BAKER.] AUTHORITIES. 51 



of the shore line of St. Lawrence island, partially surs'eyed by the 

 Kotzebue expedition in ISIT. (See Grewingk, p. -ilS; Krusenstern 

 Memoires hydrographiques, Vol. II. p. 36; Journal of the Russian 

 Hydrographic Office, 1849, Vol. VII, pp. 106-116). 



Sxow AND Helm, 1886. 



Lieut. Commander Albert S. Snow, U. S. N. , relieved Lieut. Com- 

 mander Richardson Clover of the command of the Coast and Geodetic 

 Surve}' steamer Pattersoji in February-, 1886, and made surve3-s in 

 southeastern Alaska during- the summer of 1886, beginning the season 

 early in May in the vicinity of AVrangell, and ending it on September 

 15 at Port Simpson. Snow was succeeded in the command of the Pat- 

 terson by Lieut. Commander Charles M. Thomas on April 30, 1887. 

 Associated with Snow was Lieut. James M. Helm, U. S. X., in com- 

 mand of the JfcArtltiir. Snow and Helm surveyed and charted part 

 of Clarence strait, Sumner strait, Wrangell strait, St. John harbor, 

 Dewey anchorage, Ratz harbor, Coffman cove, Wrangell harbor. 

 Steamer bay. Red bay, Shakan strait, Port Protection, and Port 

 ]\IcArthur. Charts of these places, issued by the Coast Survey-, have 

 been used in the preparation of this dictionar}'. 



Spuer and Goodrich, 1896. 



Mr. Josiah Edward Spurr. geologist of the United States Geologi- 

 cal Survey, assisted bv Messrs. Harold B. Goodrich and F. C. Schrader, 

 in the summer of 1896 made a geologic reconnaissance from the head 

 of Lynn canal over Chilkoot pass to the Yukon and thence down that 

 river to St. Michael. For report on this work see Eighteenth Annual 

 Report of the Geological Survey for 1896-97, Part III. pp. 87-392. 



Spurr and Post, 1898. 



Mr. Josiah Edward Spurr, geologist, accompanied by Mr. William 

 Schuyler Post, topographer, both of the United States Geological 

 Survey, in the summer of 1898 made a reconnaissance in southwestern 

 Alaska. They began at the head of Cook inlet, went northwest across 

 the Tordrillo range, descended the Kuskokwim, crossed from its mouth 

 to Nushagak, and thence crossed Alaska peninsula to Katmai. The 

 party landed at Tyonek on April 26 and arrived at Katmai on October 

 17, 1898, whence they sailed (October 31) on the Alaska Commercial 

 Company's steamer Dora for San Francisco. 



For an account of this expedition see Twentieth Annual Report of 

 the Geological Surve}^, Part \TI. pp. 31-261. 



Staxu-kovich, 1827-28. 

 Capt. Mikhail Nikolaievich Staniukovich, commanding the sloop 

 MoIlei\ accompanied Lutk? on his voyage round the world. He made 

 a survey of the north shore of Alaska peninsula in the summer of 



