Tajiguas, California
human settlement in United States of America
Tajiguas is a location on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California, which formerly was a Native American village of the Chumash people.
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The village was situated on the Pacific coast, at the site of the current Tajiguas Beach, 2 miles west of Refugio State Beach. Tajiguas ... probably means 'the basket' ... 42 houses on one side, 37 on the other ... at least 400 - 800 souls ... August 1769 ... Six years later ... completely abandoned. The settlement spanned two sides of a creek and was known to be inhabited by 400 - 800 or more people until 1769.
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