1. Yoimut was a noted polyglot, speaking 8 different Yokutsan languages along with English and Spanish.
10 Facts About Yoimut
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Yoimut was among the last indigenous inhabitants of Tulare Lake, before being forcibly removed by Anglo-American settlers.
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Yoimut's father was named Po-kah-sah and her mother was Te-ta-we-cot.
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When Yoimut was 6, a plague struck Watot Shulul, causing it to be abandoned.
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Yoimut's people went to the 'old village' south of Farmersville.
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When Yoimut was 17, Paiute Indians from Nevada came and organized a Ghost Dance in Eshom Valley.
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Yoimut said after this they were sure 'the Indians from across the mountains were fooling us'.
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When Yoimut was ten her mother took her to camp at a place four or five miles south of Buzzard's Roost, or three miles from Waukena.
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When Yoimut was ten her mother remarried after her father's death, during the time 'the white people were having a big war between themselves'.
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Yoimut told him she was the last survivor of her band.