Account exploration, conquest, missionization Sinaloa from Cabeza de Vaca to fr. Gonzalo Tapia. Includes accounts de Vaca, Coronado, Francisco de Ibarra expeditions. Etymology cahita word yorim from verb yore, meaning to heal-applied to Spaniards because of Cabeza de Vaca's reputation curer. Other meanings-valiant ones, fierce beasts, demons. Description province Sinaloa including land, Weather, rivers, surrounding geography. Enumeration Indian pueblos population for Rios Mocorito, Petatlan, Cinaloa, Mayo (10 pueblos, pop. 3850), Yaqui (8-5250), Nebome-Seri (8-2400), Aybino/ Vatuca (5-1200), Sonoras/Huris (pop. 800). Description flood plain inundation agriculture, summer planting season only, floodwater fertilization, crops (maiz, squash, beans of many varieties, tzoale, nicauatl, and others), wild food gathering, hunting. Account linguistic diversity. Notes Mayos, Yaquis spoke basically same language. Estimation population more than 100,000 before diseases. Brief account alcoholic beverages, religious beliefs (including woman named Huayerubi who taught Indians to plant), kinship systems, loose political/legal organization, marriage practices, Games, fiestas, house styles. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Gives- physical description of Island (incl. Navigation info); vegetation (jojobas, Organos, pitahayas, Cordon) hydrological info (tanques de Piedra); fishing and pearl-diving techniques. Ethnographic data- seasonal movements of the Seris; (incl. Polluting the Spaniards water supply). (R. Perez) (1977)

Contains much linguistic information (regarding the use of Spanish, an example of how an Indian speaks Spanish, a list of Tegua-speaking pueblos, linguistic differences among pueblos in close proximity). Contains ethnographic data- architecture, celebrations, bathing and birthing practices (under the heading of decadence), warfare behaviors and technology, agricultural production and grain processing. Also examples of exchange Rate, goods for pesos. Names kinds of fish eaten. (R. Perez) (1977)

Report on a general visit, concerned with the relocation of presidios and the loyalty of Indians. Contains ethnographic information on Seris and Guaymas. Much organizational organizational information (alliances, enemy relationships among Indians). Also attacks by Seri bands and Apaches. Geographical, climatic, demographic and faunal descriptions. (R. Perez) (1977)

Alamos citizens plead for help from Nueva Vizcaya. Note inadequacy military forces Sinaloa. Mention again general lack provisions in province as cause rebellion, as well as innate inclination Indians to rob, pillage. (T. Sheridan) (1976)

Extensive ethnographic information on Indians of Coahuila. Divides them into four major groups (parrialidades). Discusses material culture, architecture, seasonal movements, subsistence patterns, personality (warlike, lazy), and mentions war-related cannibalism. Notes that the Texas Indians in contrast, have government and agriculture. (R. Perez) (1977)