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Aleks; i-nnken rock, about 15 miles southwest from Sannak. Reported by Capt. 

 William Paternon, of the schooner Alexander, in 1890. Name derived from 

 till' name of his vessel. Perhaps this is identical with Hennig rock. 



Aleksashkina; a former native settlement on Wood island, St. Paul harbor, Kodiak, 

 near what is now called Ice House point. In 1849 Tebenkof called it the 

 Chiniak settlement (Aleksashkina) , while the Russian American Com- 

 pany map of the same year calls it the Aleut settlement Tanignag-miut. 



Akvtkina, bay; see Aleutkina. 



Aleutian; islands, the long chain of islands stretching westward from Alaska 

 peninsula. "The word Aleutian seems to be derived from the interroga- 

 tive particle aU'u; which struck strangers in the language of that people." 

 ( Kotzebue, III, p. 312. ) Alik-u-a-ia?=What is this? (Veniaminof, II, p.2. ) 

 Allik? = What dost thou want? (Bancroft's History of Alaska, p. 106.) 

 Have been called Aleutian, Aleoutiennes, etc. Usually called the Fox 

 islands by seafaring people. 



Aleutian; mountains, on Alaska peninsula northeast of Becharof lake. So named 

 by Spurr in 1898. 



Aleutian, sea; see Bering. 



Aleutkina; bay, indenting the eastern shore of Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Vasilief in 1809. Has also been called Leesia (fox) and 

 Leesoffskaia bay. Also erroneously Aleutkina. The name Leesia (fox) 

 appears to be used by Tebenkof as a synonym for Aleutkina ( Aleut woman ) , 

 referring to the Unalaskan or Fox Island Aleuts. The bay just north of 

 this is named by Tebenkof, Kadiak, referring to another branch of the 

 Aleuts. 



Aleutski; island, SE. of the wharf in Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Aleutski (Aleutian) by the Russians. Has also been 

 written Aleyoutski. Also named Ball, by Beardslee, in 1880. 



Alexander; archipelago in southeastern Alaska, comprising the great group of coast- 

 wise islands between Dixon entrance and Lynn canal. So named by the 

 Coast Survey in 1867, after the Russian Tsar. 



Alexander; point, the southeastern point of entrance to Wrangell strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Lindenberg in 1838. 



Alexander; port at the south end of Chatham strait, Baranof island, Alexander 

 archipelago. Name published by Tebenkof in 1849. 



Alexander; njck, near Middle channel into Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander 

 archipelago. Name published on Coast Survey chart 725 in 1881. Origin 

 of narhe not discovered. 



Alexander; village, on the western bank, of Sushitna river, about 10 miles from its 

 mouth; also creek joining the river there. Apparently a jjrospectors' 

 name; published by Geological Survey in 1899, 



Alexandra; point, in Kupreanof harbor, Ivanof bay, Alaska peninsula. Named 

 Alexandra by Woronkofski in 1837. Sometimes erroneously Alexander. 



Alexandrovsk; settlement on Graham harbor, Cook inlet. Named Alexandrovsk 

 (Alexander) by the Russians in the last century. 



Alexandrovsk, trailing post; see Nushagak. 



Alexeief; very small village in the Yukon delta. Name from Nelson, who passed 

 through it in December, 1878. He shows it on his map but does not men- 

 tion it in his text. It appears on the census map of 1880 but not in the 

 text, unless, indeed, it may be "Village (name unknown)". 



Alger; peak (7,500 feet high) in the Tordrillo range, northw-est of Cook inlet. So 

 name<l l)y Spurr and Post in 1898. 



Algonek; river. The western mouth of the Copper river is so called by Moser, 

 1899. The village of Alagauik is on this stream. 



