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36 BUKEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 44
Magdalena de Temoris was situated in the partido of Santa
Teresa de Guazapares, and spoke the same language, that
is, Guazapare, a dialect of Tarahumare (Orozco y Berra,
1:324, 326).
Tiburones A name sometimes applied to the Seri, especially those resid-
ing on Tiburon island (McGee, 128 et seq.).
Torames Seems to have been a name applied to certain Indians living
in the district of Zentispac, in Jalisco, and bordering on
the Cora and Tepehuane. An associated group was known
as Zayahuecos (Orozco y Berra, 1 : 278). Nothing is said by
this author in regard to their language.
Zuaques (Suaqui).... These are to be distinguished from the Zuaques, heretofore
described as belonging to the Yaqui group. It is properly
Suaqui and denotes merely the Pima inhabitants of Suaqui,
a pueblo in the extreme northern portion of the Lower
Piman territory.
Concho
In passing to the northern central and northeastern districts one
enters a region where nearly all the aboriginal languages have become
extinct, and the little that remains on record in regard to them is
not sufficient to make possible their classification with any degree
of certainty. The most that can be done is to gather up the scattered
notices of them found in the early Spanish writings and from
these lay off the areas in such manner as seems most consistent with
the data. This has been done by Orozco y Berra, who had access
not only to the published works but also to the manuscript docu-
ments. His map, therefore, has been followed somewhat closely so
far as this region is concerned.
The Concho resided immediately east of the Tarahumare, chiefly
along the river that bears their name, from near its headwaters to its
junction with the Rio Grande del Norte. The exact lateral bounda-
ries of the territory occupied are not known, those given on the
map being largely conjectural. Alegre (ii, 58) says this "nacion,"
sufficiently numerous, extended to the banks of the Rio Grande del
Norte; that they were confined on the north by the marshes and on
the south held some pueblos of the Tepehuane; and " Valle de Santa
Barbara."
Orozco y Berra (1:325) says they spoke a "particular language
called Concha." Although this statement is not sufficient of itself
to indicate that it was without any known or supposed affinities,
what follows in the same connection and in his classification (1 : 55)
indicates that he considered it a distinct dialect of his "Mexicano,"
under which he classifies it, thus brmging it into the Nahuatlan
family.
It is asserted by Hervas and others that the missionaries contended
that they spoke a dialect of, or a language related to, the Mexican
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