Present Times
In 1880, Adolph F. Bandelier, famous Swiss ethnologist, archivist and
historian, entered the Valley of the Frijoles.
At the time, he was connected with the Archæological Institute of
America and had been sent to New Mexico to work among the Indians who
today live in mud-walled pueblos up and down the banks of the Rio
Grande. Bandelier spent a great many days at Santo Domingo and Cochiti
seeking out legends and myths regarding the people’s past and present
and it was from the Cochitenos that Bandelier learned of Tyuonyi.
Bandelier’s descriptions of the surrounding country are thoroughly
detailed. He must have possessed a very keen mind to have so well
described geographical features in such brief association. He entered
Frijoles Canyon, the Tyuonyi of the Cochiti Indians, on October 23 of
that year.
It has been said that Bandelier lived in the caves of the Rito de Los
Frijoles, and, according to stories passed around by hearsay, he could
have lived in a dozen different caves. It would be nice, and perhaps
poetic, to say that the famous student hung his coat or his hat on such
and such a nail, when wire nails such as are found in these caves
probably did not exist during Bandelier’s visits to the Canyon. The
general opinion among people who remember Bandelier is that he did spend
some time in one particular cave high above the Canyon floor. It was a
double-chambered cave overlooking Puwige and the entire broad and open
lower end of the Canyon. The view was perfect. It might have been here
that Bandelier organized some of his notes which resulted in the
never-to-be-forgotten ethno-historic novel, _The Delight Makers_. People
have said that Adolph Bandelier lived for years at Frijoles, but this is
not true. His investigation of practically the entire Southwest took
only five years to complete. So we might limit his stay to days, but
those days counted. It was Bandelier’s intent to portray history and
archæology in the guise of fiction and here he laid the basis for his
famous novel which brought fifteenth-century dwellers of the Tyuonyi to
life again.
The works of Charles F. Lummis will never be forgotten—_The Land of Poco
Tiempo_; _Mesa, Canyon and Pueblo_. Bandelier and Lummis were very good
friends and although their opinions and ideas conflicted at times, this
friendship was never broken. Many times has Lummis visited Frijoles and
many times has he stayed in the old Indian cave rooms, even in quite
recent times, when other accommodations were available.
In 1907, Judge A. J. Abbot settled in the Valley of the Frijoles. He
built a ranch house out of the ancient building stones of volcanic ash.
The stones came from Puwige, the big community house. Cut and fashioned
in the sixteenth century or thereabout, by prehistoric Indians, they
were used again. The place was known as “Ten Elder Ranch,” because of
the box-elder trees growing nearby. The ranch changed hands three times
and was subsequently known as “Frijoles Canyon Ranch” until the old
buildings were torn down and replaced by modern unique pueblo style
buildings designed by government engineers and known as “Frijoles Canyon
Lodge.” It would be an utter impossibility to name all of the famous
personages who have visited Frijoles or were entertained at the old
ranch place. The Commoners and the Nobility, people from the four
corners of the globe came, some of them leaving a little remembrance or
token of their appreciation—a poem about the Frijoles perhaps, a card, a
thank-you letter, an invitation—they are too numerous to mention.
In 1916, the area was created a National Monument and named in honor of
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier. It has been known as such ever since.
But to the “old timers” it is still the “Rito” or “El Rito de Los
Frijoles.” They remember the times they either walked or came on
horseback from the north rim into the boundary valley—the valley between
ancient Keres and Tewa lands—into a Hidden Valley clustered with the
works of primitive Indians, the ruins alone being capable of revealing
the incidents of a buried and hidden past. Their heads are gray now and
they remember with the semblance of tears in their eyes.
