Clia-Che. 122 [bull. 187. 



Chayagagulc, river; see Chaiagaguk. 



Chtcholkiu, inlet; see Linnet. 



Checkers; camp, on Kuzitrin river, Seward peninsula. So called by the pros- 

 pectors, 1900, after one of their comrades, nicknamed Checkers. 



Cheenik; village and mission at head of Golofnin bay, Norton sound. This is said 

 to be a native name and has been written Chee-nik, Chenik, Chinick, 

 Chinik, etc. Pronounced Chee-nik. Tikhmenief, 1861, shows an Eskimo 

 village here called Ikaligvig-miut. It is also called Dexter Post-Othce, 

 though no post-office has been established there by the Government. 



Cheerful; (;ape, the western head of Captains bay, Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. 

 Called Veselofski (cheerful) by Kotzebue in 1817. Sarichef, 1792, shows 

 a village near here called Veselofski. Lutke, 1836, has V^celovskoi 

 cape and mountains. An unnamed Cascade near it is a landmark for 

 Captains bay. 



Cheerful. Sarichef, 1792, shows a native village, Veselofski (cheerful), near Cape 

 Cheerful, Unalaska. Veniaminof says this village lies on the left side of 

 Cape Cheerful, in the left corner of a bight of the same name, on a spit. 

 Population about 1830 was 15. 



Cheer icqf, cape; see Bartolome. 



(Iteev'icof, island; see Chirikof. 



Chefoklak; Eskimo village of 4 huts in the Yukon delta, near Kusilvak mountain, 

 visited by Nelson in December, 1878. He reports its name to be Che- 

 fokhlagamiut, i. e., Chefoklak people. 



Chegoula, island; see Chugul. 



Chelekhqtf', strait; see Shelikof. 



Chena; river, tril)utary to the Tanana, from the east, near longitude 147° 30^. Native 

 name, reported by Schrader in 1898 as Che-na, i. e., Chee river. 



Chenango; mountain (2,987 feet high), in the northern part of Annette island, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Chenega; island, on the western shore of Prince William sound. Apparently a 

 native name. On Petrof's map of 1882 in the Tenth Census this name is 

 given for an Indian village (population, 80) on Knight island. On late 

 maps this village is shown oii an island called Chenega, immediately 

 west of Knight island. On one recent map written Cheniga. 



Chenik, mission; see Cheenik. 



C/)en/A', village; see Chimekliak. 



Clientansitztan; village, on north bank of the Yukon, about 30 miles below the 

 mouth of Melozi river. Native name, published by the Coast Survey 

 in 1898. 



( 'hepp, river; see Chipp. 



Chernabura; island, the southernmost of the Shumagin group. Named Cherno- 

 burie (black-brown, whence also a priest thus clad) by the Russians. The 

 native name is Nunik ( porcupine ) . Has been variously written Cherna- 

 bour, Chernabur, Niunak, Niunyak, Niuniak, Nuniak, etc. Lutke has an 

 island Tounak in his list of the Shumagins, apparently a typographical 

 error for Nounak. 



Chernabura, island. Cook inlet; see Augustine. 



Chernabura; islet (100 feet high) and surrounding rocks on the western edge of the 

 Sandman reefs, northeast of Sannak. Called Chernabura (black-brown, 

 or a priest clad in black-brown garb) by the Russians. Lutke says Taga- 

 mak, called by the Russians Tchernoboury, while Veniaminof says the 

 Aleut name is Kagak Unimak, i. e.. East Unimak. Sarichef has Taganak. 

 Variously written, Chernabour, Chernabur, Chernobura, Chernaboor, 

 Tchernobour, etc. 



