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Show NOTES ON THE MOQUI PUEBLOS. 401 the Yabipais who had remained in the pueblo and who, as soon as I had set forth, did so themselves. Shepalave, Shepalawa, She- pa- la- wee, She- pau'- la- ve, Shepau-liva, Shepolavi, She- powl- a- we, She- pau- la- ve, Shi- pau- a- luv- i, Shi- pau- i- luv- i, Shi- pau'- la- vi, Shi- pav- i- luv- i, Shi- powl- ovi, Shu- par- la- vay, Shupowla, Shupowlewy, Suponolevy, Supowo-lewy, Xipaolabi. WESTERN MESA VILLAGE: ( 7) Oraibi ( =" place of the rock"). Population ( estimated) 900. Synonyms: Areibe, Craybe, Es-peleta, Rio Grande de Espeleta, Muca ( Garces), Musquins, Mus- - quint, Naybe, Naybi, Olalla, Orabi, Oraiba, Oraibe, Oraibi, ( 1630), Oraiby, Ovaiva, Oraivaz, Oraive, Oraivi, Orambe, Orawi, Oraybe ( 1748), Oraybi, Orayha, Orayve, Orayvee, Orayvi, Orayxa, Orehbe, Oreiba, O- rey- be, Oriabe, Oriba, Oribe, Oribi, Oriva, Orribies, Oryina, Osaybe, O- zai, Ozi, San Francisco de Oraibe, San Francisco de Oraybe, San Miguel Oraybi. All the villages mentioned by Garces, chiefly through information obtained from the Yavapai, are here accounted for with the exception of his " Moqui ( or Muqui) Concabe," which can be no other than the Oraibi summer or farming village of Moenkapi or Moencopi, on Moencopi wash, about 50 miles westward from Oraibi. The present settlement consists of two irregular rows of one- story houses, built on the site of a more ancient village. The Mormons, who established a mill here some years ago, in a fruitless attempt to corner the Navaho wool market, assert that the present Moencopi was built within their recollection, and they consequently lay claim to the site by virtue of prior occupancy; but the disciples of Joseph Smith were evidently unfamiliar with Garces' observations, half a century before Mormonism was dreamed of. The ruins referred toby Garces are doubtless those still traceable on the western edge of the mesa summit about a quarter of a mile north of the village. The name of Moencopi is said to signify " place of |