Hutuknga (alternative spellings:Hotuuknga orHutuukuga) was a largeTongva village located in thefoothills along the present channel of theSanta Ana River in what is nowYorba Linda, California.[1][2][3] People from the village were recorded in mission records asJutucabit.[4] Hutuknga was part of a series of villages along the Santa Ana River, which includedLupukngna,Genga,Pajbenga, andTotpavit.[5][6] TheTurnball Canyon area is sometimes falsely associated with Hutuknga.[7]
The village may have had a population of about 250 at the time of contact, and has been described as one of the largest Tongva villages. It was linked to the downstream village ofGenga through marriage ties.[1][8]
It is likely that villagers primarily subsisted onoak trees foracorns and seeds from various grasses and sage bushes. Rabbit andmule deer were likely consumed for meat. Like other surrounding villages, it likely had deep trade connections with coastal villages and those further inland.[1]
ThePortolá expedition (1769–1770) may have come into contact with the village, in which a recount of the encounter recalled that residents brought gifts of food to the Spaniards. The chief then made a speech. FriarJuan Crespí noted "they are all very well-behaved tractable folk, who seem somewhat lean – though the men very strongly built – and food must be in short supply with them."[9]
People from the village were primarily baptized atMission San Gabriel as part of a larger colonial project ofChristian conversion ofIndigenous peoples atSpanish missions in California.[10] One of the earliest converts at the mission was a boy from the village, who was converted in 1772.[11] 240 people from Hutuknga were baptized in at Mission San Gabriel from between 1773 and 1790.[8] It was recorded in San Gabriel mission records as a large village, along withTotabit,Pasinonga, andWapijangna.[12]
Native American villages inOrange County, California:
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