# Pajbenga

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{{Short description|Former Tongva village in Santa Ana, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

'''Pajbenga''', alternative spelling '''Pagbigna'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rKVdi0HrusC |title=Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey, Issues 72-74 |publisher=University of California Archaeological Survey, Department of Anthropology, University of California |year=1968 |pages=114}}</ref> and '''Pasbengna''',<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Sean |last2=Curwen |first2=Thomas |title=Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past |url=https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-tongva-map/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.latimes.com |language=en}}</ref> was a [Tongva](/source/Tongva) village located at [Santa Ana, California](/source/Santa_Ana%2C_California), near the '''El Refugio Adobe''', which was the home of [José Sepulveda](/source/Sep%C3%BAlveda_family_of_California) (now located near the intersection of Raitt Street and Myrtle Street).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=House pits and middens : a methodological study of site structure and formation processes at CA-ORA-116, Newport Bay, Orange County, California |date=1998 |publisher=Statistical Research, Inc |others=Donn R. Grenda, Christopher J. Doolittle, Jeffrey H. Altschul, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District, United States. Food and Drug Administration |isbn=1-879442-66-3 |location=Tucson, Ariz. |pages=17 |oclc=41262575}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Villages |url=https://www.ochistoryland.com/indian-villages |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=OC Historyland |language=en-US}}</ref> It was one of the main villages along the [Santa Ana River](/source/Santa_Ana_River), including [Lupukngna](/source/Lupukngna), [Genga](/source/Genga%2C_California), [Totpavit](/source/Totpavit), and [Hutuknga](/source/Hutuknga).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=Catalysts to complexity : late Holocene societies of the California coast |date=2002 |publisher=Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA |others=Jon Erlandson, Terry L. Jones, Jeanne E. Arnold, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA |isbn=978-1-938770-67-8 |location=Los Angeles |pages=64, 66 |oclc=745176510}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjM0AQAAMAAJ |title=Santa Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek |year=1978 |pages=31–32}}</ref> People from the village were recorded in mission records as ''Pajebet'',<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Martínez |first=Roberta H. |title=Latinos in Pasadena |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia |isbn=978-0-7385-6955-0 |location=Charleston, SC |pages=10 |oclc=402526696}}</ref> ''Pajbet'', ''Pajbebet'', and ''Pajbepet''.<ref name=":2" />

Pajbenga may have had a population between 100 and 250 residents.<ref name=":0" /> Like many surrounding villages, Pajbenga's residents likely subsisted on [oak trees](/source/oak_trees) for [acorn](/source/acorn)s and seeds from various grasses and sage bushes. Rabbit and [mule deer](/source/mule_deer) were also likely consumed for meat. The village also presumably had deep trade connections with coastal villages and those further inland.<ref name=":1" />

Between 1776 and 1807, 13 people were baptized from the village, including 2 men, 4 women, and 7 children as part of the larger colonial project of [Christian conversion](/source/Christian_conversion) of [Indigenous peoples](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_California) at [Spanish missions in California](/source/Spanish_missions_in_California). Like surrounding villages, residents were most likely baptized at [Mission San Gabriel](/source/Mission_San_Gabriel_Arc%C3%A1ngel) and [Mission San Juan Capistrano](/source/Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano).<ref name=":2" />

Some maps have placed Pajbenga on the eastern bank of the Santa Ana River at the center of Santa Ana,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /> while others place it right across the western bank at the confluence of the [Santa Ana River](/source/Santa_Ana_River) and the [Santiago Creek](/source/Santiago_Creek).'''<ref name=":3" />'''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjM0AQAAMAAJ |title=Santa Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek: Environmental Impact Statement |publisher=United States. Army. Corps of Engineers |year=1978 |pages=31–32}}</ref>

== See also ==
Native American villages in [Orange County, California](/source/Orange_County%2C_California):

* [Acjacheme](/source/Acjacheme)
* [Ahunx](/source/Ahunx)
* [Alauna](/source/Alauna%2C_California)
* [Genga](/source/Genga%2C_California)
* [Hutukngna](/source/Hutuknga)
* [Lupukngna](/source/Lupukngna)
* [Moyongna](/source/Moyongna)
* [Piwiva](/source/Piwiva)
* [Puhú](/source/Puh%C3%BA)
* [Putiidhem](/source/Putiidhem)
* [Totpavit](/source/Totpavit)

== References ==
<references />{{Tongva villages}}{{Indigenous peoples of California}}

Category:Tongva populated places
Category:History of Orange County, California
Category:Former Native American populated places in California
Category:Santa Ana, California

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