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Chir Clouih, bay and river; see Chickaloon. 



Chichagof; bay, in Clarence strait, on southeastern coast of Prince of "Wales island, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by the Russians and variously spelled 

 (ihichagoff, Chitchagoff, and erroneously Tehitchagoff. It is not an 

 uncommon Kussian jyroper name. Admiral Vasili lakob Chichagof, with 

 a fleet of three ships, made explorations in the Arctic regions in 1765- 

 1766. One of the vessels of the Russian American Company, an armed 

 brig, was named Clurhitijuf. The name of this bay has been misplaced on 

 some charts. On Tebenkof's map it is very obscurely printed, making it 

 (lidicull t(} say whether it is (Jhichagof or Chigatz. Also called a harbor. 



Ch.ichag'of ; caj)!^, on the northern coast of Alaska peninsula, at mouth of Ugaguk 

 river. Named Chichagova (Chichagof's) by Lutke, in 1828, after Admiral 

 Chichagof, of the Russian navy. Variously written Chichagov, Chichagow, 

 Tchitchagow, etc. 



Chichagof; harbor, indenting north shore of Attn island, western Aleutians. Sur- 

 veyed and presumably named by Etolin, in 1827, after one of the early 

 Russian Arctic explorers. Sometimes written Tschitschagoff. 



Chichagof; island, or group of islands, Alexander archipelago. Named by Lisianski, 

 in 1805, after Admiral Chichagof. First known to the Russians as Yakobi 

 or Jakobi, a name restricted by Lisianski, in 1805, to an island at the 

 northwestern angle of the group, and the name Chichagof applied to the 

 remainder. It forms the northern part of King George the Ill's archi- 

 pelago of Vancouver. The native name is Khuna or Hooniah. Variously 

 called Chichagov, Chichagoff's, (^tc, and erroneously Chicagos. 



Chichagof; passage, between Etolin and Woronkofski islands, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by the Russians and variously spelled as above. Called 

 also pass and strait. 



Chichagof; peak (2,600 feet high), in the northwestern part of Wrangell island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named by Snow in 1886. Erroneously Chica- 

 goff on Coast Survey chart 706. 



Chichaldmskoi, volcano; see Shishaldin. 



Chichinak; Eskimo village on the mainland, east of Nunivak island, Bering sea. 

 Visited by Nelson in December, 1878, and its name reported by him as 

 Chichinagamiut, i. e., Chichinak people. 



Cliiclnnaref, inlet; see Shishmaref. 



Chickalobn; bay, at head of Cook inlet. Presumably a local name. A stream 

 tributary to this bay, from the south, is called bj' Becker, 1895, Chic 

 Cloon. 



Chickaloon, creek, tributary to theMatanuska river, from the west. Said byMen- 

 denhall to be a proper name in local use and the spelling as above well 

 established. Reported by Mendenhall, of the Geological Survey, in 1898. 



Chickamin; river, of southeastern Alaska, flowing into Behm canal. Native name, 

 reported by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Chicken; creek, in the Fortymile mining district, tributary to Mosquito fork, from 

 the north. Prospectors' name, pul)lishe(l l)y the Geological Survey in 

 1899. 



Chicken; creek, tributary to Cache creek, from the north, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 Chi dak, cape; see Aguliuk. 

 Cliief, island, Sitka sound; see Nachlezhnoi. 

 Cliirf, mountain; see Tyee. 



Chief Stephen; Indian village, on right l)ank of the Copper river, near latituile 62°. 

 Name from Al)ercrombie, 1898, who wrote it Chief Stephan. Is also 

 written Stiphan and Stijihan or Stick. Aj)parently it is the English name 

 Steplien, derived through Russian jyrununciation and spelling. 