From 1916 until 1932, the entire area was under the administration of
the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture. At
this time it was transferred to the National Park Service, Department of
the Interior. Thousands of visitors go to Bandelier every year chiefly
just to look at this magnificent Valley of the Frijoles. A new modern
highway replaces the old trail from the north cliff. The visitor now
drives down to the valley floor to spend an hour or so on a tour
conducted by the National Park Service, to hear the story of how Indians
lived in the cliff homes and in pueblos long before Columbus discovered
America. They wonder about cliff dwellers while ravens soar above the
valley floor and caw just as they did four hundred years ago. They see
the visible remains of the great kiva on the Canyon floor and stroll on
to Puwige, the big community house. They view over two hundred excavated
rooms, four hundred years old. They see the narrow passage through the
east side and the remains of obstructions used to slow down the
attackers of old. And then they climb to the base of the weathered and
sun-drenched cliffs where many an Indian woman swept rubbish from her
kitchen out on to the steep slope and ground many an ear of corn on
crude metate. Visitors climb into caves, the floors covered with dust
and ceilings still blackened with smoke. They push the hands of the
clock back to the Stone Age, while the Keres to the south go on living
on the banks of the muddy Rio Grande, apparently forgetting that there
ever was a Tyuonyi, war or trouble; and while the Tewas to the north,
having settled themselves, seem to have forgotten their ancestral
home—the “Frijoles,” the National Park Service strives to protect,
preserve, and make the ruins in Hidden Valley live again.
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GLOSSARY
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.
K
katsina (cot-sée-nah). Supernatural being.
Keres (care-es). Language spoken by the people at Cochiti, Santo
Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana and Sia; there are also the
western Keres villages of Acoma and (historic) Laguna not
included here.
kiva (key-vah). Ceremonial chamber; men’s club house.
Kotyiti (cóat-yi-tee). Of obscure etymology; Old Cochiti; Hanat
Cochiti; Potrero Viejo.
L
La Bajada (lah bah-háh-tha). “The steep slope”; a hill between
Albuquerque and Santa Fe was given this name.
La Cueva Pintada (lah cuáy-vah peen-táh-tha). “The Painted Cave”;
located southwest of Tyuonyi in Capulin Canyon.
Los Confiados (los cone-feeáh-thos). “The Trusting Souls” (people); a
mythical town near Cochiti named by the Spanish in 1583.
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.”
S
Sandia (san-déea). “Watermelon”; also a modern Tiwa-speaking Indian
pueblo twelve miles north of Albuquerque occupied since
prehistoric times.
Sangre de Cristo (sán-gray day crées-to). “Blood of Christ”; refers to
a mountain range rising to great heights.
San Felipe (san fay-leé-pay). “Saint Phillip”; modern pueblo of the
Keres group occupied since prehistoric times.
San Gabriel (san gah-breeáyl). First capital of New Mexico; in the
vicinity of San Juan Pueblo.
San Ildefonso (san ill-day-fáhn-so). Modern Indian village speaking
the Tewa language; twenty miles northwest of Santa Fe on the
banks of the Rio Grande.
San Juan (san hwán). Modern Indian village speaking the Tewa language;
about thirty miles northwest of Santa Fe. Not to be mistaken
for the San Juan area in northwestern New Mexico.
Sankawi (sáng-ka-wee). “Gap of the sharp round cactus”; “place of the
round cactus”; prehistoric pueblo northeast of Tyuonyi.
Santa Ana (sán-tah ana). Modern Indian village speaking the Keres
language.
Santo Domingo (sánto do-míng-go). Modern Indian village speaking the
Keres language.
Shipapolima (she-pa-po-lee-ma). Place where the Zuñi people entered
this world; spiritual entrance to the underworld.
Sia (see-a). Modern Indian village speaking the Keres language;
occupied since prehistoric times.
Sipapu (see-pa-poo). Spiritual entrance to the underworld of certain
Pueblo Indians; an opening is generally found in the kiva
floor and is called Sipapu; similar to Shipapolima.
T
talus (tay-lus). A slope formed at the base of a cliff by material
falling from above.
Tanos (táh-nos). Applied to various groups of people who inhabited the
country east of the Rio Grande south of the San
Ildefonso-Tesuque Tewa region.
Tewa (tay-wa). Language spoken by certain Pueblo Indians; they are:
San Ildefonso, Nambe, Tesuque, Santa Clara and San Juan.
tewatu (tay-wa-too). “Tewa beans”; pinto beans.
Tiguex (tee-wesh). Province of prehistoric Indian villages on the
banks of the Rio Grande between Bernalillo and Albuquerque, a
distance of about seventeen miles.
Tiwa (tee-wa). Language spoken by certain groups of Indians; Taos,
Picuris, Sandia and Isleta.
Towa (toe-wa). Language spoken by Jemez Indians and by those of Pecos
before its abandonment in 1837.
Tshirege (ser-i-gay). “House of the Bird People”; prehistoric pueblo
northeast of Tyuonyi.
