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Klg— Kil. 



Kiganln; island, one of the Shumagin group, not identified. Called Kiganghyni 

 by Lntke, who, in turn, obtained the name from Veniaminof. In a later 

 publication Veniaminof calls it Kiganin. 



Kigezruk ; river, in the extreme western part of Seward peninsula, debouching 

 l>etween capes York and Prince of Wales. Named after Kiviarzruk, a 

 Prince of Wales Eskimo, who discovered gold here in June, 1899. Has 

 been written Kiryarzark, Kiugaarzruk and Kivyearzruk, and is now 

 called, locally, Kigezruk. 



Kightak Sichiimak, islands; see Trinity. 



Kigluaik; range of mountains, in western part of Seward peninsula. Eskimo name, 

 from Beechey, 1827, who wrote it Kig-low-aic. Has also been called 

 Kiglowa, and by the miners Kiglo-white and Craggly-white. On a late 

 map called Sawtooth. 



Kigmil, cape; see Prince of Wales. 



Kig-uga; cape and cliff, on the northwestern coast of Adak island, Andreanof group, 

 middle Aleutians. Aleut name, from Telienkof, 1849. 



Kignn; cape, the westernmost point of Atka, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. 

 Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849. Perhaps from the Aleut Mgulc (diver 

 or grebe ) . 



Kigunak; cape, in Inanudak bay, on the northern coast of Umnak, eastern Aleu- 

 tians. Native name, from Kuritzien, 1849. 



Kigushimkada; cape, on the northern shore of Umnak, eastern Aleutians. Native 

 name, from Kuritzien, 1849. 



Kikhtuk, island; see Kodiak. 



Kikiktak; Eskimo village, at the mouth of Hotham inlet, Kotzebue sound. Eskimo 

 name, from Petrof, 1880, who writes it Kikiktagamute, i. e., Kikiktak peo- 

 ple. Population in 1880, 200. 



Kiktagaliuk; islets, north of Chirikof island, near Cold bay, Alaska peninsula. 

 Native name, from the Russians. 



Kiktaguk; Eskimo village, on the southern shore of Norton sound, about 22 miles 

 east of St. Michael. Dall, who visited it October 8, 1866, reports its name 

 to be Kegiktowruk, a " word derived from Kikhtuk, meaning an island." 

 Tebenkof, 1849, calls it Kiektaguk, while the Coast Survey parties of 1898 

 call it Ikikiktoik and the hill near it Toik. 



Kiktak; Eskimo village, on a large island in the Kuskokwim river, about 25 miles 

 above Bethel. Native name, from Nelson 1878-79, who wrote it Kikkhta- 

 gamute, i. e., Big Island people. Kiktak is the native word, which has by 

 corruption become Kadiak and Kodiak. Petrof in 1880 gives its popula- 

 tion as 232 and its name Kik-khtagamute. The Eleventh Census gives 

 a population of 119 and the name, Kikikhtagamiut. 



Kiku, islet and village; see Kake. 



Kikukalen, bay; see Erskine. 



Kilbuck; range of mountains, east of the lower reach of Kuskokwim river, western 

 Alaska. So named by Spurr, in 1898, after Rev. John H. Kilbuck, a Dela- 

 ware Indian missionary and teacher at Bethel. 



Kiliatva; river, in St. Elias alpine region, debouching between the Alsek delta and 

 Yakutat bay. Apparently a native name; published by Tebenkof in 1849. 



Kiliktagik; island (750 feet high), one of the Semidi islands. Native name, 

 obtained, in 1874, by Dall, who wrote it Keeli'Khtagikh. 



Kilimantavie; Eskimo village, near Wainwright inlet, Arctic coast. Tikhmenief, 

 1861, calls it Kilametagag-miut; Petrof, 1880, calls it Kolumakturook; 

 Hydrographic chart 68 calls it Kelamantowruk, while later charts oniit it 

 or call it Kilimantavie. According to Murdoch this name is Ke-lev-a- 

 tow-tin (^ sling). 



