 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Zita rokuti Orcas ipfupiso yeHorcasitas, kubva kuna Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, Viceroy weMexico uyo akatumira boka rokutsvakurudza raitungamirirwa naFrancisco de Eliza kuPacific Northwest muna 1791. Murwendo rwacho, Eliza akaongorora chikamu chezvitsuwa zveSan Juan. Haana kushandisa zita rokuti Orcas zvakananga kuOrcas Island, asi panzvimbo pezvo kuchikamu chechitsuwa chacho. Muna 1847, Henry Kellett akapa zita rokuti Orcas Island panguva yaakarongazve mepu dzeBritish Admiralty. Basa raKellett rakabvisa mazita okuda nyika okuAmerica ayo Charles Wilkes akanga apa zvinhu zvakawanda zveSan Juans munguva yeWilkes Expedition ya1838-42. Wilkes akanga adaidza Orcas Island kuti Hull Island achitevedzera Commodore Isaac Hull. Zvimwe zvinhu zveOrcas Island Wilkes zvinonzi zvinosanganisira Ironsides Inlet yeEast Sound uye Guerrier Bay yeWest Sound. Rimwe remazita akapiwa naWilkes rinoramba riripo: Mount Constitution. Mazita aWilkes anotevera muenzaniso: Hull akanga ari mutungamiri we Old Ironsides the uye akawana mukurumbira mushure mokutora ngarava yehondo yeBritain HMS Guerriere muHondo ye1812. Zvitsuwa zvacho zvakatanga kunzi ndezveSpain, ndokuzoti ndezveBritain, iyo yakabvuma kuti zvinhu zvose zviri pasi pe49th parallel zvaiva rutivi rweUnited States, muchibvumirano chakasainwa pashure peHondo ya1812. Nzvimbo yeOregon, iyo yaibatanidza nyika yeWashington uye chitsuwa ichi, yakashandiswa pamwe chete neUS neBritain kusvika muna 1848, asi kukakavadzana kwemuganhu zvakanangana neSan Juan Islands, kusanganisira Hondo yeNguruve 1859, haana kugadziriswa kutozosvikira muna 1871. Kufanana kwezita reorca, iro rinowanzobatanidzwa noruwa rweWashington state, kunongova netsaona. 