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Awatobi ('high place of the bow,' referring to the Bow people). A former pueblo of the Hopi on a mesa about 9 miles south east of Walpi, north east Arizona. It was one of the original villages of the province of Tusayan of the early Spaniards, being visited by Tobar and Cardenas of Coronado's expedition in 1540, by Espejo in 1583, and by Oñate in 1598. It became the seat of the Franciscan mission of San Bernardino in 1629, under Father Porras, who was poisoned by the Hopi in 1633; but the endeavor to Christianize the Hopi at this and other pueblos was continued until 1680, when, in the Pueblo rebellion which began in August, the Awatobi missionary, Father Figueroa, was murdered. At this time the Awatobi people numbered 800. Henceforward no Spanish priests were established among the Hopi, although in 1700 Father Garaycoechea visited Awatobi, where he baptized 73 natives, but was unsuccessful it his attempt to reestablish missions among them. In November of the same year owing to the friendly feeling which the Awatobi are said to have had for the Spanish friars, their kindred, especially of Walpi and Mashongnovi, joined in an attack on Awatobi at night, setting fire to the pueblo, killing many of its inhabitants, including all the men, and carrying off women and children to the other pueblos, chiefly to Mashongnovi, Walp and Oraibi. Awatobi was never again inhabited. The walls of the old Spanish church are still partly standing.