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Chilkat; river, llowinjr into t'hilkat inlet at the head of Lynn canal. Named Chilkat 

 bv the Russians, after the Indian tribe inhabitnig its banks. Spelled 

 variously Chileat, Chilkaht, Tchillkat, T'silkat, etc., and Tschilkathin by 

 Krause. 

 Chilkat, villaire; si-e Klukwan. 



Chilkoot; inlet, at head of Lynn canal. So named from a tribe of Indians which 

 has a village near its head. Also written Chilcoot and called by Meade 

 False Chilkaht or Tschillkat inlet. See also Dyea and Taiya. 

 Chilkoot; lake, near the head of Chilkoot inlet. Named from the Chilkoot Indian 

 village on its shores. Also written C^hilcoot and Tschilkut. Has also been 

 called Akha lake. 

 Chilkoot; mountains or range of mountains near the bead of Lynn canal. Variously 

 called Chilkat, Chilkoot, and Tschil-kut. Called Kotusk mountains on a 

 recent map. 

 Chilkoot; pass (8,500 feet high) , 20 miles from Skagway, between the drainage into 

 Lynn canal and the Yukon basin. Variously spelled. Has also been 

 called Perrier and Dejah. Possibly also identical with Shasheki of Dall 

 in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 200). 

 Chilkoot; river, tributary to head of Chilkoot inlet, Lynn canal, southeastern 

 Alaska. Native name, variously spelled. Its lower part, between Chil- 

 koot lake and Chilkoot inlet, has been called Deyea, and the upper part, 

 above the lake, Krause calls Katschkahin; also written Kachkahin. 

 Chilkoot; village, or settlement of Chilkoot Indians, at outlet of Chilkoot lake. 



Has been called Tschilkut and Tananei or Chilcoot. 

 Chimekliak; Eskimo village, on the eastern shore of Kuskokwim bay, near mouth 

 of Kuskokwim river. This may be identical with Chenik of a Russian 

 Ad-airalty chart of 1802. Petrof in the Tenth Census, 1880, calls it Chi- 

 miagamute, i. e., Chimiak people, while the Eleventh Census, 1890, has 

 Chimingyangamute. Spurr and Post, in 1898, obtained from Missionary 

 Kilbuck the name Chini-e-kliag-a-mut. 

 Chimiagamute, village; see Chimekliak. 

 Chimmgyangamvte, village; see Chimekliak. 

 CIrimindi, islands;"^e Kudiakof. 



Chin; point, the northern point of entrance to Neets bay, in Behm canal, on north- 

 western shore of Revillagigedo island. Named by the Coast Survey in 

 1891. Brow and Nose points are near by. 

 China, river; see Tsina. 

 Chinaldna, creek; see Chunilna. 

 Chinchan, bay; see Akutan harbor. 



Chiniak; bay, indenting the eastern end of Kodiak. Native name, obtained by the 

 early Russian explorers and variously written Chiniak, Chiniatskoi, and 

 even, by error, Tuniak. Chiniak is Aleut for a rocky, impaxxaldc, wretrJu'dsea. 

 Chiniak; cape, on the mainland coast, northwest of Afognak island. Native name 

 from early Russian explorers. Written Chiniakskie, Chiniatskoy, Tchin- 

 eyak, and even Tuniak. 

 Chiniak; cape, the easternmost extremity of Kodiak. Named Greville by Cook in 

 1778. Langsdorf identifies it with Cape Hermogenes of Bering in 1741. 

 The Russians usually called it Tolstoi (broad). It has also been called 

 Elovoi (spruce) and Chiniatskoy. According to Tanner, 1888, it is locally 

 known as Chiniak. 

 Odniak, cape; see Shakmanof. 



Chiniak; islet, off Cape Chiniak, Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Langsdorf, who accompanied 

 Kruseustern in his voyage round the world, 1803-1806, says (II, 56) Cape 

 Chiniak "is bounded to the north Ijy two small islands, one of which, in 

 the language of the country, is called Giniak, the other Ugak." 



