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quite an ordinary and necessary product 

 of glacial erosion, under the conditions 

 prevatiling in that locality. The main 

 glacier came down Tenaya Caiion, cut- 

 ting it to a steep but fairly uniform 

 grade. Yosemite Valley is but a con- 

 tinuation of that gorge. The end of the 

 glacier, at the time that it was cutting 

 Yosemite, extended not far beyond Fort 

 Monroe. It remained there for a long 

 time, and therefore plowed out the bot- 

 tom of the valley to a considerable depth. 

 BranchglaciersjoinedtheTenayaGlacier 

 when it filled Yosemite, coming down the 

 valleys of Yosemite,' Little Yosemite, 

 lUilouette, and Bridal Veil and other 

 creeks, and forming hanging valleys at 

 the junction points. The formation of 

 the vertical cliffs of the valley may have 

 been due to undermining, and may have 

 been aided by the cleavage of the rocks. 

 On the recession of the glacier doubtless 

 the bottom of the valley was occupied 

 by a lake, which has since been partially 

 filled b}'- detritus, and drained b}'- the 

 erosion of Merced River cutting through 

 the rock- wall at the foot of the valle3\ 

 HENRY GANNETT. 



GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 



THE following decisions were made 

 b}^ the United States Board on Geo- 

 graphic Names, January 9, 1901 : 



Bloyd ; mountain, Washington County, 

 Arkansas (not Bloyed nor Bloyd's). 



Bobs ; creek, Lincoln Count}^ Missouri 

 (not Bobbs nor Bob's). 



Carroll ; glacier reaching the sea at head 

 of Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska (not Woods). 



Chiniak ; cape, the easternmost point of 

 Kadiak, Alaska (not Greville. Her- 

 mogenes, St. Hermogenes, Spruce, 

 Tolstoi, Tuniak, nor Yelovoi). 



Douglas ; bay indenting south coast of 

 Kupreanof Island, Sumner Strait, 

 southeastern Alaska (not Doug- 

 lass) 



Grand Pacific; glacier reaching Reid 

 Inlet from the north. Glacier Bay, 

 southeastern Alaska (not Johns 

 Hopkins). 



Iskut ; mountain, and river tributary to 

 the Stikine in southeastern Alaska 

 (not Iskoot nor Skoot). 



Izhut ; bay and cape on southeastern 

 shore of Afognak Island, Alaska 

 (not Ijoot, Ishoot, Pentecost, Shar- 

 ipof, nor Whitsuntide). 



Kates Needles ; mountain near Stikine 

 River, southeastern Alaska (not 

 Kates Needle). 



Kisselen ; small bay at head of Beaver 

 Bay, Unalaska, eastern Aleutians, 

 Alaska (not Kissialiak nor Wor- 

 sham). 



Kupreanof ; strait between Afognak and 

 Kadiak Islands, Alaska (not Karluk, 

 North, Northern, nor Sievernoi). 



Mooneyham ; branch of French Broad 

 River, Cocke County, Tennessee 

 (not Money han nor Mooneyhan). 



Mullin ; creek, post-office, and railroad 

 station. Mills County, Texas (not 

 Mullen). 



Nez Perce ; county in Idaho (not Nez 

 Perces). 



Nishnabotna ; river in southwestern 

 Iowa (not Nishnabotan3'-,Nishnabo- 

 tena, Nishnabotny, Nishnabotony). 



Reem; creek. Buncombe County, North 

 Carolina (not Reams nor Rims). 



Rendu ; glacier reaching the head of 

 Rendu Inlet, Glacier Bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska (not Charpentier). 



Scajaquada ; creek, in Buffalo, Erie 

 County, New York (not Seajaquada, 

 nor Scajaquady). 



Yellow; point on eastern shore* )fTamgas 

 Harbor, Annette Island, southeast- 

 ern Alaska (not Signal). 



