Yalisumni is a former Nisenan settlement in El Dorado County, California. [1] It was located near Salmon Falls on the south side of the South Fork of the American River; its precise location is unknown. [1]
It was a source of workers for John Sutter's New Helvetia settlement, located in present-day Sacramento between Yalisumni and another Nisenan settlement, Pujuni. [2] [3]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yalisumni, California
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^ Bauer, Damon B. Akins;William J. (April 2021), "Native Spaces: Sacramento", We Are the Land, University of California Press, pp. 121–160,
doi:
10.1525/9780520976887-008
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ Willes, Margaret (1993), "Chapter 3: "Saved so Much as Possible for Labour:" New Helvetia's Indian Work Force", Indian Survival on the California Frontier, Yale University Press, doi: 10.12987/9780300157888-008
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