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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    PiL' luomis j!icknil)l)it, (loiiu^stic nil)l)it, dnincstic hare; witli or without wa'ii'i, Miko’, it is a])|)li(‘.(l to guinea |ii<'s. Kmhj. SijhilxuiuN nuMdUi pineivi (All(Wi). Kooky -Moiiiitaiii (’ottontail. Kccorded by Nelson' from many northern New Mexico localities, including C’ostillo Pass, Gallinas Mountains, demex Mountains, Hall’s Peak (southeast of Taos), San Antonio Mountains, Santa (,'lara Mountains, Taos Mountain, Tierra Amarilla, d'res Piedras, and Twining (near Taos). We saw'^ several, which were j)rohahly this species or the next, at and near El Rito de los Krijoh's, hut did not obtain specimens for identification. Kwqy. Sylvilagm auduhoni warreni Nelson. Colorado ('ottontail. Recorded by Nelson ^ from San Antonio Mountains, Tres Piedras, and other localities in northwestern New Mexico. The New Mexico cottontail (Sylvilagus auduhoni neornexicanus Nelson) a'ppears to range from the Pecos Valley eastward, hence it does not come within our area. So'y, Erethizon epixanthum Brandt. Aiellow-haired Porcupine. We saw no signs of porcupines about El Rito de los Frijoles. At the old Buckman sawmill, at the base of the mountains, we saw the skin of one which had been killed there. San Ildefonso Indians report its occurrence in the mountains and sometimes in the fields, and are famihar with its habit of gnawing the bark of trees. The smaller hairs are called p'o and the large spine-like hairs yw^', a word wliich is applied also to the thorns of plants. The Indians beheve that when angry the sopy has the power of shooting these ywse- like arrows. Pe', or pe-M {pe, Zapus princeps; ml, unexplained). ? Zapus princeps Allen. Rocky Mountain Jumping Mouse. Reported at Camp Burgwyn [Cantonment BurgAvin] and Santa Fe by Preble.^ Both whites and Indians describe a mousehke animal with long, kangaroo-hke Ihnd legs and short forelegs, at El de los Frijoles, but w^e did not succeed in catching any for identification, and can not feel sure from the description that it is a jumping mouse. One Indian reported that pe' is smaller than the deermouse, and pe-M considerably larger. They may represent some species of pocket mouse and a kangaroo rat. ^ 1 Nelson, E. W., op. cit., pp. 207-11. 3 The CMtoSiimt Burpwin specimen has been referred lo a distinct specii'S. Z«rt,.^ Mnn. In Proc. mol. Soc. WaMnglon, xxiv, p. 253, Dec. 23, 1911. Miller also reports Z. fufcM from Esiuilola, Taos County, and from Cloudcroft, Otero County. ru„„„ is < Preble, F.dward A., Kevision of the .lumping Mice of the Oenus Zapus, Vortli .4 mm Biol. Surv., a. S. Dept. Agr., pp. 22-23,1899.