Cupenos Trail of Tears - Warner Springs, CA
N 33° 17.238 W 116° 38.197
11S E 533835 N 3683196
Historic marker describing the Cupenos forced relocation from their Warner Springs home.
Waymark Code: WMA76J
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2010
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Text from the plaque"
CUPENOS TRAIL OF TEARS
"LONG BEFORE SPANIARD FRAY JUAN MARINER SETTLED IN THIS VALLEY IN 1795, IT
WAS OCCUPIED BY THE CUPENOS, THE VILLAGE WAS CALLED JACOPIN AND THE
SURROUNDING AREA WAS KNOW AS KUPA.
SHORTLY AFTER CALIFORNIA BECAME A STATE IN 1850 JONATHAN TRUMBALL
WARNER CLAIMED 47,500 ACRES OF THE KUPA TERRITORIES INCLUDING THE HOT
SPRINGS. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN A DECISION REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP
OF THE LAND ON MAY 13, 1901 DECLARED THE CUPENOS HAD NO RIGHTS AND
MUST LEAVE THE VALLEY.
ON MAY 12, 1903 FEDERAL TROOPS, ALONG WITH 44 ARMED TEAMSTERS ARRIVED
AT WARNER HOT SPRINGS TO FORCIBLY RELOACTE 200 CUPENOS TO PROPERTY
ALONG SIDE THE SAN LUIS REY RIVER AT PALA, AN AREA OF 3,438 ACRES. A
FAMILY WAS ALLOWED ONE WAGON TO CARRY ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS. THE
40 MILE JOURNEY TOOK THREE DAYS FROM KUPA TO PALA. THE CUPENOS
CALLED THEIR JOURNEY THE TRAIL OF TEARS.
PLAQUE PLACED IN COOPERATION WITH THE PALA BAND OF MISSION INDIANS,
WARNER SPRINGS RANCH, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND THE ANCIENT
AND HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS, SQUIBOB CHAPTER,
MAY 3, 2003."
The marker is located off State Highway 79 behind the St Francis Chapel. The marker is next to a cemetery.
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