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A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Babasaqui. A ruined village, probably of the Papago, 3
m. above Imuris, between Cocospera and Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico.
Babiacora. A pueblo of the Teguima Opata and the seat
of a Spanish mission established in 1639; situated on the Kio Sonora, Sonora,
Mexico, 110 m. s. of the Arizona boundary; pop. 445 in 1678, 294 in 1730.
Babispe (from babipa, the point where the river takes a
new course. Hardy). An Opata pueblo and the seat of a Spanish mission
founded in 1645; situated on an E. branch of Rio de Babispe, in N. E. Sonora,
Mexico, near the Chihuahua boundary. Pop. 402 in 1678, 566 in 1730. The town was
destroyed by an earthquake in May, 1887. (F. W. H)
Baborigame. A former Tepehuane pueblo, situated in a
plain lo m. in diameter, in lat. 26º 40′
, long. 107º, s. w. Chihuahua, Mexico. The
settlement is now Mexicanized, but it is surrounded by Tepehuane rancherias.
Babuyagui. A pueblo founded in 1670 by Father Alvaro
Flores de la Sierra with some converted Varohio of Yecarome; situated on or near
the headwaters of the upper Rio Fuerte, in N. Sinaloa, Mexico. It was given a
resident priest in 1673, but on the death of Sierra in that year it soon became
a mere visita of the mission of Taro (Tara), whence many of the converts removed
3 years later. Bancroft, No. Mex. States, 247, 1886.
Baca (abbr. of bacapa, reed grass. Buelna). A Mayo
settlement near the E. bank of Rio del Fuerte, about lat. 26º
50′, in the northernmost corner of Sinaloa,
Mexico.
Bacaburiachic. A Tarahumare settlement of Chihuahua,
Mexico; definite locality unknown. Orozco y Berra, Geog., 323, 1864.
Bacadegúachi. A
Coguinachi Opata pueblo and the seat of a Spanish mission founded in 1645;
situated on the Rio de Batepito, or Babispe, in E. Sonora, Mexico; pop. 370 in
1678, 272 in 1730. In 1884, when visited by Bandelier, it contained about 500
Mexicans and Mexicanized Indians, but the town was much neglected and
dilapidated on account of Apache depredations.
Bacanora. A pueblo of the Eudeve division of the Opata
and the seat of a Spanish mission founded in 1627; situated in E. Sonora,
Mexico, on Rio Batepito, lat. 29 1CK, long. 109. Pop. 253 in 1678, 116 in 1730.
Bacanuchi. A rancheria, apparently of the Opata, on the
E. hank of the Rio Sonora, Sonora, Mexico, in lat. 30º
40′. It was visited by Father Kino in Oct.,
1706, and was the seat of a mission with 266 inhabitants in 1777 (Doc. Hist.
Mex., 4th s., i, app., 1856). Distinct from Bacuachi.
Bacapa (said by Buelna to signify reed grass (carrizo),
but the term bac, or vac, in Pima signifies house, ruined house ).
A Papago rancheria in x. w. Sonora, Mexico, located slightly s. E. of Carrizal
on the map of Father Kino (1701) , by whom it was visited in 1700, and by Anza
and Font in 1776. Not to be confounded with Matape in any of its various forms,
but identical with the later Quitobac in lat. 31º
40′, long. 112º
45′. (F. W. H.)
Bacoburito. A rancheria, apparently occupied by one of
the Cahita tribes of the Piman family, situated on the Rio Petatlan, or Rio
Sinaloa, in lat. 26º, N. w. Sinaloa, Mexico.
Christianized early in 17th century, the natives rebelled about 1604 and burned
their church, but the up rising was soon quelled by Gov. Hurtaide who put the
leading rebels to death and compelled the others to rebuild the edifice.
Bancroft, No. Mex. States, i, 213, 1886.
Bacuachi. A former pueblo of the Teguima Opata and the
seat of a Spanish mission founded in 1650; situated on the head waters of the
Rio Sonora, in Sonora, Mexico, below latitude 31º.
It still existed as a mission in 1777 (Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s., i, app., 1856).
Pop. 195 in 1678, and 51 in 1730, but Bartlett (Personal Narr., i, 278, 1854)
found it almost depopulated in 1851.
