The Rumsen

The Rumsen of the lower Carmel Valley and the Monterey Peninsula were the first Monterey Bay area triblet to be completely absorbed into a Spanish Mission.
A total of 436 of them were baptized at Mission San Carlos between 1770 and 1784.

At baptism, there were identified according to home village name, Achasta at the mouth of the Carmel River, Tucutnut about three miles inland on the Carmel, Socorronda in the Carmel Valley area, Echilat at the high flat south of the Carmel River Valley and Ichxenta, location unknown.

From: A Gathering of Voices