Water Resource
Property Types
abajo
- downstream
agua
de – headwater
aguage
- water hole
arroyo
- wide intermittent drainage with inset bed – suitable for pack trail
“Arroyo de los Hayatas” – Mohave River
boca
del - mouth of
cienega
- marsh
hedionda
- stinking [sulpherous]
“Canon de agua hedionda” – Pah Tempe
Springs
laguna
- lagoon, pond
ojito
- spring source, seep usually in lateral or side slope
rio
- river
rito
- stream, small river
“Rito del canon de la ceja”; stream in
the canyon of the ridge; Paria River
salado
- salty
“Arroyo salado”
salitroso
- very salty
“Rio salitroso” - Salt Creek
vado
- ford, crossing
“Vado de los Padres”
Topography Property
Types
artenesales
de piedra - Crafted stone [ Comb
Ridge]
artenejal
- sculpted, crafted, worked
“Artenejal de la ceja Colorado” –
Cockscomb
bajada
- descent
canada
- gentle sloped narrow drainage pack trail w/ easily ascended
laterals
canon
- Steep walled gorge – difficult or impossible to ascend laterals
canoncito
- short steep walled canyon with periodic ascents and descents
“Canoncito del arroyo de Chelli” – steep, short canyon with
drainage suitable for packtrail
ceja
- ridge, brow
fragoso
- rough, craggy trail
laguna
sin agua - dry lake, playa
llano
- plain
“Llano del Coyote” – Pipe Valley
mesa
- tableland
milpitas
- little corn fields
montuosa
- wooded mountain slopes
“La ceja montuosa” – Buckskin Ridge
picacho
- pinnacle, peak
Pueblo
Colorado - red house rock [red top?]
puerto
- opening, pass through, saddle
punta
- point, headland
sierra
- mountain, mountain range
subido
- ascent
Substrate Property
Types
caloso
- limey, caliche
“Canon Caloso” – un-named west of Canaan
Gap
malpais
- bad country, lava field
Travel Property Types
camino
– road
cruzamos
– (we) crossed, crossing
huella
- track
jornada
- day’s trip
“Jornada sin agua” – Day’s trip without
water
parage/paraje- camp site, camp ground
“Parage de San Jose”
pueblos
- small towns
“Pueblos de Cucha Payuches y Hayatas” – perm. Settlement of
Chemehuevi and Mohave
rancheria
- settlement with impermanent structures
“Rancheria de Navajoes”-
“Rancheria de Payuches”-
“Rancheria de indios con zarcillos en las
narices”-
rancho
- farm settlement
“Rancho San Bernardino” – mission farm
vieja
- witches cap rock formation
“Agua de la vieja” – headwater at the witches cap – Moccasin
Springs or Pipe Springs