Paxauxa
Paxauxawas a sharedTongvaandPayómkawichumvillage site located at what is nowCorona, CaliforniaalongTemescal Creek.[1][2]Villagers may have appeared in baptismal records atMission San Juan Capistranoas being from the villageAxaxa.Nearby villages included Poruumanga andShiishongna.[2]It is sometimes alternatively spelledPakhavka.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The village name may have been derived from theTongva languagewordAxawknga,roughly translated to "in the net."[3]
History
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Paxauxa was the site of two villages located on either side of the Temescal Creek on the southern edge ofTovaangarand the northern edge of Payómkawichum territory, withLake Elsinoreto the south being within Payómkawichum homelands. This likely made it an important site for the Tongva and Payómkawichum socially and politically, since cooperation and marriage ties between the villagers were common.[4][5]
After the establishment of Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1776, several of the villagers were brought to and baptized at the mission.[2]It is unclear when the village was abandoned or destroyed.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Greene, Sean; Curwen, Thomas."Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past".latimes.Retrieved2022-12-20.
- ^abcSanta Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek: Environmental Impact Statement.1978. p. 122.
- ^abThe Masterkey.Southwest Museum. 1956. pp. 44–46.
- ^"4 Affected Environment".Santa Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek: Environmental Impact Statement.US Army Corps of Engineers. 1978. p. 122.
- ^Handbook of North American Indians.Smithsonian Institution. 1978. p. 547.
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