Bacuancos. A
Pima rancheria visited by Father Kino about 1697; situated 7 leagues s. of
the mission of Guevavi in Pimeria Alta, N. w. Sonora, Mexico. Probably the later
Buenavista.
Bacum. A Yaqui settlement on the s. bank of the lower
Rio Yaqui, s. w. Sonora, Mexico, with an estimated population of 4,000 in 1849.
Badeuachi. A former Opata village, now in ruins, a
short distance w. of Rio Sonora, about lat. 30, near Huepaca and Aconchi, N.
central Sonora, Mexico. Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Papers, in, 71, 1890.
Baipia. A former settlement of either the Soba or the
Papago proper, situated slightly N. w. of Caborca, probably on the Rio Altar, N.
w. Sonora, Mexico.
Bamoa According to Orozco y Berra, a pueblo "founded by
the
Pima who came with Cabeza de Vaca and his companions on that famous
expedition which gave rise to the story of the Queen of Quivira and the Seven
Cities. Settled on the shore of the river [Sinaloa], they received in after
times a goodly number of their compatriots who, drawn by the fame of the
missionaries before the latter reached their country, placed themselves in the
way of receiving Christianity. They speak the Pima and generally the Mexican,
being also well accustomed to the Castilian tongue."
Banamichi. A pueblo of the Teguima Opata and the seat
of a Spanish mission in 1639; situated below Arizpe, on the Rio Sonora, Sonora,
Mexico; pop. 338 in 1678, 127 in 1730. Not to be con founded with Remedios, q.
v.
Baqueachic (bāká
'bamboo reed', chik 'place of'. Lumholtz). A Tarahumare settlement
on or near the Rio Conchos, lat. 27º 40′,
long. 106º 50′,
Chihuahua, Mexico.
Baquiarichic. A Tarahumare settlement on or near a
branch of the s. tributary of the Rio Conchos, lat. 26º
55′, long. 106º
30′, Chihuahua, Mexico. Orozco y Berra,
Geog., 322, 1864.
Baquigopa (baqui-go 'cane'; Buelna says the name
means 'plain of the canes'). A former Opata village on the upper Yaqui, locally
known as the Rio Babispe, E. of Guachinera, N. E. Sonora, Mexico. Its
abandonment was the result of attacks by Indians of w. Chihuahua, the
inhabitants finally settling at Guachinera. See Batesopa.
(F. W. H.)
Basaseachic. A Tarahumare settlement of Chihuahua,
Mexico; definite locality unknown. Orozco y Berra, Geog., 323, 1864.
Baserac ('place where the water is seen', because up to
this point the river is so deep among the mountains that in most places it is
invisible. Rudo Ensayo). An Opata pueblo, and the seat of a Spanish mission
founded in 1645, on an E. branch of Rio de Batepito, a tributary of the Yaqui,
in N. E. Sonora, Mexico. Population 399 in 1678, 839 in 1730. There are many
descendants of the Opata in the modern town, but only a few of them speak their
native tongue. ( F. W. H.)
Basigochic (sand bank, flat). A Tarahumare rancheria
near Achyarachki, Chihuahua, Mexico. Cubas, Mexico, 74, 1876.
Basiroa. A Nevome division, doubtless in s. central Sonora, Mexico; definite
locality unknown. The name is probably that of their settlement. Orozco y
Berra, Geog., 58, 1864.
Basonopa. A Tepehuane pueblo in the Sierra Madre, on
the head waters of the Rio del Fuerte, s. w. Chihuahua, Mexico. Orozco y
Berra, Geog., 324, 1864.
Basotutcan. Apparently a former rancheria of the Papago,
visited by Kino in 1701; situated on the Rio Salado, 28 in. below Sonoita, N. w.
Sonora, Mexico.
Batacosa. A Mayo settlement on a small independent
stream w. of the Rio de los Cedros, an arm of the Rio Mayo, s. w. Sonora,
Mexico.
Batepito ('where the water turns' (Rudo Ensayo),
doubtless in allusion to the bend of the river). An Opata pueblo in N. w.
Sonora, Mexico, about lat. 31, on the upper waters of the Rio Babispe, a
tributary of the Rio Yaqui.
