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Kas— Kas. 



Kasatochi; island (1,018 feet high), northwest of the western end of Atka, middle 



Aleutians. Called Kassatotehy by Lutke, about 1830, who says it is an 



extinct crater reported to contain a lake. 



. Kashaiak; Eskimo village, on the north bank of Togiak river, near mouth of the 



I Kashaiak river. Its native name, according to Spurr and Post, 1898, is 



Kashaiyagamut, i. e. , Kashaiak people. 

 ' Kashaiak; river, tributary to the Togiak river, from the north, about 30 miles above 

 the mouth of the latter. Native name, from Spurr and Post, who write it 

 Kasluiiyak. 

 Kashaw; river, tributary to the Kaskawulsh, from the northeast, north of the St. 



Elias alps. Native name, from Brooks, 1900. 

 Kasheg^a; bay, indenting the northern shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Named 

 Koshiginskoi by Sarichef, in 1792, supposedly after Yelim Koshigin, who 

 wintered at Unalaska in 1763. Has been variously written Kachiginskaia, 

 Kasheega, Kashuga, Koshigin, etc. 

 Kashega; cape, between Kashega and Pumicestone bays, on northern shore of 



Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. So called by Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Kasheg'a; native village, in Kashega bay, on the northern shore of Unalaska. So 

 called by Sarichef in 1792. In 1831 it was the headquarters of the bidar- 

 shik or foreman of the Eussian-American Company for the western half 

 of Unalaska. Its pojjulation then was 41; in 1880, 74, and in 1890, 46. 

 Has been called Kashigin and Koshigin. 

 Kashevarof; group of islands, in Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. Appar- 



- ently so named by Ball in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 89). 

 Kashevarof; passage, separating the Kashevarof group of islands from Prince of 

 Wales island, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. Named by the 

 I Russians. Variously written Kashevarow, Kashevaroff and, erroneously, 



I Kashvarow. It is an oft-recurring Russian family name. 



KasMgaluk; Eskimo village, on Nelson island, Bering sea. Visited by Nelson in 

 December, 1878, and its name reported by him to be Kashigalogamute, 

 I i. e., Kashigaluk people. 



j Kashuga, bay; see Kashega. 



i Kashunuk; Eskimo village, of 20 houses, in the Yukon delta, near the Kashunuk 

 river. Eskimo name, from Nelson, who visited it in December, 1878, and 

 reported a population of 100 or 200. Petrof, 1880, writes Kashunok and 

 j reports a population of 125. The Eleventh Census, 1890, calls it Kashu- 



I nahmiut and gives a population of 232. 



Kashunuk; river, in the Yukon delta, forming one of the outlets of the Yukon 

 river. Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849, who wrote Kizhmiak. Also 

 has been written Kizhunok. Nelson, who crossed it in 1878, calls it 

 Kashunuk. 

 Kashutuk; Eskimo village, in the Yukon delta, near Andreafski. Eskimo name, 

 from Nelson, who visited it in December, 1878. Also has been written 

 I Kashutok. 



Kaslivaroir, passage; see Kashevarof. 

 Kashvik; bay, immediately southwest of Katmai bay, Shelikof strait. Native name 



from Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Kasiak; cape, the w^estern point of entrance to Sitkalidak strait, on the southeastern 

 . shore of Kodiak. So called by Tebenkof in 1849. Native name. Kasik 



I • is Aleut for seed and Kaiasik for high and rocky. 



Kasiana; group of islands, in the northern part of Sitka sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Vasilief in 1809. Erroneously Kaisana. It is a 

 Russian family name. 



