UAKEE.] 99 Bio— Bit. 



Biorka; snukeu reef, in Sitka sound, westward from Biorka island. So named by 

 Dall in the Coast Pilot, 1883. Has also been called Biorka rock. 



Biorka; village (population in 1890, 58), on the eastern end of Biorka island, 

 eastern Aleutians. Has been written Borka and Burka. Its native name, 

 according to Yenianiinof, is Ugiii-ug, but Sauer, 1790, says it is called 

 Sidankin, while Sarichef, in the same party with Sauer, has Sedanka and 

 Sedanki. 



Biougaiii, island; see Bushy. 



Birch; cove, east of Pyramid island, Chilkat inlet, southeastern Alaska. Named 

 Berezovaia (birch) bay by Lindenberg in 1838. The name is obsolete. 



Birch; creek, tributary to Big Four creek, from the south, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Birch; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the north, about 15 miles below the 

 mouth of Tozi river. Xame published by the Coast Survey in 1898. 



Birch; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the south, a little below Fort Yukon. 

 Named by traders of the Hudson Bay Company. Its Indian name is 

 reported to be Tohwun-nukakat. Either this creek, or the one next below 

 it, is Nocotocargut of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1867. 



Birch; lake, near Tetling river, between the Copper and Tanana rivers. So named 

 by Lowe, in 1898, after Stephen Birch, a member of his party. 



Birch Creek; trail, from the Tanana river, near longitude 147°, to the headwaters 

 of Birch creek. Local usage. Apparently identical with Circle City trail 

 of some maps. 



Bird; cape (1,008 feet high), at western end of Amchitka island, western Aleutians. 

 Lutke says the Aleuts call it Satanna, i. e., des oiseaux (of birds). The 

 Russians called it Ptichie (bird) cape. 



Bird; cape, on southern shore of Kittiwake island, Kodiak group. Named Ptichie 

 (bird) by Murashef in 1839-10. 



Bird; creek,. 'tributary to Turnagain arm, Cook inlet, from the north, opposite the 

 mouth of Sixmile creek. Prospectors' name, published by the Geological 

 Survey in 1900. 



Bird; island, in Favorite channel, Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Beardslee in 1880. 



Bird; island, in St. Paul harbor, Kodiak island. Named Ptichie (bird) by the 

 Russians in 1809. 



Bird ; island, in southern part of the Shumagin group. Named Ptichnie or Ptichnoi 

 (bird ) by the early Russians. Has also been written Petitski and Ptitchny. 



Bird; island, off south shore of Ikatan island, near east end of Unimak island. 

 Named Ptichie (bird) by Tebenkof, 1849. 



Bird; rock, in eastern part of Cordova bay, Alexander archipelago. Name from the 

 Coast Survey, 1899. 



Bird; rock, in Fanshaw bay, Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. Named by 

 the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Bishop; point, the western jioint of entrance to Taku inlet, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Originally named Salisbury by Yancouver, in 1794, 

 after the Bishop of Salisbury. The name Salisbury having been acci- 

 dentally transferred to a point about 3 miles farther w^est, the name 

 Bishop was given to the point by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 171). 



Bissau ; lake, triVjutary to Chuitna river, near the head of Cook inlet. Name pub- 

 lished by the Coast Survey in 1898. 



Biluk, creek; see Baituk. 



Bitzla; river, tributary to the Koyukuk, from the east, near longitude 157° W. 

 Part of a native name reported in 1885 by Allen, who has Bitzlatoilocta 

 on his map and Bitzlatoiloeta in his text. 



