MciiEEl THE GEOGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE 15 



The priucipal ethuologic results of both expeditions relating to the 

 Seri Indiaus are incorpoi'ated in the following pages; the data concern- 

 ing the l^apago are reserved for further study. The topographic sur- 

 veys of the 1895 expedition covered a zone averaging 50 miles in width, 

 extending from the international boundary to somewhat beyond Rio 

 Sonora. Mr Johnson, by whom these surveys were executed, was on 

 furlough from the United States Cleological Survey, and his resumption 

 of survey work prevented the construction of finished maps, excei^t that 

 of Seriland (plate i), which forms but a small fraction of the area sur- 

 veyed. The results of the remaining, and by far the gi-eater, part of 

 the topographic surveys are withheld pending completion of the inqui- 

 ries concerning the Papago Indians. 



The geogra-pbio nomenclature found requisite in the field and in 

 writing is partly new and partly restored, yet conforms with general 

 and local custom so far as practicable; and nearly all of the new names 

 have been applied in commemoration of explorers or pioneers. Most 

 of the names pertaining to Seriland projjer are iucorporated in the map 

 forming plate i; the others (including a few minor corrections) appear 

 in the outline map forming figure 1, prepared after the larger sheet 

 was printed.' 



The following list of place-names is designed primarily to give the 

 meaning and raisou d'etre of the nomenclature; with a single excep- 

 tion,-' the names are Hispauized or Mexicauized in accordance with local 

 usage. 



NomcHclalurt: of Seriland.-' 



* Seriland : Extra-vern.icular uame of tribe, with Englisli locative. 

 Mar I)E Cortios (Sea of Corte'8=GHlf of California) : Cnstomary Sonorau designa- 

 tion, applied by Ulloa (1539) in honor of Hernando Cort(?8, first discoverer of 



the gulf. 

 *Pasa.ie Ulloa (Ulloa passage): Generic Spanish; specific applied in honor of 



Captain Francisco de Ulloa, first navigator of the passage and the upper gulf, 



1539. 

 'ESTRBCHO Alahcox (Alarcou strait): Named in honor of Hernando de Alaroou, 



second navigator of the gulf, 1540. 

 El Inkierxillo (The Little Hell) : Local designation, retained by the Hydrographio 



Office, U. S. N. (miswritten "Estrecho Infiernillo" on larger map). 

 tBocA Infierno (Moutli of Hell): A colloquial local designation (miswritten 



"Puerto lufierno" on larger map). 

 *Bahia KuNKAAK (Kunkaak bay) : Generic Spanish; specific the vernacular uame 



of the Seri tribe (miswritten " Tiburon bay " on plates iv and v). 



^Tlie larger map was drawn early iu 189u, and a preliminary edition in the Ibrm of a pliotolithograph 

 of the drawing was published in the National Geographic Magazine, vol. vn, 1896. It is proper— and 

 historically desirable — to explain that while a considerable part of the copy for this paper was pre- 

 pared at about the same time, circumstances preveuteil the completion of the manuscript and the final 

 rectification of the nomenclature and bibliographic references until September 1, 1900. 



'Johnson peak. It is proper tu say that this name was applied by the author (and leader of the 

 expedition) after the drawing was completed and submitted l)y Mr Johnson, as a meager tribute to 

 his excellent work iu the field and on the drawings named. 



^An asterisk indicates new names, an obelisk old names restored or cuUotiuial names adopted. 



