BAKER] 249 KOO— KOS. 



Koog, river; see Kok. 



K<>(i(p'ocl; mining district, etc. ; see Kugruk. 



Koivjroog, river; see Kugruk. 



A'ooA-, l)ay; see Basket. 



Kooh, river, etc. ; see Knik. 



Kookpoowrool; river; see Knkpowruk. 



Konl-pul; river; see Kukpuk. 



Koolvagangamvte , village; see Kulvagavik. 



Kii'isetrien, river; see Kuzitrin. 



Koot; Eskimo village, near Cape Etolin, Xunivak island, Bering sea. Native name, 

 from the Eleventh Census. Population in 1890, 117. 



KootznaJioo; archipelago, head, inlet, roads, and village. Admiralty island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. This word comes from a native word, Khutz-n'hu 

 (bear's fort). Its obscure and difficult gutturals have produced great 

 diversity of rendering. It has been called Hoochinoo, Hoosnoff, Houch- 

 nou, Hudsunoo, Kenai^now, Khutz-n'hu, Kootsnoo, Koutsnou, Kutznou, 

 Koutznow, etc. An island near and the post-office bear the name Killis- 

 noo, another form of this word. See Kenasnow and Killisnoo. 



Koourorskaia, bay; see Ko^-iirof. 



Kooyak, slough; see Kuiak. 



Korga, island; see Crow. 



Kork-pourook, river; see Knkpowruk. 



Koronotsie, island; see Coronation. 



Korovin; bay, indenting the northwestern shore of Atka, middle Aleutians. Pre- 

 sumably so named by the Russians, after Ivan Korovin, captain of the 

 trading vessel Trinity, in these waters in 1762. Written Korowinsky, 

 Korovinskaia, etc. 



■^orovin; cape, the northern head of Korovin bay, Atka island, middle Aleutians. 

 It is Korovei of Sarichef, in 1790, and usually Korovinski. 



Korovin; island, one of the Shumagin group. Named by the Russians, presmnably 

 after Ivan Korovin, one of the early Russian explorers, who, in command 

 of the Sv. Troitzka (Holy Trinity), explored the Aleutian islands in 1762. 

 Also called Korovinskoi and Korovin. The word is from the Russian 

 Korova (cow). 



Korovin; volcano (4,988 feet high), on the north end of Atka, middle Aleutians. 

 Called Korovinskaia by Lutke about 1830. 



Korovinski; deserted native village on Korovin bay, Atka island, middle Aleutians. 

 Lutke calls it Nikolskoi. The village now appears to be abandoned, the 

 natives having removed to Nazan bay, across the island. 



Kosciusko; island, in the northwestern part of Prince of Wales archipelago. So 

 named by Dall in 1879. 



Koserefski; village, on the left bank of the Yukon, near the mouth of Shageluk 

 slough. Called Leather village by Dall, 1866, who reports this to be the 

 Russian usage. Has appeared on various maps as Koserefski, Kosyrof, 

 Kozerevsky, Kozyrof, etc. Holy Cross Mission is at or near this i^lace. 



Koserefsky; post-office, at Koserefski, on the Yukon, established in September, 

 1899. 



Koshigin, bay; see Kashega. 



Koshotok, creek; see Koksuktapaga. 



Kostromitinof ; cape, forming the eastern point of entrance to Danger bay, on the 

 southern shore of Afognak island, Kodiak group. So named by :Murashef 

 in 1839-40. It is a Russian family name. The U. S. court interpreter at 

 Sitka at the present time is George Kostrometinoff. 



Kosyrof, \dllage; see Koserefski. 



