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Quapa is a former Tongva village located in Encino or the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California. It was one of several villages located within the San Fernando Valley area, including Kowanga, Mapipinga, Okowvinja, Pascegna, Saway-yanga, Tacuenga, and Tuyunga. [1]

The general location of the village was recorded by Padre Santa Maria in 1796, though it is claimed that he was inaccurate. [2] Hugo Reid who had married a Gabrielina, claimed it had been part of Mission San Gabriel. [3]

In 1833, after the mission was secularized, it was recorded that 2,784 native people were baptized, 1,367 of whom were children, from 1797-1833. At the end of this period, around 400 native people survived to the end of the mission period. Many of the native people moved to surrounding communities in the area. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hodge, Frederick Webb (1912). Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico, Part 2. The Internet Archive. Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. p. 434.
  2. Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1884). The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. The Internet Archive. San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co. p 553, Footnote 5. Santa Maria, Registro que hizo de los Parages entre San Gabriel 6 San Buenaventura, 1785, MS. Dated Feb. 3, 1796. The padre visited in this tour Cayegues ranchería, Simi Valley, Triunfo, Calabazas, Encino Valley with rancherias of Quapa, Tacuenga, Tuyunga, and Mapipinga, La Zanja, head of Rio Santa Clara, and Mufin rancheria. The document is badly written and I also suspect badly copied, and the names may be inaccurate. In some spots the pagans cultivated the land on their own account. Corporal Verdugo owned La Zanja rancho. Governor's order of July 23d, in Prov. Rec., MS., iv. 19. In St. Pap., Miss., MS., ii, 55-6, it is stated that Santa Maria made an unsuccessful survey.
  3. Reid, Hugo (1926). "The Indians of Los Angeles County". HathiTrust. p. 69 of the file, but p. 55 of the book. hdl:2027/uc1.$b59340 . Retrieved 2024-03-06. The principal ranchos belonging at that time to San Gabriel were San Pasqual, Santa Anita, Azusa, San Francisquito, Cucumonga, San Antonio, San Bernardino, San Gorgonio, Yucaipa, Jurapu, Guapa, Rincon, Chino, San Jose, Ybarras, Puente, Mission Viga, Serranos, Rosa Castillo, Coyotes, Saboneria, Las Bolsas, Alamitos and Cerritos.