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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 See also:

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

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