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Kla— Kle. 



Kladlnisha, cape; see Graveyard. 



Klahini; river, tributary to Burroughs bay, Behm canal, Alexander archipelago. 



Native name, from the Coast Survey. Variously written Clahona, 



Klaheena, Klahena, etc., i. e., Kla river. 

 Klak; creek, tributary to the Kanektok river, from the south, about 40 miles east of 



Kuskokwim bay. Native name, obtained by Spurr and Post, of the 



Geological Survey, in 1898. 

 Klakas; inlet (unexplored), indenting Prince of Wales island and opening into 



Cordova bay, Alexander archipelago. Native name, pubi.shed bv the 



Coast Survey in 1899. 

 Klakas; lake, in the southern part of Prince of Wales island, Alexander archipelago. 



Native name, published by the Coast Survev in 1899. 

 KInkvaii, village; see Klukwan. 

 Klamaskwaltin; native village, on the north bank of the Yukon river, near the 



mouth of the Kaiyuh. Native name, from the Coast Survey, 1898, who 



wrote it Klamasqualttin. 

 Klan; hill, on Sitklan island, Dixon entrance, southeastern Alaska. Native name 



being part of the word Sit-klan, reported by Nichols and published in 



1889. 

 Klanachargut, creek; see Minook. 

 Klanakakat, creek; see Minook. 

 Klalassin, river; see Klotassin. 

 Klatena, river; see Klutina. 

 Klatsuta; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the south, about 25 miles below the 



mouth of the Tozi river. Native name, reported by Raymond, 1869, as 



Klatsutachargut; by Petrof, 1880, as Klatsutachakat, and by Allen as 



Klatsutakakat, i. e., Klatsuta river. 

 Klawak; inlet, opening into Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. Corrup- 

 tion of some native word, obtained by the Russians. Variously written 



Klawack, Klawok, Kliavakhan, Tlevakh, Tlevak, etc., and erroneously 



Kiawak. 

 Elawak; post-office and village, on Klawak inlet, Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Variously written Klawock, Kliawak, Kliavakhan, Kiawak, Tlevak, 



Tlewak, etc. Corruption of some native word, obtained by the Russians. 



The post-office here was established in February, 1884. 

 Ellawasi; river, tributarj^ to the Cojiper river, from the east, near Copper Center. 



Native name from Allen, 1885, who wrote it Klawasimi, i. e., Klawasi 



river. Has also been written Klawasena. 

 Klchakuk; Eskimo village, on the eastern shore of the Kuskokwim bay, just north 



of Goodnews bay. Sarichef, 1826, has at this place the words Kchakuk 



bay, though no bay is shown. Petrof, 1880, shows a village which he calls 



Klchangamute or Kl-changamute, i. e., Klchank people. 

 Kleguchek; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, at its mouth. 



According to Spurr and Post, who obtained this information from mis- 

 sionary J. H. Kilbuck, in 1898, its native name is Klegutshegamut, i. e., 



Kleguchek people. 

 Klehini; river, tributary to the Chilkat, from the west, in latitude 59° 24'. Native 



name, reported by United States naval officers, in 1880, as Kluheeny. 



Krause, in 1882, spelled it Tlehini. The above form, Klehini, has been 



adopted by the Canadian Board on Geographic Names. Perhaps the same 



word as Klahini, which see. 

 Eletsan; creek, flowing northward to the White river, near longitude 141°. Native 



name, reported by Hayes in 1891 as Klet-san-dek, or Copper creek, the 



termination dek meaning creek. 



