Chief Solano - Vallejo, CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 06.119 W 122° 15.616
10S E 564856 N 4217388
Bust of Native American leader in front of Vallejo's city hall.
Waymark Code: WM5KZM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2009
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"Chief Solano, original native name Sem-Yeto, meaning "brave or fierce hand", and christianed at about age ten with the Spanish name Francisco Solano, was born about 1800 near Suisun Bay, California in California. Sem-Yeto was a famous chief and leader of the Suisunes tribe, a Patwin people of the Suisun Bay region of California. Chief Solano was a charismatic, tall and notable Native American leader in Alta California, because of his alliance, friendship and eventually the support of his entire tribe to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo of Sonoma, in military and political excursions around Sonoma County and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sem-Yeto was described as tall, 6 feet 7 inches (200 cm), handsome and brave." (
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