Editing Sutter's Fort (section)

===Construction===
The party led by John Sutter landed on the bank of the American River in August 1839. The group included three Europeans and a Native American boy, probably to serve as interpreter. Some of the first people brought to the colony were [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] workers, called [[Kanaka (Pacific Island worker)|Kanakas]]. Sutter had entered a contract with the [[Governors of Hawaii (island)|governor of Hawaii]] to import and use the labor of these eight men and two women for three years. Once the first camp was set up, Sutter used local [[Miwok]], [[Nisenan]], and [[Mission Indians|"missionized" Native Californians]] to build the first building, a three-room adobe.<ref name="Palo Alto" />