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Sobaipuri Indian Tribe
Sobaipuri. Significance
unknown. Also called: Rsársavinâ,
Pima name, signifying "spotted."
Connections. The
Sobaipuri were intimately connected with, if not a part of, the Papago, of
the Piman division of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic stock.
Location. In the main and
tributary valleys of the San Pedro and Santa Cruz Rivers, between the
mouth of the San Pedro River and the ruins of Casa Grande, and possibly
eastward of this area in southern Arizona.
Villages
Alamos, on Rio Santa Cruz, southern Arizona.
Aribaiba, on the San Pedro River, not far from its junction with the
Gila.
Babisi, probably Sobaipuri, at the southern boundary near Suamca.
Baicadeat, on the San Pedro River, Ariz.
Busse, probably Sobaipuri, apparently on Arivaipa Creek, a tributary
of the San
Pedro, east of old Camp Grant, Ariz.
Camani, probably Sobaipuri, on the Gila River, not far from Casa
Grande, Ariz.
Causac, on the San Pedro.
Comarsuta, on the San Pedro, between its mouth and its junction with
Arivaipa
Creek.
Esqugbaag, probably Sobaipuri, on or near the San Pedro, near the
Arizona-
Sonora boundary.
Guevavi, on the west bank of the Santa Cruz, below Tubac, at or near
the present
Nogales.
Jiaspi, on the western bank of San Pedro, probably near the present
Prospect, Ariz.
Juamalturgo, or Pima, in Arizona south of the ruins of Casa Grande.
Muiva, on the San Pedro, probably near the mouth of Arivaipa Creek.
Ojio, on the eastern bank of the San Pedro River, near its junction
with the Gila
River and not far from the present Dudleyville, Ariz.
Optuabo, probably Sobaipuri, near the present Arizona-Sonora
boundary and
probably in Arizona.
Quiburi, on the western bank of the San Pedro, perhaps not far from
the present
Benson, Ariz.
Quiquiborica, on the Santa Cruz, 6 leagues south of Guevavi, near
the Arizona-Sonora boundary.
Reyes, probably Sobaipuri, on the Santa Cruz, in the present
southern Arizona. San Angelo, near the western bank of the Santa
Cruz, below its mouth, in southern Arizona.
San Clemente, probably Sobaipuri, on the western bank of the Santa
Cruz, north of the present Tucson, Ariz.
San Felipe, at the junction of the Santa Cruz and Gila Rivers.
San Salvador, on the San Pedro River, above Quiburi, southern
Arizona.
San Xavier del Bac, on Santa Cruz, 9 miles south of Tucson in the
northeast corner of what is now the Papago Reservation.
Santa Eulalia, probably Sobaipuri, slightly northwest of Busanic,
just south of the Arizona-Sonora boundary line.
Sonoita, on the Santa Cruz, north of the present Nogales and 7
leagues east north-east of Guevavi.
Suamca, on the headwatersof the Santa Cruz, in the vicinity of
Terrenate, Sonora, Mexico, just below the Arizona-Sonora boundary
line.
Tubo, probably Sobaipuri, apparently on Arivaipa Creek, a tributary
of the San Pedro River, east of old Camp Grant, Ariz.
Tumacacori, probably Sobaipuri, on the Santa Cruz, south of Tubac
and 8 leagues north northwest of Guevavi.
Turisai, probably Sobaipuri, probably on or near the Santa Cruz
River, southern Arizona.
Tusonimon, about 4 leagues west of Casa Grande, near the Gila River.
Tutoida, on the San Pedro, probably between Arivaipa Creek and the
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History. The Sobaipuri
were visited by Kino, 1694-1702, and missions were established among them,
but at a later period the tribe was broken up by the Apache and seems to
have sought refuge among the Papago, with whom it became merged.
Population. Mooney (1928)
estimates that there were 600 Sobaipuri in 1680. They are now extinct as
an independent tribe.
Arizona Indians
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, John R. Swanton, 1953
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and
then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect
some errors in the textual output.
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