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PIMA

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 614 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIMA  , a tribe and stock of

North
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American Indians . Their range was
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southern Arizona and
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northern Mexico . The ruined Pima
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village, known to the
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Spanish as Casa Grande on the south
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bank of the Gila, is an example of their early
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civilization and skill in
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building . Driven out of their homes by neighbouring tribes, they lived a more or less nomadic
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life . They were always good farmers, showing much skill in irrigation . At first submitting to the Spaniards, they revolted in 1751, destroying all the missions . The war lasted two years, but since then the Pima Indians have been friendly with the settlers . As a
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race they are brave, honest and hard working . They number some 5000 on two reservations in Arizona . The Piman stock includes such tribes as the
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Papago, Huichol, Opata, Tarumari, and numbers upwards of a
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hundred thousand .

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