Yalisumni, California

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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

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yalisumni, California
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ 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

38°36′26″N121°18′23″W / 38.6071°N 121.3063°W / 38.6071; -121.3063


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