. Bulletin. Ethnology. 138 OPASSOM OPATA [B. E. Opassom. See Opos^smm. Opata (Pima: o-op 'enemy', o-otam 'peo- ple'). A division of the Piman family, formerly inhabiting the country between the w. boundary of Chihuahua and the Rio San Miguel in Sonora, Mexico, and extending from the main fork of the Rio Yaqui, about lat. 28° 30\ to 31 °, just below »*"â " <r' -^^j9. â "11 ^^Mr j; ' Sjjj^B'i'^ i W/ J m^ Hh OPATA MAN. (am. MuS. NAT. HiST., the s. boundary of Arizona, most of them being settled about the headwaters of Yaqui and Sonora rs. They call them- selves Joyl-ra-ua
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 138 OPASSOM OPATA [B. E. Opassom. See Opos^smm. Opata (Pima: o-op 'enemy', o-otam 'peo- ple'). A division of the Piman family, formerly inhabiting the country between the w. boundary of Chihuahua and the Rio San Miguel in Sonora, Mexico, and extending from the main fork of the Rio Yaqui, about lat. 28° 30\ to 31 °, just below »*"â " <r' -^^j9. â "11 ^^Mr j; ' Sjjj^B'i'^ i W/ J m^ Hh OPATA MAN. (am. MuS. NAT. HiST., the s. boundary of Arizona, most of them being settled about the headwaters of Yaqui and Sonora rs. They call them- selves Joyl-ra-ua, 'village people.' Physically the Opata may be consid- ered good specimens of the Indian race. They are not large in stature, but are well-proportioned; their complexion is not so dark as that of the Yaqui; their features are regular and agreealjle. Prior to the advent of the Spanish mis- sionaries, to whose efforts they readily yielded, the habits and customs of the Opata were generally akin to those of the Pima and Papago n. and w. They are described as of a submissive disposition, with much regard for honesty and moral- ity, and have always been friendly to the Mexican Government in all the revolu- tions and civil dissensions, except in 1820, when a portion of them rebelled in conse- quence of the injustice of a government officer. After several engagements in which the natives displayed great bra very, they were compelled to submit, owing to the exhaustion of their ammunition and the great superiority in number of the opposing Mexican forces. The humanity and justice shown their prisoners in this rebellion have been the subject of praise. The Opata houses were formerly con- structed of mats and reeds, with founda- tions of stone, and were more durable than those of most of their neighbors. Caves were also inhabited to some ex- tent by both the Opata proper and the Jova, even in historic times. Owing to the ruggedness of the country they in- habited, the tribe was d
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