Although he was of Juaneño ancestry (his parents were baptized at Mission San Juan Capistrano), José de los Santos Juncos provided Gabrielino information to J.P. Harrington. Santos Juncos told Harrington that mainland people baptized at Mission San Gabriel were unable to speak with people from Santa Catalina Island. Linguists believe that mainland and island groups south of the Chumash spoke related, but separate, dialects of the Gabrielino/Tongva language.
DATE OF BIRTH: 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, Alta California, Mexican Republic
DATE OF DEATH: February 9, 1921
PLACE OF BURIAL: Mission San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA
References
Hudson, Travis. “Recently Discovered Accounts Concerning the ‘Lone Woman’ of San Nicolas Island. “Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 3 (1981): 194.
McCawley, William. The First Angelinos, The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles. Banning: Malki Museum Press; Novato: Ballena Press, 1996: 15–16.
Munro, Pamela. “Takic Foundations in Nicoleño Vocabulary.” In Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, David R. Brown, Kathryn L. Mitchell, and Henry W. Chaney, eds., pp. 659–668. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
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: 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, Alta California, Mexican Republic
DATE OF DEATH: February 9, 1921
PLACE OF BURIAL: Mission San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA
References
Hudson, Travis. “Recently Discovered Accounts Concerning the ‘Lone Woman’ of San Nicolas Island. “Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 3 (1981): 194.
McCawley, William. The First Angelinos, The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles. Banning: Malki Museum Press; Novato: Ballena Press, 1996: 15–16.
Munro, Pamela. “Takic Foundations in Nicoleño Vocabulary.” In Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, David R. Brown, Kathryn L. Mitchell, and Henry W. Chaney, eds., pp. 659–668. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
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.
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