Espejo encounters along the Conchos River the…
1583 CE
Further downriver, he finds Conchos who grow corn, squash, and melons.
Leaving the Conchos behind, Espejo next encounters the Passaguates "who were naked like the Conchos" and seem to have had a similar lifestyle.
Next are the Jobosos who are few in number, shy, and run away from the Spaniards. All of these tribes had previously been impacted by Spanish slave raids.
Near the junction (La Junta) of the Conchos and the Rio Grande, Espejo enters the territory of the Patarabueyes who attack his horses, killing three.
Espejo succeeds in making peace with them.
The Patarabueyes, he says, and the other Indians near La Junta are also called "Jumanos"— the first use of the name for these Indians who will be prominent on the frontier for nearly two centuries.
To add to the confusion, they are also called Otomoacos and Abriaches.
Espejo sees five settlements of Jumanos with a population of about ten thousand people.
They live in low, flat roofed houses and grow corn, squash, and beans and hunted and fished along the river.
They give Espejo well-tanned deer and bison skins.
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