Cauitaome

Cauitaome was the name of one band of the Chisos, a group of the Big Bend country that was also called Taquitatome. Spanish usage later stretched the name Chiso to cover at least six closely associated bands, and these groups were linked with the Concho-speaking peoples of northeastern Chihuahua and northwestern Coahuila. The name therefore points to a group of people rather than to any particular settlement.

Like other Chisos groups, the band was nomadic, living by hunting and gathering and perhaps by limited farming. Their language belonged to the Uto-Aztecan family, the same family that includes Aztec and Hopi. Its name survived in Spanish usage, so Cauitaome refers to these people rather than to a fixed town.