30 GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA. [bull. 187. 



graph oil the Tribilof islands, which was published in the Tenth 

 Census, l.syO, Vol. VIII, and also separateh' in two editions, one in 

 18S1 and the other in 1S82. These contain the maps of St. Paul and 

 St. George made by Elliott and Maynard in 1874. 



Etolin, 1818-1845. 



Adolph Karlovich Etolin, who was governor of the Russian Ameri- 

 can colonies in 18-1:1-1845, first went to the colony from Russia with 

 Golofnin in the KaincJutthi, leaving Cronstandt on August 26, 1817, 

 and arriving in Petropavlovsk on May 3, 1818. At least Grewingk 

 so states, and is followed by Dall; but Golofnin in his Voyage gives 

 a list of all his ship's company, to the number of 138, and Etolin's 

 name is not in that list. (Golofnin's Voyage Round the World (in 

 Russian), 1 , St. Petersburg, 1822, Vol. I, supplement, pp. i-viii.) 

 Etolin, Khromchenko, and Vasilief were engaged in surveying and 

 exploring Bering sea in 1822-1821. (Bancroft, History, p. 546.) In 

 1839 he sailed from Cronstadt for the colonies, in command of the 

 Russian American Company's ship NH'olai. With him went Kupre- 

 anof, Woewodski and Dr. Blashke. (Journal Russ. Hyd. Dept., 1850, 

 Vol. VIII. pp. 187-188.) From 1841 to 1845 Etolin was governor of 

 the Russian American colonies. In 1833 he surve3^ed Tamgas harbor 

 and Kaigani strait. (See Russ. Hyd. Chart., 1396, published in 1848.) 



Fish Commission, 1888-89. 



From time to time since 1880 the United States Fish Commission 

 has made investigations in Alaskan waters and contributed to a 

 knowledge of its geography. Special use has been made in this 

 dictionary of the maps of Alaska peninsula and the eastern Aleutians 

 contained in the Bulletin of the Commission, Vol. VIII, for 1888, and 

 of a map covering part of the same region, together with Bristol ba}', 

 in Vol. IX, for 1889. The new names appearing on these maps are 

 said to be chiefly due to Mr. Samuel Applegate. 



Franklin, 1826. 



Sir fJohn Franklin made explorations along the extreme eastern 

 part of the Arctic coast of Alaska in July and August, 1826. After 

 wintering at Foit Franklin, Sir John descended the Mackenzie to its 

 mouth and explored along the coast westward as far as Return reef. 

 For an account of this see his Narrative of a Second Expedition to the 

 Shores of the Polar Sea, 1825-1827, 4°, London, 1828, pp. 124-159. 



Geological Survey, 1889-1900. 



Geologic investigations in Alaska by the Geological Surve}^ began 

 with the work of Mr. I. C. Russell in the Yukon valley in 1889. These 

 investigations were continued by Russell in 1890 and 1891 in the 

 St. Elias region. In 1895 Messrs. Becker and Dall investisrated and 



