Serrano People

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Tribal Headquarters

1770: Junipero Serra and Padre Fancisco Garces made contact with the tribe

1819: Spanish arrive

1819-1834: Spanish move the Serrano Indians to the missions

1852: Treaty of Temecula - not ratified

1862: smallpox epidemic

1866: local militias work to exterminate the Indians

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Serrano tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

San Manuel Reservation

San Manual Band -- San Manual Reservation