KiiM— Knt. 



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Kasilof; caiu-, at luotilli of tlic Kasilof river, ( 'ook inlet. The cape appears to have, 

 l)eeii iianieil liv WosncHciiski ahont 1S40. AIho Avritten Kassilow, Tvussi- 

 loff, I'tC. 



Kasilof; fishiiifr village, at mouth of the Kanilof river, Cook inlet. Upon ornear 

 the 8ite of thi.s village the Russian foreman Kolomin, in 1786, hegan for 

 the Lebedef-Lastochkin Company a settlement by building two log houses 

 surrounded by a stockade. This was called St. George, presumably after 

 one of the ships of the company. The name Georgiefskaia appears on 

 the old maps. 



Kasilof; river, on Kenai peninsula, draining from Tustumena lake to Cook inlet. 

 Apparently a Russian proper name, due to Wosnesenski about 1840. ^''ari- 

 ously written Kasilof, Kasilova, Kasilovka, Kussiloff, Kussilowa, etc. 



Kaskawulsh; river, northeast of Yakutat bay, and tributary to the Alsek. Native 

 name, published, in 1898, and probably earlier. Has l)een variously written 

 Kaskarwurlch, Kaskarwulch, etc. The above form, Kaskawulsh, has been 

 adopted by the Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 



Knsnatchin, point; see Anchor. 



Kasnyku; bay, on the eastern shore of Baranof island, Chatham strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. Native name, reported by Moore in 1895. 



Kasook; inlet and lake, on the northern shore of Cordova bay, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named published by the Coast Survey in 1899. 



Kmsalotchy, island; see Kasatochi. 



A'rt.w//.-, island; see Kaiasik. 



Knusilof, river and village; see Kasilof. 



Kasson; creek, tributary to Shovel creek, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Kataguni; island, one of the Chilkat islands, in Lynn canal, southeastern Alaska. 

 Native name obtained by the Krause brothers, in 1882, and by them written 

 Katagiine. 



Kntak. The Russian American map of 1849 shows an Aleut settlement on Afognak 

 bay, Afognak island, called Kattagmiut, i. e., Kat-tak people. 



Katch, islet; see Kak. 



k'litrlirhJdf, river; see Yentna. 



Kateekuk; island (300 feet high) , one of the Semidi islands. Native name obtained, 

 in 1874, by Dall, who wrote it Katee'khuk. 



Kate; mountain (4,600 feet high), near Port Yaldes, Prince William sound. So 

 named by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Kateel; river, tributary to the Koyukuk, from the west, about 40 miles above mouth 

 of the latter. Native name, reported by Allen, in 1885, as Kateelkakat (on 

 his map) and Koteelkdkat (in his text, p. 105), i. e., Kateel river. Has 

 also appeared as Kotelkakat. See Kakat. 



Kates Needle; mountain (9,960 feet high), on the western bank of the Stikine, 

 near the international boimdary. Also called Kates Needles. 



Katete; mountain (4,170 feet high), near the Katete river. Native name, from 

 Hunter, 1877, who has Kwah-tee-tah and Ka-t6-t^. 



Katete; river, tributary to the Stikine river, from the southeast. Native name, 

 published by the Coast Survey, in 1883, as Kwahteetah and later as Ka-te-te 

 and Kahtite. 



Katiushkin. A small stream on Kenai peninsula, debouching in Cook inlet, near 

 East Foreland, is on Wosnesenski's map (1840) in Grewingk (map 3), 

 called Kantiitschike. The cape East Foreland is called Katiushkin on 

 Russian Hydrographic chart 1378 (ed. of 1847). 



Katlian; bay, in the northeastern part of Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named l)y Lisianski after Katlian or Kotlean, one of the native chiefs of 

 Sitkain 1809. Has been called Katlianofagulf and Kotleana (Kotlean' s) bay. 



