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  INDIAN 
  LINGUISTIC 
  FAMILIES. 
  

  

  is 
  the 
  region 
  where 
  they 
  attained 
  their 
  highesl 
  physical 
  and 
  mental 
  

   development. 
  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  certain 
  small 
  areas 
  possessed 
  

   by 
  Shoshonean 
  tribes, 
  Indians 
  <<\' 
  Yuman 
  stuck 
  occupied 
  the 
  Colo- 
  

   rado 
  River 
  from 
  its 
  mouth 
  as 
  far 
  up 
  as 
  Cataract 
  Creek 
  where 
  dwell 
  

   ih" 
  Havasupai. 
  Upon 
  the 
  Gila 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  they 
  extended 
  as 
  

   far 
  east 
  as 
  the 
  Tonto 
  Basin. 
  From 
  this 
  center 
  they 
  extended 
  west 
  

   to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  throughout 
  the 
  peninsula 
  of 
  Lower 
  

   California. 
  The 
  mission 
  of 
  San 
  Luis 
  Rev 
  in 
  California 
  was. 
  when 
  

   established, 
  in 
  Yuman 
  territory, 
  and 
  marks 
  the 
  northern 
  limit 
  of 
  

   the 
  family. 
  More 
  recently 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  this 
  locality 
  is 
  

   in 
  possession 
  of 
  Shoshonean 
  tribes. 
  

  

  The 
  island 
  of 
  Angel 
  de 
  la 
  Guardia 
  and 
  Tiburon 
  Island 
  were 
  occu- 
  

   pied 
  by 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Yuman 
  family, 
  as 
  also 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  section 
  of, 
  

   Mexico 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  gulf 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Guaymas. 
  

  

  PRINCIPAL 
  TRIBES. 
  

  

  Cochimi. 
  Maricopa. 
  

  

  Cocopa. 
  Mohave. 
  

  

  Cuchan 
  or 
  Yuma 
  proper. 
  Seri. 
  

  

  Diegueno. 
  Waicuru. 
  

  

  Havasupai. 
  Walapai. 
  

  

  Population. 
  — 
  The 
  present 
  population 
  of 
  these 
  tribes, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  

   Indian 
  Affairs 
  Report 
  for 
  1889, 
  and 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Census 
  Bulletin 
  for 
  

   1890, 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Yuma 
  proper 
  there 
  are 
  997 
  in 
  California 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   Mission 
  Agency 
  and 
  291 
  at 
  the 
  San 
  Carlos 
  Agency 
  in 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  Mohave. 
  040 
  at 
  the 
  Colorado 
  River 
  Agency 
  in 
  Arizona 
  ; 
  791 
  under 
  

   the 
  San 
  Carlos 
  Agency 
  ; 
  400 
  in 
  Arizona 
  not 
  under 
  an 
  agency. 
  

  

  Havasupai, 
  214 
  in 
  Cosnino 
  Canon. 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  Walapai, 
  728 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  chiefly 
  along 
  the 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  Diegueiio, 
  555 
  under 
  the 
  Mission 
  Agency, 
  California. 
  

  

  Maricopa, 
  315 
  at 
  the 
  Pima 
  Agency, 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  The 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  Yuman 
  tribes 
  in 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Lower 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  is 
  unknown. 
  

  

  ZUNIAN 
  FAMILY. 
  

  

  = 
  Zufli. 
  Turner 
  in 
  Pac. 
  R. 
  R. 
  Rep., 
  in. 
  pt. 
  3, 
  55, 
  91-93, 
  1856 
  (finds 
  no 
  radical 
  affinity 
  

   between 
  Zufii 
  and 
  Keres). 
  Buschmaim, 
  Neu-Mexieo, 
  254, 
  266,276-278,280-296, 
  

   302, 
  1858 
  (vocabs. 
  and 
  general 
  references). 
  Keane, 
  App. 
  Stanford's 
  Com. 
  i< 
  !ent. 
  

   and 
  So. 
  Am. 
  1, 
  479, 
  1 
  s;s 
  ( 
  •• 
  a 
  stock 
  language 
  "). 
  Powell 
  in 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  Pres- 
  

   byterian, 
  Nov.. 
  1ST8 
  (includes 
  Zufii, 
  Las 
  Nutrias. 
  Ojo 
  de 
  Pescado). 
  Gatschet 
  in 
  

   Mag. 
  Am. 
  Hist.. 
  260, 
  L882. 
  

  

  = 
  Zunian. 
  Powell 
  in 
  Am. 
  Nat.. 
  604, 
  August, 
  1880. 
  

  

  Derivation: 
  From 
  the 
  Cochiti 
  term 
  Suinyi. 
  said 
  to 
  mean 
  "the 
  

   people 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  nails." 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  surgeons 
  of 
  ZuSi 
  who 
  

   always 
  wear 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  nails 
  very 
  long 
  (Cushing). 
  

  

  Turner 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  compare 
  the 
  Zuni 
  language 
  with 
  the 
  Keran, 
  

   and 
  his 
  conclusion 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  entirely 
  distinct 
  has 
  been 
  fully 
  

  

  