Sétimo Moraga, who was also known as Sétimo López, was one of J.P. Harrington’s Fernandeño consultants. Moraga, who was among the last Indians baptized at Mission San Fernando Rey, knew native people from the southern Channel Islands who lived in the San Fernando Valley. According to Sétimo Moraga, a brother and sister from Santa Catalina Island spoke a language that was similar to, but differed slightly from, the Uto-Aztecan Takic branch dialect known as Fernandeño. Santa Catalina, one of the southern Channel Islands, is close to San Nicolas Island.
DATE OF BIRTH: About 1855 (baptized with the name Fernando)
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Fernando, California, USA
DATE OF DEATH: January 8, 1931
PLACE OF BURIAL: Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, California, USA
References
Johnson, John. Ethnohistoric Overview for the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park Cultural Resource Inventory Project, June 2006. MS on file at the Southern Service Center, State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation.
Schwartz, Steven J., Susan L. Morris, John R. Johnson. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Her Story from Native American Sources. Presentation at the May 2018 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, Santa Barbara, California.
DATE OF BIRTH: About 1855 (baptized with the name Fernando)
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Fernando, California, USA
DATE OF DEATH: January 8, 1931
PLACE OF BURIAL: Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, California, USA
References
Johnson, John. Ethnohistoric Overview for the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park Cultural Resource Inventory Project, June 2006. MS on file at the Southern Service Center, State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation.
Schwartz, Steven J., Susan L. Morris, John R. Johnson. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Her Story from Native American Sources. Presentation at the May 2018 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, Santa Barbara, California.
Last updated: November 16, 2018