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.
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 iindependent tribe.
The Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro River Valley, southeastern
Arizona, by Charles C. Di Peso. Collaborators: Arthur Woodward, Rex E.
and M. Virginia Gerald.
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