McoEEl PLACE-NAMES OF SEBILAND 17 



Bahia Kino (Kino bay): Ijong-standini; name given in honor of Padre Euaebio 

 Francisco Kino, an early Jesnit missionary (tbe "Babia San Juan Bautista" of 

 various early maps): adopted in Anglicized form by the Hydrographio Office, 

 U. S. N. 



t Bahia Tepopa (Tepopa bay) : Specific a corruption of Te]>olia, the extra-vernacu- 

 lar name of a local tribe related to the Seri; applied in 1746 by Padre Consag^ 

 and used by most navigators and ciirtographers of later dates, though it does 

 not appear on the charts of the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. 



Bahia Agua Dulce (Freshwater bay; : Named by Lieutenant R. W. H. Hardy, 

 R. N., 1826; name retained (in Anglicized form) by Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. 

 (The name is misplaced on Hardy's map, but the bay is correctly located in his 

 text, p. 293.) 



1 Bahia Bruja (Witch bay) : Named (in honor of his vessel) by its discoverer, Lieu- 

 tenant Hardy, 1826. 



* Bahia E.spence (Spence bay): Named in honor of Pilot Tom;is Espence (Thomas 



Spence), second circumnavigator of the island, who landed in the bay in 1844. 

 tEsTERO CoCHLA (Cockle inlet): Named by Lieutenant Hardy, 1826. 



* Ba.iios dk Ugarte (Ugarte shoals): Named in honor of Padre .luan de llgarte, 



first visitor to the shoals and circumnavigator of Tiburon, 1721. 



''■Rada Ballbna (Whale roadstead): Named from the stranding of a whale alxiut 

 1887, an incident of much note among the Seri. 



"Ancla.ie Dewey (Dewey anchorage): Named in honor of its discoverer, Com- 

 mander (now Admiral) George Dewey, in charge of the surveys by the Hydro- 

 graphic Office, U. S. N., 1873. 



Laguna la Cruz (Lagoon of the Cross): Name adopted (Anglicized) by Hydro- 

 graphic Office, U. S. N.; the "Laguna de los Cercaditos" (Lagoon of the Little 

 Banks) of Colonel Francisco Andrade, 1844. 



Isla Tihukon (Shark island): Name of long standing; used alternatively with 

 "Isla San Agustin" since the seventeenth century, both names being appar- 

 ently applied to Isla Tassne by several writers, and also to Isla Angel de la Guarda 

 (the sccipnd largest island in the gulf) by Kino and others, while tlie present 

 Tiburon was regarded as a peninsula. 



Isla San Estehan (Saint Stephen island): Name of long standing; in consistent 

 use since early in the seventeenth century. 



*ISLA Ta-ssxe (Pelican island) : Name recast by the use of the Seri specific in lieu 

 of tlie Spanish (Alcatniz), which is too hackneyed for distinctive use. 



Isla Turner (Turner island): Name used (and probably applied in honor of Rear- 

 Admiral Thomas Turner, U. S. N.) by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. 



Isla Patos (Duck island — i. e.. Island of Ducks) : Name of long standing; adopted 

 by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. 



ROCA FoCA (Seal rock): Name used (and probably applied) by the Hydrographic 

 Office, U.S.N. 



PeSa Blanca (White crag) : Name used (and jirobably applied) by the Hydro- 

 graphic Office, U. S. N. 



Pdnta Tepopa (Tepopa point): Named (prol)ably corruptly) from a local tribe 

 related to tbe Seri ; used by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. 



PuNTA Sargent (Sargent point): Name applied by Lieutenant Hardy in 1826 to 

 what is now known as Puuta Tepopa; adopted for the minor point by the 

 Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. 



*PuNTA Pkula (Pearl point): Name applied in commemoration of the traditional 

 pearl fisheries of the vicinity. 



* Punta Arena (S.and point) : A descriptive designation. 



* Punta Tortuga (Turtle point) : Name applied in recognition of the extensive 



turtle fisheries of the Seri in the vicinity. 

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