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pueblo|puːˈɛbləʊ, ˈpwɛbləʊ|
Also with capital initial.
[Sp., = people, population, town, village:—L. popul-us people.]
1. A town or village in Spain or Spanish America; esp. a communal village or settlement of Indians. Also attrib.
In American Archæology applied to a communal or tribal dwelling of the aborigines of New Mexico, etc. Pueblo Indians, self-governing Indians, dwelling in pueblos, in New Mexico and Arizona.
1818Amer. St. Papers, Foreign (1834) IV. 307 There was in almost every valley a pueblo of peaceful and submissive Indians. 1844J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 132 About two thousand of the insurgent mob, including the Pueblo Indians, pitched their camp in the suburbs of the capital [sc. Santa Fé]. 1845W. H. G. Kingston Lusitanian Sk. II. xxvii. 233 Pueblos scattered about in every direction shewed that the land was still the habitation of man. Near each pueblo were numerous horses and colts feeding. 1875T. W. Higginson Hist. U.S. ii. 10 The Pueblo Indians, in New Mexico,..seem to have a civilization of their own. 1879H. George Progr. & Pov. vii. v. (1881) 346 Reduced to private ownership..as even the pueblo lands of San Francisco..were reduced. 1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 86 The Pueblos, or small walled towns that are scattered over this valley, are extremely picturesque. 1907Pueblo Indian [see Cree n. and a.]. 1923D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 193 Across the pueblo river That dark old demon and I Thus say a few words to each other. 1949Nat. Geogr. Mag. Dec. 783/2 Long-haired Pueblo Indians wrapped in cotton blankets exchange stare for stare with visiting easterners. 1957T. Veblen Theory of Leisure Class 6 Some Pueblo communities. 1976M. & G. Gordon Ordeal (1977) viii. 50 The Navajos were..quick to latch onto new ideas. From their next-door neighbours, the Pueblo people, they had borrowed sheep raising and weaving. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Advt. section) 21/7 This beautiful Territorial..features pueblo fireplace, exposed beams in family room.
2. Short for Pueblo Indian: see above.
1834A. Pike Prose Sk. & Poems 132 The Pueblos shall mount and prepare to pursue. 1844J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 268 Most of these Pueblos call themselves the descendants of Montezuma. 1850G. A. McCall Lett. fr. Frontiers (1868) 497 The Pueblos were admitted to the rights of citizenship by the Mexican government under Iturbide. 1891Chambers' Encycl. VIII. 482/1 The Pueblos..are making steady progress in civilisation and education. |