WHITE] PLACE-NAMES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 523 
Mokowan; butte, Oldman river, Alta.; on Arrowsmith’s map of 1810, the Belly 
(g.v.) river is called Mokowans river. ‘Mokowanis’ is Blackfoot for ‘belly.’ 
(Molar; mount, Bow river, Alta.; ‘‘so much resembling a large tooth that we named 
it mount Molar.’’ (Hector) 
Molar; creek, Bow river, Alta. 
Mollison; mount, Beaverfoot river, B.C.; after Miss Mollison, sometime 
Manager, Canadian Pacific hotel, Field. (Scattergood) 
Mons; railway station, Columbia river, B.C.; after the battle of Mons, August 
23, 1914. 
Moraine; lake, Bow river, Alta.; after the ridge of glacial formation at its lower 
end. (Wilcox) 
Morigeau; creek, Columbia river, B.C.; after a French Canadian who, when 
Father De Smet passed in Sept. 1845, was trapping on the upper Columbia— 
the only white man for many miles. 
*Morley; village, Bow river, Alta.; after famous Methodist clergyman, Rev. William 
Morley Punshon; name first applied to the McDougall ranch. 
Morrissey; railway station, ridge and creek, Elk river, B.C.; after James 
Morrissey who, with Michael Phillipps and John Ridgway, cut out the Crows- 
nest Pass trail from site of present Elko to Crowsnest lake. 
Mott; railway station, Elk river, B.C.; after late John Mott, rancher. 
Muleshoe; lake, Bow river, Alta; descriptive of outline of lake. 
Mummery; mount and glacier, Blaeberry river, B.C.; after the late Mr. Mummery, 
English Alpine Club; perished on mount Nanga Parbat, in the Himalayas. 
(Stutfield and Collie) 
Murchison; mount, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; after Sir Roderick Impey 
Murchison (1792-1871), Scottish geologist; Director-General of the Geological 
Survey of Great Britain. (Hector) 
Mutz; creek, Elk river, B.C.; Albert Mutz operated, at Steele, the first brewery in 
the district. 
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Narao; peak and lakes, Kicking Horse river, B.C.; Stoney Indian, signifying 
“hit in the stomach.” 
Natal; railway station, Elk river, B.C.; probably after Natal, South Africa. 
Nelson; creek, Bull river, B.C.; possibly after John Nelson, who trapped on Bull 
river. 
Neptuak; mountain, Bow river, Alta. and B.C.; Stoney Indian numeral, ‘‘nine’’; 
the ninth of the ‘Ten peaks.’ 
Newman; peak, Waterton river, Alta.; after Edward Newman (1801-75), English 
naturalist. (Blakiston) 
Nez Percé; creek, Crowsnest river, Alta.; after the Nez Percés, a name applied by 
the French to all Indian tribes which pierced the nose for the insertion of a 
piece of dentalium; the term is now applied only to the main tribe of the Sha- 
haptian family, now found in northern Idaho and Oregon. 
Niblock; mount, Bow river, Alta.; after Superintendent Niblock, Canadian 
Pacific railway. 
Nicholson; railway station, Columbia river, B.C.; after a resident. 
Nigel; peak, North Saskatchewan river, Alta.; named by Stutfield and Collie, after 
Nigel Vavasour, their guide in 1897. 
