KllU— Ko<l. 



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Kvuiik; arm, rivor, etc.; see Knik. 



Kobakof; bay, on the southern coast of Atka, middle Aleutians. So named by the 

 Russians. Called Kol)akotshaia on Russian Hydrographic Chart No. 1400. 



Kochu; island (150 feet liigh), in Chilkat inlet, Lynn canal, southeastern Alaska. 

 Named Kochu by Lindenberg in 1838. It is Ventosa island of Meade in 

 1868. The native name is said to be Gla-hiits, but the Krause ))rothers, 

 1882, report the native name to be Jachlanissa. 



Kodiak; large island near Cook inlet. Discovered l>y Stephen Glotof, a Russian fur 

 hunter, who anchored in AHtak (Kaniat) bay, in the southwestern part 

 of the island, on September 8, 1763. He learned from the natives that the 

 island was by them called Kikhtak. (Banc. Hist., 141, 145.) Kikhtuk 

 is the Innuit word for island. (Dall's Alaska, 532. ) Petrof (Banc. Hist., 

 224) says: "Kikhtak or Kikhtowik is the Innuit word for island. At the 

 present day (1886) the natives of the peninsula speak of the Kadiak people 

 simply as Kikhtagamutes, islanders. The tribal name appears to have 

 been Kaniag, and the Russian appellation now in use was probably derived 

 from both." Martin Sauer, who wrote the account of Billings' expedition, 

 1785-1794, says (p. 174): "Shelikof has called this island Kichtak as the 

 original name of it, in which, however, he is mistaken, for Kichtak or 

 Kightak is merely an island; they call the Trinity island Kightak Sich- 

 tunak, thus, Kightak Kadiak; and to my astonishment one of them called 

 Alaksa a Kightak or island. ' ' Cook in 1778 got the name Kodiak from the 

 Russian Ismailof (II, p. 504). This spelling was followed by Meares 

 (1788), Vancouver (1794), and Langsdorf (1804), who has Kodiak, Kad- 

 jak or Kuktak, i. e., Great Island (II, p. 58). The British Admiralty 

 charts, Nos. 260, 278, 787, 2172, 2460, and 2558, followed the spelling 

 Kodiak. Sauer, about 1790, has Kadiak (Billings' Voyage, pp. 168-170), 

 and so also has Lutke, 1836 (Naut. part, p. 268). Dixon, 1789, has Kodiac 

 and Codiac (p. 145) ; Lisianski, 1804, has Cadiack. At the time of the 

 purchase of Alaska the form Kodiak (pronounced KO-dy-ak) was in gen- 

 eral use among English speaking people, and the same form, Kodiak (pro- 

 nounced Kad-yjik) , was in general use among the Russians. Dall (Alaska, 

 p. 529) says: "The Russian when not accented should be rendered in 

 English by A; from the neglectof this (comes) Kodiak instead of Kadidk." 

 Also, at p. 532, he says: "Kadiilk. — The name of the largest island south 

 of Aliaska. It is a derivative, according to some authors, from the Russian 

 Kiidia, a large tub; more probably, however, it is a corruption of Kanidg, 

 the ancient Innuit name. The inhabitants, according to Coxe, called 

 themselves Kaniagist or Kanidgmut. This name is almost invariably mis- 

 spelled by English authors as Kodiak, Codiac, Codiack, Kadiack, and in 

 other similarly absurd ways. The above is the only correct spelling." 

 The spelling of this name was submitted to the Board on Geographic 

 Names in 1890 and the form Kadiak adopted. . Local usage has, however, 

 remained Kodiak, both in form and pronunciation, while the pronunci- 

 ation Ka-dy-ak is often heard from the lips of those who have learned the 

 name, not from hearing it, but from the printed page. Moser, in Report 

 of the Fish Commission (1899, p. 19), says: "Though the present approved 

 spelling of the name of this island is Kadiak, the company retains the 

 former spelling Kodiak." Martinez and Lopez de Haro in 1788 named 

 the island Florida Blanca. 



Kodiak; rock, near the entrance to St, Paul harbor, Kodiak. Named Kadiak by the 

 Coast Survey. 



Kodiak; town, on Kodiak island, one of the principal towns of Alaska. The first 

 Russian settlement on Kodiak was made by Shelikof at Three Saints bay. 



