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KUB— Kut. 



t Kuskovak; Eskimo village, on the right hank of the Kuskokwiiu river, ni^ar its 



Miouth. Name from Nelson, mIio j.assed near it in January, ]S7!», and 



who writes it Kuskovakh. 

 Kuskulana; glacier, on the southwestern slope of Mount Elackhurn. So nameil hy 



Cienline in 1900. 

 Kuskulana; pass, hetween the Chokosna and Kuskulana rivers. Ho named hy 



Sehrader in 1900. 

 Kuskulana; river, trihutary to the Chitina river, from the east, and draining from 



Kuskulana glacier. Native name, from Rohn, 1899. Kuskulana means 



Kuskula river. 

 Kuslina; creek, trihutary to the C'opper river, from the east, hetween the mouths 



of the Kotsina and Cheshnina rivers. Native name, from Schrader, 1900. 

 Kit.ssllqif, cajjc; see Kasilof. 

 A'«woo(/, lake; see Kusawa. 

 Kunsouarhr(iw<(th'mi. The Krause hrothers, 1882, report this to he the native <lescrip- 



tion of the stream which drains Kusawa lake, southeastern Alaska. See 



also East. 

 Kustatan; Indian village (population (55 in 1880), on shore of Redou])t hay, Cook 



inlet. Native name, reported hy Petrof in 1880. The last syllable, tan, 



means jtoint or cape. 

 Kussua, river; see Kusawa. 



Kutchuma; group of islands, in northeastern part of Sitka sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Russian naval officers, in 1809, called this group Boidarkin, which 



has also appeared as Boidarka. Have also been called Kutchiuma. It is 



a I'orruption of Kuchumof, a Russian family name. 

 Kutenige; creek, tril)utary to Jockeach river, Chilkat region, southeastern Alaska. 



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



Kutenige. 

 Kiithtlildtnu, river; see Gisaaa. 

 Kutkan; island, in Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by the Russians, after a famous Indian chief who freed his slaves and 



embraced Christianity. Has also been written Kuch-kan and Kukh-kan. 



It has also been called Garden, Gull, Popof, and Stanovoi (rocky). The 



last-named was given by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Kutkwutlu; Indian village, on the left bank of the Chilkat river, near its moutii, 



southeastern Alaska. Katkwaltu or Kut-kwutlu is said to mean place of 



gulls. A Presbyterian missionary station called Willard (afterwards 



changed to Haines) was established at this village in 1881. 

 Knllik, village and river; see Kotlik. 

 Kiit/iKtl, island; see South. 

 Kutmuknuk; channel, leading into the Kwemeluk pass, in the Yukon delta. 



Eskimo name, from the Coast Survey, 1898. 

 Kiilsi-h-i((:il--7tmtsrlia, lake; see Salaniatof. 

 Kiitsrli-lschchnm)Kt. Grewingk, 1850, following Wosnesenski, 1840, gives this as the 



native designation of a small lake on Kenai peninsula, near KaA Foreland. 



Perhaps Kutsch means lake, and the rest of this might be prouounivd 



Shamna. 

 Katten. Dall, writing in 1869, says there is a native settlement in the Yukon delta, 



on the Kun river, about 10 miles from the head of Scanunon bay, known 



as Kiittennuit (Kutten people). 

 Kut-tuk-ivah, island; see Tongass. 

 Kutul; native village, on the right bank of the Yukon, about 50 miles above Anvik. 



Name from Nelson, 1878-79, who writes it Khutulkakat, i. e., Kutul river, 

 Kidulnakt, river; see Kaiyuh. 



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