Sauzas

The Sauzas, also called Sanzas, were an Indigenous people of the north-central Mexican frontier. Spanish accounts included them among the peoples broadly called Chichimeca, alongside Guamares, Guachichiles and others. The Sauzas were known as hunters and warriors, and their traditions had connections with neighboring Guamares. Their country lay among the high plains and hills where many distinct communities lived before Spanish settlement and the expansion of northern mining routes.