Batequi ( a well. Buelna). Apparently a rancheria of the
Soba or the Papago proper; placed E. of the Rio Altar in N. W. Sonora, Mexico,
on early Spanish maps, as that of Kino (1701) in Bancroft, No. Mex. States, i,
499, 1884. Not to be con founded with the Tadeo Baqui of the Maricopa, which
bears also a similar name. (F. W. H. )
Batesopa. A former Opata village on
the Rio Babispe, E. of Guachinera, in N. E. Sonora, Mexico. Repeatedly attacked
by Indians from Chihuahua, it was abandoned, its inhabitants finally settling at
Guachinera. Bandelier in Arch. Inst. Pap., in, 59, 1890; iv, 519, 1892.
Batucari (batuhue river, cari house:
houses in the river; or batui dove, and cari: dove houses.
Buelna). A sub division of the Cahita, speaking the Vacoregue dialect and
formerly subsisting by hunting in the vicinity of a large lagoon 3 leagues from
A home, N. Sinaloa, Mexico. They afterward united with the Ahome people under
the Jesuit missionaries and abandoned their wandering life. Orozco y Berra,
Geog., 58, 322, 1864.
Batuco (shallow water. Och). A former pueblo of the
Eudeve division of the Opata, on the Rio Oposura, a w. branch of the Rio Yaqui,
a league N. of Santa Marfa Batuco, about lat. 29º
30′, Sonora, Mexico. It became the seat of
the Jesuit mission of San Javier about 1629. Pop. 480 in 1678, 188 in 1730.
Batuco. A former pueblo of the Opata on the Rio Oposura, a
w. tributary of the Yaqui, 8 leagues E. of San Jose Matape, in Sonora, Mexico.
It was apparently the Batuco that was visited by Coronado's army in 1540-42, and
was the seat of the Jesuit mission of Santa Maria founded in 1629. Population
428 in 1678, 212 in 1730.
Bawiranachiki (red water place) . A Tarahumare
rancheria in Chihuahua, Mexico. Lumholtz, inf'n. 1894.
Belen. A settlement of the Yaqui, including some
members of the Seri and Guayma tribes, on the N. bank of Yaqui r., about 20 in.
above its mouth, in s. Sonora, Mexico. It was the seat of an important mission
founded about 1678, and in 1849 its population was estimated at 3,000.
Biara. A subdivision or settlement of the Tehueco,
formerly on the lower Rio Fuerte or the Fuerte-Mayo divide, N. w. Sinaloa,
Mexico. Orozco y Berra, Geog., 58, 1864.
Bibiana. A former rancheria, probably of the Papago, in
N. w. Sonora, Mexico, between Busanic and Sonoita, near (or possibly identical
with) Anamic. It was visited by Kino in 1702.
Bicam. A Yaqui settlement on the s. bank of the lower
Rio Yaqui, s. w. Sonora, Mexico, with an estimated population of 9,000 in 1849.
Bichechic. A Tarahumare settlement on the headwaters of
the Rio Conchos, lat, 28º 10′,
long. 107º 10′,
Chihuahua, Mexico. Orozco y Berra, Geog., 323, 1864.
Bisani. A Pima settlement 8 leagues s. w. of Caborca,
in the present Sonora, Mexico, of which it was a visita in Spanish colonial
times. Pop. 178 in 1730.
Borego (sheep). An ancient settlement of the Tepecano, now in ruins, situated
on the E. bank of the Rio de Bolaños,
approachable from Monte Escobedo, in Jalisco, Mexico. There is a native
tradition that its people warred against those of Azqueltan after the first
coming of the Spaniards. Hrdlicka in Am. Anthrop., v. 409, 1903.
Buena Vista. A
pueblo of the Nevome on the Rio Yaqui, about
lat, 28º,
in Sonora, Mexico. Orozco y Berra, Geog.,
351, 1864.
Buquibava. A former
Pima rancheria of Sonora, Mexico,
visited by Kino about 1697-99; situated on
San Ignacio r., below San Ignacio (of which
mission it was subsequently a visita), at
the site of the present town of Magdalena.
Pop. 63 in 1730, probably including some
Tepoca. (F. W. H.)
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