coyotes and possibly with wolves, lias developed a mixed race which makes the subject a difficult one to study now. We have noticed the frequent occurrence of a yellowish short-haired variety of dog at San Juan pueblo. The Tewa give names of most varied meaning to their dogs. One dog at Santa Clara pueblo is named pw’e', “little jackrabbit.” Tewa dogs are apt to lie in the outdoor adobe ovens, when these are not in use, if the openings are not closed in some way. Tsinl (?<Span. chino). Curly-haired Dog. ‘ The word tsini puzzled us much. It was said to refer to a kind of small dog which the Tewa had in primitive times. Investigation showed that the word usually applies to a curly-haired dog, small or large. In New Mexican Spanish chino applies to a curly-haired dog. So far as we know, Spanish-English dictionaries do not give chino with this meaning. Guimi,^ however, mentions this usage of chino in southern California: “Chino, while it does mean a Chinaman, is also applied in Spanish-American countries to ])ersons or animals having curly hair.” The final i of the Tewa form, instead of u, is unexplained. Be-. Canis estor Merriam. Coyote. In Tewa mythology the coyote is called also poseqwase-ydo', award which can not be etymologized except that the last two syllables mean ‘old man.’ The Jemez name meaning ‘coyote’ is jq,'. In Cochiti Keresan ‘coyote’ is called fotsona. Coyote tracks are common all over the region. A coyote taken by All’. Dowell while we were in the Rito de los Frijoles canyon is referred to this species. Hodge gives as Coyote clans of various pueblos: San Juan, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, De-tdoa; Jemez, Pecos, IV+; Laguna, TsushM-hdno<^\- Sia, Shutsun’-hdno; San Felipe, Shrotsono- hdno; Santa Ana, Shutson-hdno; Cochiti, Shrutsum^hdnuch; Zuni, Sushi-hwe. rCu-’jo- (akin to Taos kalend, Isleta l-arlie, wolf). Canis nubilis Say. Gray Wolf. 1 Couos, Elliott, The Crairio Wolf, or Coyotd: Canis Latrans, Xmrr. ^al., vn, pp. 3S5-S9,1S..3, rcpnntod in Cones and Yarrow, Report upon Collections ot Mammals, etc., op. oil ., pp. 4,^1. 2 Guinn, J. M., Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California, Chicago, ., p.