The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, July 1918 - April, 1919 Page: 221
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The First Europeans in Texas, 1528-1536
boundary of these lands an old well which had become stopped up,
which had formerly been used by a tribe of Indians known as "Como
Se Llama,"'2 who, at the time of the inspection actually lived on
this land; near its northeast corner was a salt lake known then
(and now) as Sal Viejo; and in the center of this land the in-
specting party "saw and examined many very dense thickets of
brush and nopals . . . and tigers, lions, wolves, coyotes, and
snakes, very long and very thick, javelines, deer, antelope, hares,
and rabbits."
The surveyors were unable to complete the survey of the Ojo
de Agua extension "because of the denseness of the thickets," the
survey ending in a dry lagoon "surrounded by hackberries, elms,
ebonies, and many thick and tall mesquites." The map which ac-
companies the report of the survey shows a large and very dense
wood at the southwestern corner of the grant, which is also the
southeastern corner of the San Salvador del Tule grant, and near
the center of Hidalgo county.
The inspection of San Salvador del Tule was made on the 7th
of August, 1794. The inspectors found on this land two old wells,
stopped up, a lagoon with very little water in it, in limestone of
poor quality; thickets of mesquite, some fit for short implements,
and other unfit for use; many nopals, and not all of good fruit;
some lagoons, salty and dry, and the Royal Salt Lake of Purifica-
cion (commonly called La Sal del Rey). "On the southern part,"
continues this report, "It is inhabited by many injurious animals,
such as tigers, lions, and wolves, and snakes which are, to an ex-
treme, long and thick, and deer, javelines, antelope, hares, rabbits
and rats, and a nation of heathen Indians, who annually inhabit
and people said lands, called the nation of the Cotonames.""93
Reynosa. The copy which I have examined was carefully compared with
the original preliminary to its use to prove this title in a lawsuit.
"The Coahuiltecan tribe called "Como se llama" by the Spaniards was
among the last of the tribes of this vicinity to lose its tribal identity.
Remnants of it remained about the region of Lyford and Raymondville, in
Cameron County, until a comparatively recent period, and their name is
still applied to one of their former habitations, the "Conmo se llama"
ranch, near Lyford. This name appears to be a Spanish corruption of
that by which these Indians called themselves. Quite possibly they are
identical with Cabeza de Vaca's Comos and Coayos.
9"The Cotonames were a well known Coahuiltecan tribe. They were
usually affiliated with the Carrizos (who called themselves Comecrudes)
but spoke a different dialect. Gatschet found a few nembers of this
tribe at La Noria ranch in Southern Hidalgo County, in 1886, and one221
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, July 1918 - April, 1919, periodical, 1919; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117156/m1/235/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.