Qasil, California
Qasil is an American community of the Chumash people located in Santa Barbara, California in the United States.
Juan Crespí described the abandoned old town of the Refugio when he passed by in 1769 ... it was apparently reorganized from 1776 ... it remained until the inhabitants were brought to work in the ministry. This town is located on the Gaviota Coast, near the river a little east of Refugio State Beach.
Ebe ahia ahia[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Qasil may have been used as an important trading post and port for the neighboring Chumash people of Santa Cruz Island. The city was also connected to the Santa Ynez Valley further inland by a road that may have been used to transport goods. Some evidence has been found that shows that the city was a shipyard. Remains of ships were also found at the Qasil site.
Mbelata[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
The settlement was known to be inhabited in 1796 when it had a population of 142. Soon after that, the people of the village were "recruited" to the Indian Reductions in the Christian mission of the province drove them out of their land.
Etymology[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
The word 'Qasil' means 'beautiful' in the local Chumashan language (known as Dos Pueblos).
Hụkwa[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- Akụkọ gbasara ọnụọgụgụ nke ụmụ amaala America
- Akụkọ ihe mere eme Amerịka nke California
- Nkume nka nke ndị Chumash