Toviscanga
Toviscanga was a former
In 1771, the original site of Mission San Gabriel was constructed near the village. However, a flash flood destroyed this building, which caused the Spanish missionaries to relocate it to the village of Toviscanga in 1776.[3][4] This was similar to how Mission San Juan Capistrano was built less than sixty yards from the village of Acjacheme in 1776.[5]
The village location as being at Mission San Gabriel was referenced by
Residents of the village spoke a specific dialect of the Tongva language, referred to in records as the San Gabriel dialect. In 1875, two older men reportedly spoke the dialect. In 1882, the dialect was written to be nearly extinct. A Franciscan missionary Jose Maria Zalvadeas reportedly gave a sermon and translated Christian prayers in the language to convert the villagers. In 1824, he reportedly had written grammatical rules for the language in a dictionary. However, in 1882, the whereabouts of this document were declared unknown.[1]
See also
- Achooykomenga (the site of Mission San Fernando)
- Acjacheme (the site of Mission San Juan Capistrano)
- Yaanga (the site of Pueblo de Los Ángeles)
References
- ^ a b Peet, Stephen Denison (1881–82). Gatschet, Alb. S. (ed.). The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal. Jameson & Morse. p. 73.
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- ^ University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. University of California. 1907. p. 141.
- ^ Hodge, Frederick Webb (1968). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Volume 2. Scholarly Press. p. 796.
- ^ O'Neil, Stephen; Evans, Nancy H. (1980). "Notes on Historical Juaneno Villages and Geographical Features". UC Merced Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology. 2 (2): 226–232.
- ^ The Masterkey, Volume 31. Southwest Museum. 1957. p. 125.
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