Hopitsewah, or Sacred Town is a former Pomo settlement in Lake County, California.[1] It was the larges located on the west side of Upper Lake; its precise location is unknown.[1][2]
It was visited by Joseph Warren Revere in the mid-1840s; Revere reported it to be the largest of the settlements on Clear Lake, with enclosed and cultivated lands.[3]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopitsewah, California
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1886). History of California, Volume V. The Internet Archive. San Francisco: The History Company. See footnote on page 297.
- ^ Revere, Joseph Warren (1849). A tour of duty in California; including a description of the gold region... The Internet Archive. New York: C.S. Francis. p. 130.
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