Patarabueye

The Patarabueye were settled peoples of La Junta de los Ríos, where the Río Conchos meets the Rio Grande. Their villages stood along both rivers amid the dry country of northern Mexico and western Texas. Fields along the waterways supported farming communities, while other peoples visited the junction to trade or settle seasonally. Spanish expeditions in the sixteenth century encountered these villages and recorded several names for their inhabitants, including Patarabueye and Conchos. La Junta remained a meeting place of diverse peoples on the northern frontier.