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Show POWELL.] KERBS AN FAMILY. 83 A careful search has been made with the hope of finding a few survivors of this family, but thus far not a single descendant of the tribe has been discovered and it is probable that not one is now living. KERESAN FAMILY. > Keres, Turner in Pac. R. R. Rep. , m, pt. 3,55,86- 90,1856 ( includes Kiwomi, Cochi> temi, Acoma). = Kera, Powell in Rocky Mt. Presbyterian, Nov., 1878 ( includes San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Cochiti, Santa Afla, Cia, Acoma, Laguna, Povate, Hasatch, Mogino). Gatschet in U. S. Geog. Surv. W. 100th M., vn, 417,1879. Gatschet in Mag. Am. Hist. 259,1882. = Keran, Powell in Am. Nat., 604, Aug., 1880 ( enumerates pueblos and gives linguistic literature). = Queres, Keane, App. Stanford's Comp. ( Cent, and So. Am.), 479,1878. = Chu- cha- cas, Lane in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 689,1855 ( includes Laguna, Acoma, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Cochite, Sille). = Chu- cha- chas, Keane, App. Stanford's Comp. ( Cent, and So. Am.), 479,1878 ( misprint; follows Lane). . = Ke8- whaw- hay, Lane in Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, v, 689,1855 ( same as Chu- cha- cas above). Keane, App. Stanford's Comp. ( Cent, and So. Am.), 479,1878 ( follows Lane). Derivation unknown. The name is pronounced with an explosive initial sound, and Ad. F. Bandelier spells it Qq'ueres, Qu6ra, Qudris. Under this name Turner, as above quoted, includes the vocabularies of Kiwomi, Cochitemi, and Acoma. The full list of pueblos of Keresan stock is given below. They are situated in New Mexico on the upper Rio Grande, on several of its small western affluents, and on the Jemez and San Jose, which also are tributaries of the Rio Grande. Acoma. Acomita. 1 Cochitf. Hasatch. Laguna. Paguate. V ILiLiAXXEtO. Pueblito. 1 Punyeestye. Punyekia. Pusityitcho. San Felipe. Santa Ana. Santo Domingo. Seemunah. Sia. Wapuchuseamm a. Ziamma. Population.- According to the census of 1890 the total population of the villages of the family is 3,560, distributed as follows: Acoma* 566 I San Felipe 554 Cochiti 268 Santo Domingo 670 Laguna3 1,143 Sia 106 Santa Ana 253 I 1 Summer pueblos only. * Includes Acomita and Pueblito. 3Includes Hasatch, Paguate, Punyeestye, Punyekia, Pusityitcho, Seemunah, Wapuchuseamma, and Ziamma. I |