The earliest known people to live in Orange County lived by hunting and fishing, and gathering plants and seeds. Later, Shoshonean-speaking people arrived, the ancestors of the tribes we know today as the Acjachemen (Juaneño) and the Gabrielino. The Acjachemen (Juaneño) traditionally lived in what is now Long Beach, Orange and Northern San Diego counties. In the late eighteenth century, these Native American Indians were commonly refferred to as Juaneño by Spanish colonizers after baptism occurred at Mission San Juan Capistrano, today that mission is location at address 26801 Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California. | The earliest known people to live in Orange County lived by hunting and fishing, and gathering plants and seeds. Later, Shoshonean-speaking people arrived, the ancestors of the tribes we know today as the Acjachemen (Juaneño) and the Gabrielino. The Acjachemen (Juaneño) traditionally lived in what is now Long Beach, Orange and Northern San Diego counties. In the late eighteenth century, these Native American Indians were commonly refferred to as Juaneño by Spanish colonizers after baptism occurred at Mission San Juan Capistrano, today that mission is location at address 26801 Ortega Highway in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California. |