Tyuonyi (q’own-yee). A word having a signification akin to that of
treaty or contract; Frijoles Canyon, Hidden Valley.
V
viejo (veeáy-ho). “Old”; old man.
viga (vee-gah). “Roof beam.”
Y
Yapashi (yap-a-she). “Sacred Enclosure”; name of pueblo ruin south of
Tyuonyi.
yucca (yuc-cuh). Plant with long spiked leaves; commonly known as
Spanish bayonet.
Yuqueyunque (you-gay-o-wíng-gay). Of obscure etymology; “down at the
mocking bird place”; province visited by the Spanish in 1540.
Z
Zuñi (zoo-nee). Indian Pueblo of western New Mexico; only survivor of
the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Zuñian (zoo-nee-un). Linguistic stock of Zuñi Indians.
INDEX
A
Abbot, Judge A. J., 80
Acoma, 67
Agriculture, 55, 74
Alameda, 67
Albuquerque, 6
Archaeological Institute of America, 79
Articrafts, 72, 73
Awanyu, 38
B
Bandelier, Adolph F., 1, 79, 80, 81
Bandelier National Monument, 17
created, 81
Beans in Ceremonial Cave, 59
Bernalillo, 6
Bigotes, 6
Biscuit ware, 61, 62
Black Mesa, 69
Blood floors, 39
Bowls, 61
Buckman, settlement of, 1
the man, 1
C
Cable-way, 5
Cachiti, 9
Cacique, 47, 52
Canada de Cochiti, 10, 12, 69
Canyon del Alamo, 14
Capulin Canyon, 12, 13
Ceremonial Cave, 39
loom in, 40
Chaco Canyon, 19, 25
Chamuscado, Captain Francisco Sanchez, 8, 9
Chapman, Kenneth, 1
Christianity, 6
Cochiti Pueblo, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 67, 70
people, 13, 69, 77, 79
origin, 31
Community apartment houses, 34, 40, 53
Corn, 56
uses, 57, 58
trading, 58
Coronado, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 42
Cotton, 59
Cuapa, 31
D
Drought, 18, 60, 63, 71
1276-1299, 19
Dwarfs, 12, 30
E
Espejo, Antonio de, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 65
F
Frey, Mrs. Evelyn C., 4
Frijoles Canyon Lodge, 80
G
Glaze pottery, 28, 61, 62
Gourds, 59
Great Period, 42, 47, 48, 51, 53
H
Haatze, 29, 30
Hanat Cochiti, 69
Hemes, Province of, 10
Hewett, Edgar L., 1
I
Isleta Pueblo, 67
J
Jemez River, 9
mountain range, 10, 11
Pueblo, 67
K
Keres, 26, 27, 29, 30, 36, 44, 45
language, 7, 9, 10, 25
lead Spanish, 11, 14, 15
legends, 12, 25, 30, 31, 32
ancient territory, 13, 22
make treaty, 16
lands as a Monument, 17
pottery, 61
Kidder, A. V., 1
King Charles, 6
King of Spain, 66
Kivas, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53
in cliffs, 47
entrances, 48, 51
legends, 49
ventilators, 51
pits, 51
plastering, 52
sipapu, 52
visitors see, 81
Kotyiti, 69
L
La Baja Hill, 1
Mesa, 1, 3
La Cueva Pintada, 13
Ladders, 34, 35, 43, 46
Little Colorado River District, 27, 61
Little Strong People, 12, 15, 16, 30, 31, 32, 43, 45, 48
Long House, 38, 41, 42, 53
Los Confiados, 9, 10
Spanish visit, 11, 12
Lummis, Charles F., 80
M
Manes, 58
Mera, H. P., 1
Mesa Verde, 19, 25, 40
Metates, 58
Morley, Sylvanus, G., 1
Moslem Invasion of Spain, 18
N
National Park Service, 81, 82
Navaho, 12, 44, 68, 72, 77
Navawi, 29, 54
New Mexico, colonization of, 76
Nisa, Marcos de, 6
Nusbaum, Jesse, 1
O
Old Man Pankey’s Pasture, 3
Ollas, 33, 56, 61
Old trail, 2, 3, 4, 5, 81
Oñate Don Juan de, 66
removed, 67
Otermin, 68
P
Pajarito Plateau, 8, 10, 11, 16, 22, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 41, 54,
71
Keres driven out, 12
