Teypana

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Piro pueblo that was located close to present day Socorro, New Mexico. A reference from 1598 suggests the pueblo was on the west bank of the Rio Grande, below the pueblo of Pilabó (the site of modern Socorro). Found in a partly flawed list of Piro pueblos, the reference is somewhat problematic, however, especially as there is no more specific information on the pueblo's location. Teypana (alternate spelling “Teypama”) was the pueblo that the original settlement of Socorro was based upon. In 1598, Juan de Oñate and an advance party of his colonists were given food and water by the people of this pueblo. Therefore they renamed the area “Socorro” which means “help” or “aid” in Spanish. The village of Socorro was eventually moved from this area to the Piro pueblo of Pilabó. [1]

“Teypana” is thought to mean “village flower” in the Piro language. [2]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Marshal, Michael P. & Walt, Henry J., Rio Abajo: Prehistory and History of a Rio Grande Province (Santa Fe: New Mexico Historical Preservation Division, 1984), p 250.
  2. ^ Julyan, Robert, The Place Names of New Mexico: Revised Ed., (Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1998) p. 351.
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