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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South AmericaBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)

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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America

Name: The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America
Author: Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)

Indians; Indians -- Languages

_Bannacks_, in Montana and southern Idaho.
    _Cahuillos_, in southern California.
    _Chemehuevis_, branch of Pi-utes, on Cottonwood Island.
    _Comanches_, in northern Texas, on both banks of Rio Grande.
    _Kauvuyas_, southern California, near the Pacific.
    _Kechis_, in southern California, branch of Kauvuyas.
    _Kizh_, in southern California, branch of Kauvuyas.
    _Moquis_, in Moqui Pueblo, Arizona.
    _Netelas_, in southern California.
    _Pa-Vants_, south of Great Salt Lake.
    _Pi-utes_, in southern and central Nevada, Arizona, California,
        Utah.
    _Shoshonees_ or _Snakes_, in New Mexico and Colorado, Idaho and
        southern Oregon.
    _Utes_ or _Utahs_, in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, etc.
    _Wihinasht_, in Oregon, south of Columbia river.

_b. Sonoran Branch._

    _Acaxees_, (?) in the Sierra de Topia.
    _Cahitas_, south of Rio Yaqui.
    _Coras_, in the Sierra de Nayarit.
    _Eudeves_, a sub-tribe of Opatas.
    _Guaymas_, on Rio de Guaymas.
    _Mayos_, on R. Mayo, sub-tribe of Cahitas.
    _Nevomes_, see _Pimas_.
    _Opatas_, head-waters of Rio Yaqui.
    _Papayos_, or _Papagos_, sub-tribe of Pimas.
    _Pimas_, from Rio Yaqui to Rio Gila.
    _Sabaguis_, sub-tribe of Pimas.
    _Tarahumaras_, in the Sierra of Chihuahua.
    _Tehuecos_, on R. del Fuerte, dialect of Cahita.
    _Tecoripas_, speak dialect of Pima.
    _Tepehuanas_, in Durango.
    _Tubares_, in upper Sinaloa.
    _Yaquis_, on Rio Yaqui.

_c. Nahuatlecan Branch._

    _Alaguilacs_, on Rio Motagua in Guatemala.
    _Aztecs_, in the valley of Mexico.
    _Cuitlatecos_, south and west of Michoacan.
    _Mexicans_, see _Aztecs_.
    _Meztitlatecas_, in the Sierra of Meztitlan.
    _Nicaraos_, in Nicaragua between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific.
    _Niquirans_, see _Nicaraos_.
    _Pipiles_, on Pacific coast in Soconusco and Guatemala.
    _Seguas_, near Chiriqui Lagoon.
    _Tecos_, see _Cuitlatecos_.
    _Tezcucans_, in valley of Mexico.
    _Tlascalans_, in Tlascala, east of valley of Mexico.
    _Tlascaltecans_, in San Salvador.


2. THE OTOMIS.

According to Aztec tradition, the Otomis were the earliest owners of the
soil of Central Mexico. Their language was at the conquest one of the
most widely distributed of any in this portion of the continent. Its
central regions were the states of Queretaro and Guanajuato; from the
upper portion of the valley of Mexico it extended north to the Rio Verde,
on the west it adjoined the Tarascans of Michoacan, and on the east the
Huastecs of Panuco.

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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South AmericaBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)

History

The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)

Indians; Indians -- Languages

_Bannacks_, in Montana and southern Idaho.
    _Cahuillos_, in southern California.
    _Chemehuevis_, branch of Pi-utes, on Cottonwood Island.
    _Comanches_, in northern Texas, on both banks of Rio Grande.
    _Kauvuyas_, southern California, near the Pacific.
    _Kechis_, in southern California, branch of Kauvuyas.
    _Kizh_, in southern California, branch of Kauvuyas.
    _Moquis_, in Moqui Pueblo, Arizona.
    _Netelas_, in southern California.
    _Pa-Vants_, south of Great Salt Lake.
    _Pi-utes_, in southern and central Nevada, Arizona, California,
        Utah.
    _Shoshonees_ or _Snakes_, in New Mexico and Colorado, Idaho and
        southern Oregon.
    _Utes_ or _Utahs_, in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, etc.
    _Wihinasht_, in Oregon, south of Columbia river.

_b. Sonoran Branch._

    _Acaxees_, (?) in the Sierra de Topia.
    _Cahitas_, south of Rio Yaqui.
    _Coras_, in the Sierra de Nayarit.
    _Eudeves_, a sub-tribe of Opatas.
    _Guaymas_, on Rio de Guaymas.
    _Mayos_, on R. Mayo, sub-tribe of Cahitas.
    _Nevomes_, see _Pimas_.
    _Opatas_, head-waters of Rio Yaqui.
    _Papayos_, or _Papagos_, sub-tribe of Pimas.
    _Pimas_, from Rio Yaqui to Rio Gila.
    _Sabaguis_, sub-tribe of Pimas.
    _Tarahumaras_, in the Sierra of Chihuahua.
    _Tehuecos_, on R. del Fuerte, dialect of Cahita.
    _Tecoripas_, speak dialect of Pima.
    _Tepehuanas_, in Durango.
    _Tubares_, in upper Sinaloa.
    _Yaquis_, on Rio Yaqui.

_c. Nahuatlecan Branch._

    _Alaguilacs_, on Rio Motagua in Guatemala.
    _Aztecs_, in the valley of Mexico.
    _Cuitlatecos_, south and west of Michoacan.
    _Mexicans_, see _Aztecs_.
    _Meztitlatecas_, in the Sierra of Meztitlan.
    _Nicaraos_, in Nicaragua between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific.
    _Niquirans_, see _Nicaraos_.
    _Pipiles_, on Pacific coast in Soconusco and Guatemala.
    _Seguas_, near Chiriqui Lagoon.
    _Tecos_, see _Cuitlatecos_.
    _Tezcucans_, in valley of Mexico.
    _Tlascalans_, in Tlascala, east of valley of Mexico.
    _Tlascaltecans_, in San Salvador.


2. THE OTOMIS.

According to Aztec tradition, the Otomis were the earliest owners of the
soil of Central Mexico. Their language was at the conquest one of the
most widely distributed of any in this portion of the continent. Its
central regions were the states of Queretaro and Guanajuato; from the
upper portion of the valley of Mexico it extended north to the Rio Verde,
on the west it adjoined the Tarascans of Michoacan, and on the east the
Huastecs of Panuco.

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The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America

The American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America

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