Hopitsewah, California

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Hopitsewah is a former Pomo settlement in Lake County, California.[1] It was located on the west shore of Clear Lake; its precise location is unknown.[1]

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.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopitsewah, California
  2. ^ Revere, Joseph Warren (1849), "Hopitse-wah, or, Sacred Town", A tour of duty in California, p. 130
  3. ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1886), History of California: 1846–1848, History Company, p. 297

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