92 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY (BULL, 44 
says ‘‘the Terrabas are tribally identical with the Tiribis.”” A tradi- 
tion, which seems well authenticated, says that in the sixteenth 
century, through the influence of the Franciscan friars, a portion of 
the Tirribi was persuaded to break away and pass over to the Pacific 
slope. (Sapper and Gabb.) 
Coto.—So far as known, no vocabulary of this dialect has been pre- 
served; in fact, it is not positively known that there was such a 
dialect. As there is positive evidence, however, that there was a 
tribe known by this name which cannot be identified with any of 
those mentioned, one is justified in using the name as that of a dis- 
tinct dialect or language. In the paper heretofore quoted (p. 83) 
Peralta says they occupied the upper valley of the Rio Terraba, for- 
merly known as Coto river. He thinks there can be no doubt that 
the Boruca are their descendants. 
This completes the list of the Talamancan dialects, none of which 
have been located on the map, but before passing to another group 
the following from Pittier’s ‘‘ Nombres Geograficos”’ is given in regard 
to the Bribri tribe, as throwing light on the tribal distinctions of 
the group. 
The tribe was divided into two groups—the Tubor-uak, and the 
Kork-uak, or Djbar-uak. Marriage between persons of the same 
group or division was forbidden. Children belonged to the mother’s 
clan. The clans or subdivisions of the groups were as follows: 
tubor-wak } suritz-uak deer clan 
dutz-uak bird clan 
bokir-uak 
dojk-uak 7 
sark-wak monkey clan 
dogdi-uak (river name) 
orori-uak falls of the Arari river clan 
kugdi-uak falls of the Uren river clan 
thiut-uak house-site clan 
duri-uak ° broken clan 
arau-uak ara, thunderclap; u, house 
urij-uak ant-eating bear. 
kork-uak djbar-uak 
diu-uak 
etc. (to 15 in number) 
Gabb (487) states that there is no authority for the use of the name 
Beceita, or Veceita, frequently applied as a tribal name, and that it 
is unknown to the Indians of Costa Rica. 
SIGUA 
(Synonyms: Xicagua, Chicagua, Chichagua, Segua, Shelaba (Gadd, 
487), Mexicanos (Fernandez, 1: 107) 
That there was a Mexican or Nahuatlan colony on the northern 
coast of Costa Rica in the neighborhood of Chiriqui lagoon has been 
1 Uak signifies ‘‘ pueblo” or ‘‘clan.’’ 