first occupation, 20, 21
pueblo architecture, 29
abandonment, 66
Palace of the Governors, 68
Pecos, 6
Perage, 66
Peralta, Don Pedro de, 67
Pictographs, 38
Plants, 59, 60, 72
Pleistocene Period, 11
Pliocene Period, 11
Plumed serpent, 38
Potrero Viejo, 31
Potsui’i, 29, 54
Pottery, 33, 56, 60, 61
trading, 62
Powhoge, 66
Pre-Cambrian Rocks, 34
Pueblo of the Stone Lions, 13, 30
Pueblo Rebellion, 27, 68
Puwige, the big community house, 3, 41, 42, 44, 47, 53
shape, 43
halfway, 43, 62
fortified, 45, 46
kivas, 46
plaza, 57
Bandelier’s cave, 79
stones for ranch house, 80
visitors, 81
Pygmies, 15
Q
Quirex, Province of, 7
R
Ramadas, 37
Ramon Vigil Grant, 76
Ring Dance, 77
Rio Chama, 8
as a boundary, 11
Rio Grande, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 22, 25, 31, 32, 34
description, 7
as a boundary, 11
White Rock Canyon, 12
first occupation, 18, 19
trade, 27
as a hunting ground, 55
expedition in 1598, 66
churches, 67
Spanish leave, 68
expedition in 1693, 68
Rito de Los Frijoles, 22, 32, 51, 75, 77, 81
derivation of name, 76
Roman Catholic Missionaries, 67
S
Sandia Pueblo, 31
San Felipe Pueblo, 7, 9, 31, 67
San Gabriel, 67
Sangre de Cristo Mountains, 20
San Ildefonso, 43, 66, 67, 70
legends, 70
San Juan area, 18
San Juan Pueblo, 7, 8, 38, 45, 67
Sankawi, 29, 54
Santa Ana Pueblo, 7, 9
Santa Fe, 4, 20
capital moved, 67
Santo Domingo Pueblo, 7, 9, 31, 79
origin, 31
Seven Cities of Cibola, 6
Shipapolima, 13
Sia Pueblo, 7, 9
Sipapu, 38, 52, 74
Social and ceremonial organization, 47
Stone Age, 82
Stone Lions Shrine, 13, 31, 77
T
Tanos, 31
Ten Elder Ranch, 3, 80
Tewa, 7, 16, 25, 26, 27, 30, 36, 38, 43, 45, 68
dwarfs, 12
lands as a Monument, 7
villages, to north, 29, 32, 62, 63
penetrate Frijoles, 32, 33
contact Spanish, 39
villages during Rebellion, 69
War Gods, 69
men trudge south, 77
Threshing floor, 77
Tiguex, Province of, 6, 7, 9, 10, 42
Spanish return, 7, 45
winter of Spanish expedition, 8
Tiwa, 25, 31
Tobacco, discovery of, 73
Towa, 10, 25
Tshirege, 29, 54
Turkey pens, 40
feathers, 60, 72, 73
Tyuonyi, 14, 15, 23, 26, 34, 35, 37, 40, 44, 45, 48, 51, 53, 74,
76
as a boundary, 16, 81
meaning, 25
trade, 27
earliest home, 28, 30, 32
caves, 36
community apartment houses, 41
secret chambers, 46, 58
population, 54
farmers, 55
game, 55
weapons, 55
abandonment, 64
reoccupation, 72
final abandonment, 74
V
Vargas, Don Diego de, 68
W
War with France, 76
Water Canyon, 2, 77
White Rock Canyon, 11
Woolen cloth, 72
Y
Yapashi, 13, 29
Yunqueyunque, Province of, 67
Z
Zuñi, 6, 9, 13,
Indians pass through Tyuonyi, 77
Zuñian, 25
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[Illustration: Ground Plan of Frijoles Canyon. Ruins Area]
[Illustration: Ground Plan of Frijoles Canyon. Ruins Area (_left_)]
[Illustration: Ground Plan of Frijoles Canyon. Ruins Area
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[Illustration: Ground Plan of Frijoles Canyon. Ruins Area (_right_)]
[Illustration: Northern Wall of Frijoles Canyon]
[Illustration: Northern Wall of Frijoles Canyon (_left_)]
[Illustration: Northern Wall of Frijoles Canyon (_center_)]
[Illustration: Northern Wall of Frijoles Canyon (_right_)]
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