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Spanish Explorers :
Garces - Crossing the Mojave
Sierra Pinta-Arroyo de Los MartiresP 238
10 For note on the Pozos de San Juan de Dios see p. 258. u Beneme. These are doubtless the Panamint Indians, of Sho- shoean stock, after whom the valley and range west of Death valley (their present habitat) were named. Formerly they occupied the region mentioned (in Inyo county, Cal.), and the adjacent desert stretches. As late as 1883 they numbered about 150; ten years later their number did not exceed 50. These Indians live mainly on herbs and roots, and therefore have been popularly known, with other tribes, as " Root Diggers," or " Diggers."—F. W. H. The above text of Garces is evidently the basis of Cortes in Whipple's Report, p. 124: "Journeying from the nation of the Tamajabs [sic] to the west quarter northwest, at the end of 20 leagues begins the nation of the Beneme." 11 Mar. 9 is the memorable day on which Garces discovers Mojave river, never before seen by a white man. He has reached the sink of the river, modern Soda lake, and names it Previous < Contents > Next |
"Tamajabs" - Jamajabs, or more appropriately, the Mojave. The "Beneme" (Vanyume) are probably more closely related to the Serrano. ![]() (Sierra) Pinta - Afton Canyon |
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