Tajiguas, California
Tajiguas is a location on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California, which formerly was a Native American village of the Chumash people.
Historical observations
[edit]The village was situated on the Pacific coast, at the site of the current Tajiguas Beach, 2 miles west of Refugio State Beach. Tajiguas ... probably means 'the basket' ... 42 houses on one side, 37 on the other ... at least 400 - 800 souls [1] ... August 1769 ... Six years later ... completely abandoned.[2] The settlement spanned two sides of a creek and was known to be inhabited by 400 - 800 or more people until 1769.[2] Six years later, it was found abandoned, and the people are believed to have been forced by war to move slightly to the east to the coastal villages of Qasil and Shishuchi'i'.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Teggert, Frederick (August 1911). "The Portola Expedition of 1769 - 1770, Diary of Miguel Costanso". Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History. 2 (4): 205. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Lynn H. Gamble (2008), The Chumash world at European contact: power, trade, and feasting among complex hunter-gatherers, University of California Press, p. 377, ISBN 978-0-520-25441-1,
... Tajiguas ... probably means 'the basket' ... 42 houses on one side, 37 on the other ... at least 400 - 800 souls ... August of 1769 ... Six years later ... completely abandoned ...
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- ^ Teggert, Frederick (August 1911). "he Portola expedition of 1769-1770 : diary of Miguel Costanso / edited by Frederick J. Teggart". Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History. 2 (4): 205. Retrieved 22 May 2021.