Case file · Folklore / legend
Toypurina's revolt at San Gabriel
On 25 October 1785 Toypurina, a Tongva woman respected as a medicine woman, helped lead a planned uprising against Mission San Gabriel. Spanish soldiers, warned in advance, arrested the leaders.
1785 CE · 34.10, -118.11 · status: official
The account
At her trial she said she was angry with the priests for taking their land. Spanish officials feared her spiritual influence; she was exiled to Monterey and later married a Spanish soldier.