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The National Geographic Magazine 



GEOGRAPHIC NAMES 



THE following decisions were made 

 by the U.S. Board on Geographic 

 Names, April 3, 1901: 



Aowa; creek, Dixon County, Nebraska 

 (not Aoway nor Ay o way). 



Apple; group of islands in northern 

 part of Sitka Sound, southeastern 

 Alaska (not labloshni, Middle, nor 

 Sredni). 



Basket; bay indenting the southeastern 

 shore of Chichagof Island, south- 

 eastern Alaska (not Kakagin nor 

 Kook). 



Bendel; island between Big Koniuji and 

 Nagai Islands, Shumagin group, 

 Alaska (not Morse). 



Boisd'Arc; creek, Ellis County, Texas. 



Bois d'Arc; creeks (two), Choctaw Na- 

 tion, Indian Territory. 



Bois d'Arc; post-ofhce, Greene County, 

 Missouri. 



Bois d'Arc; river in northern Texas. 



Bois d'Arc; township, Montgomery 

 County, Illinois. 



Broad; island near the junction of Hoo- 

 niah Sound and Peril Strait, south- 

 eastern Alaska (not Crosswise nor 

 Poperetchni). 



Buncombe; creek, Chickasaw Nation, 

 Indian Territory (not Boncombe). 



Cacaway; island and point, L/angford 

 Bay, Kent County, Maryland (not 

 Cacawa). 



Camp Coogan; bay in eastern part of 

 Sitka Sound, southeastern Alaska 

 (not Camp Cogan, Camp Kogan, 

 Kadiak, nor Nachlezmia). 



Cliffs; point, ChesterRiver, Kent County, 

 Maryland (not Chff City, Cliff's, 

 nor Starts). 



Comet; peak, Pinal County, Arizona 

 (not Camels nor Comets). 



Eyak; lake and native village at west- 

 ern edge of the Copper River delta, 

 Alaska (not Eyack, Eyuk, Ighiak, 

 Ikhiak, nor Odiak). 



Fryingpan; cove. Eastern Neck Island, 

 Kent County, Maryland (not Boxes 

 nor Frying Pan). 



Glenhaven; post-office, railroad station 

 and township, Grant County, Wis- 

 consin (not Glen Haven). 



Hauani; creek, Chickasaw Nation, In- 

 dian Territory (not Haiyona nor 

 Hiayona). 



Hound ; island in northern part of 

 Keku Strait, southeastern Alaska 

 (not Round). 



Inner ; point on the southeastern shore 

 of Kruzof Island, Sitka Sound, 

 southeastern Alaska (not Rocky 

 nor Second). 



Koip ; peak and ridge on boundary be- 

 tween Mono and Tuolumne Coun- 

 ties, California (not Ko-it). 



Eeechville ; post-office and village, Beau- 

 fort County, North Carolina (not 

 Eeachville). 



Eeevining ; canon, creek, and peak. 

 Mono County, California (not I^e- 

 vining nor Vining). 



Euppatatong ; creek in Keyport, Mon- 

 mouth County, New Jersey (not 

 Eupatatong, Eupatcong, nor Eup- 

 patcong). 



North Gabouri ; creek, Ste. Genevieve 

 County, Missouri (not North Gabor 

 nor North Gabori); 



Oraibi ; post-office and village, Navajo 

 County, Arizona (not Oraiba). 



Piute; peak and post-office, Kern County, 

 California (not Pah-ute, Pahute,nor 

 Paiute). 



Rockhall ; district No. 5, Kent County, 

 Maryland (not Edesville). 



Shoshone ; * river, tributary to the Big 

 Horn River, Big Horn County, 

 Wyoming (not Stinking Water). 



*The legislature of the State of Wyoming- 

 passed an act, whicii was approved February 

 14, 1 901, as follows : 



"^^ tt enacted by the legislature of the Stat'e 

 of Wyoming : 



' ' Section i . That the name of the stream 

 of water known on the map of the United 

 States as the Stinking Water River, situated in 

 Big Horn County, Wyoming, and emptying 

 into the Big Horn River, is hereby changed to 

 the Shoshone River, and shall hereafter be 

 designated and known as such. 



" Sec 2. This act shall take effect and be in 

 force from and after its passage. ' ' 



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