Coronado-era Place-names, I. Marcos de Niza in Sonora, and the Occurrence of Yaqui Names in his Relación

William K. Hartmann; Heidi Harley; Constantino Martínez Fabián

doi:10.1080/00231940.2016.1148313

Coronado-era Place-names, I. Marcos de Niza in Sonora, and the Occurrence of Yaqui Names in his Relación

William K. Hartmann^*, Heidi Harley, Constantino Martínez Fabián

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Abstract

Two words used by Marcos de Niza in the first European report on travel north through Sonora (1539) ‘“Sayota” and “Vacapa”’ appear to be traceable to the Hiaki (Yaqui) language. Also, the Coronado expedition's assignment (1540) of the name “Yaquimi” to what is now called the Río Yaqui, in its middle stretch near Onavas, indicates the presence of Hiaki/Yaqui-speakers in that region. These results are used to constrain the likely region of Hiaki/Yaqui-speaking peoples in 1539–42 and also the poorly known movements of Marcos de Niza and the Coronado expedition in Sonora at that time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	350-365
Number of pages	16
Journal	KIVA
Volume	80
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2016.1148313
State	Published - 1 Oct 2015

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Keywords

Coronado expedition route
Marcos de Niza route
Marcos de Niza: use of Yaqui words
Sonora: place-names in 1539
Vacapa location

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Coronado-era Place-names, I. Marcos de Niza in Sonora, and the Occurrence of Yaqui Names in his Relación

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