﻿BS 
  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  The 
  inland 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  exactly 
  defined, 
  

   although 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  morelhan 
  one 
  hundred 
  villages 
  with 
  their 
  sites, 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Henshaw 
  in 
  1884, 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  tribes 
  were 
  essen- 
  

   tially 
  maritime 
  and 
  were 
  closely 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  Population. 
  — 
  In 
  1884 
  Mr. 
  Henshaw 
  visited 
  the 
  several 
  counties 
  

   formerly 
  inhabited 
  by 
  the 
  populous 
  tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   covered 
  that 
  about 
  forty 
  men. 
  women, 
  and 
  children 
  survived. 
  The 
  

   adults 
  still 
  speak 
  their 
  old 
  language 
  when 
  conversing 
  with 
  each 
  

   other, 
  though 
  on 
  other 
  occasions 
  they 
  use 
  Spanish. 
  The 
  largest 
  

   settlement 
  is 
  at 
  San 
  Buenaventura, 
  where 
  perhaps 
  ".'0 
  individuals 
  

   live 
  near 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town. 
  

  

  COAHUILTECAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  = 
  Coahuilteco, 
  Orozco 
  y 
  Berra, 
  Geografia 
  de 
  las 
  Lenguas 
  de 
  Mexico, 
  map, 
  1864. 
  

   = 
  Tejano 
  6 
  Coahuilteco, 
  Pimentel, 
  Cuadro 
  Descriptive 
  y 
  Comparative 
  de 
  las 
  Lenguas 
  

  

  Indigenas 
  de 
  Mexico, 
  II, 
  409, 
  1865. 
  (A 
  preliminary 
  notice 
  with 
  example 
  from 
  

  

  the 
  language 
  derived 
  from 
  Gareia's 
  Manual. 
  1760.) 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Mexican 
  State 
  Coahuila. 
  

  

  This 
  family 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  included 
  numerous 
  tribes 
  in 
  south- 
  

   western 
  Texas 
  and 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  They 
  are 
  chiefly 
  known 
  through 
  the 
  

   record 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Father 
  Bartolome 
  Garcia 
  (Manual 
  para 
  adminis- 
  

   trar, 
  etc.), 
  published 
  in 
  1760. 
  In 
  the 
  preface 
  to 
  the 
  "Manual" 
  he 
  

   enumerates 
  the 
  tribes 
  and 
  sets 
  forth 
  some 
  phonetic 
  and 
  grammatic 
  

   differences 
  between 
  the 
  dialects. 
  

  

  On 
  page 
  63 
  of 
  his 
  Geografia 
  de 
  las 
  Lenguas 
  de 
  Mexict 
  >. 
  1 
  864, 
  Orozco 
  

   y 
  Berra 
  gives 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  languages 
  of 
  Mexico 
  and 
  includes 
  

   Coahuilteco, 
  indicating 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  Coahuila, 
  Nuevo 
  Leon, 
  

   and 
  Tamaulipas. 
  He 
  does 
  not, 
  however, 
  indicate 
  its 
  extension 
  into 
  

   Texas. 
  It 
  would 
  thus 
  seem 
  that 
  he 
  intended 
  the 
  name 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  

   designation 
  for 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  cognate 
  tribes. 
  

  

  Upon 
  his 
  colored 
  ethnographic 
  map, 
  also, 
  Orozco 
  y 
  Berra 
  desig- 
  

   nates 
  the 
  Mexican 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  formerly 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  

   tribes 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  Coahuilteco. 
  1 
  In 
  his 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  lan- 
  

   guage 
  and 
  tribes 
  are 
  extinct 
  this 
  author 
  was 
  mistaken, 
  as 
  a 
  few 
  

   Indians 
  still 
  survive 
  who 
  speak 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  dialects 
  of 
  this 
  family, 
  

   and 
  in 
  L886 
  Mr. 
  Gatschet 
  collected 
  vocabularies 
  of 
  two 
  tribes, 
  the 
  

   Comecrudo 
  and 
  Cotoname, 
  who 
  live 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande, 
  at 
  Las 
  

   Prietas. 
  State 
  of 
  Tamaulipas. 
  Of 
  the 
  Comecrudo 
  some 
  twenty-five 
  

   still 
  remain, 
  of 
  whom 
  seven 
  speak 
  the 
  language. 
  

  

  The 
  C')toname 
  are 
  practically 
  extinct, 
  although 
  Mr. 
  Gatschet 
  

   obtained 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  words 
  from 
  a 
  man 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   of 
  this 
  blood. 
  Besides 
  the 
  above, 
  Mr. 
  Gatschet 
  obtained 
  information 
  

   of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  two 
  women 
  of 
  the 
  Pinto 
  or 
  Pakawa 
  tribe 
  who 
  

   live 
  at 
  La 
  Volsa. 
  near 
  Reynosa, 
  Tamaulipas, 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande, 
  and 
  

   who 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  speak 
  their 
  own 
  language. 
  

  

  1 
  Geografia 
  de 
  las 
  Lenguas 
  de 
  Mexico, 
  map, 
  1864. 
  

  

  