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Augustine and other displaced Pomos toiled as forced laborers in the area — tending farm animals, herding cattle to slaughter at San Pablo Bay and building adobe houses in Sonoma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

Such aggressions forced Pomos to disperse far from the lake, including to the North Bay.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

There were soft whispers afloat that he was with the Pomos up under the Rockface at the north.

From Tharon of Lost Valley by Johnson, Frank Tenney

The Pomos of Lake and Mendocino counties make especially fine baskets for every purpose.

From Stories of California by Sexton, Ella M.

The Pomos of California celebrate an expulsion of devils every seven years, at which the devils are represented by disguised men.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir