Sijame
The Sijame were an Indigenous people of the Americas of the San Antonio, Texas region. Some historians believe they were a band of Tonkawa, but they were likely a Coahuiltecan people.
Name
The name Sijame translates as "fish" and has also been written as Cijame, Hijame, Xixame, and Zihame.History
s recorded the Sijame visiting the Santo [Nombre de Jesus de Peyotes Mission] in 1698. TheXarame likely originated between the Nueces River and the Frio River in the Edwards Plateau. In 1699, Spanish colonists founded Mission [San Juan Bautista |San Juan Bautista Mission] in Coahuila to convert four Coahuiltecan bands, including the Xarame. The Spanish established another mission near present-day Eagle Pass, Texas, and some Xarame moved there. Others moved to the Mission [San Francisco Solano |San Francisco Solano Mission] in Coahuila, founded in 1700.
In 1709, Sijame lived by San Pedro Springs near San Antonio.
The San Antonio de Valero mission mentioned the Xarame as late as 1776.