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Kwi— Kwi. 



Kwik; Kiskimo village, on the western side of Bald Head, Ncrtdu hay, Norton 



sound. On a recent map called Isaacs, from the name of a i)erson living 



there. 

 Kwik; Eskimo village, northeast of Bald Head, on the northern shore of Norton 



hay, Norton sound. Called Kvikh by Petrof, 1880. On a late map called 



Kuikli. 

 Kwik; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, about 10 miles above 



Bethel. Nelson, 1878-79, reports its native name to l)e Kwigamute, i. e., 



river people. Petrof, 1880, follows this spelling. 8purr and Post in 1898, 



following missionary Kilbuck, write Kwegamut. 

 Kwik; Eskimo village, on the southern shore of Nunivak island. Native name, 



from the Eleventh Census, which spells it Kweegamute on the map and 



Kwigamiut in the text (p. 164). 

 Kwik; river, flowing from the Malaspina glacier into Yakutat bay, southeastern 



Alaska. So called by Tebenkof in 1849. Kwik is the Eskimo word for 



river. Has also been called the Grand Wash. 

 Kwik; river, tributary to north shore of Norton bay,. Seward peninsular. Called 

 L Kuik by Peters in 1900. It is the Eskimo word for river. Earlier maps 



^ show a village here called Kvikh. 



Kwik. The Eskimo name for river. (Singular Kwik, dual Kweek, plural Kweet. ) 

 Kwikak; Eskimo village, on the left (? right) bank of the Kuskokwim, about 25 



miles below Kalchagaumt. It is apparently identical with Kwigalogamute 



of Petrof in 1880. Missionary Kilbuck, according to Spurr, 1898, writes it 



C^ue^kagamut, and it was pul)lished by the Geological Survey as Kwika- 



ganmt, i. e. , Kwikak people. 

 Kwikak; Eskimo village, on the outer coast in the Yukon delta, a little south of the 



t mouth of Black river. Native name, from the Coast Survey, 1898, who 



give it as Kwikagamiut. 



Kwikli; river, tributary to the Kuskokwim, from the east, a little above Bethel. 

 Its Eskimo name, according to Spurr and Post, who obtained it from mis- 

 sionary J. H. Kilbuck, in 1898, is Kwiklimut, i. e., Kwikli people. 



Kwikluak; pass, in the Yukon delta, one of the outlets of the Yukon river. Eskimo 

 name. On late Coast Survey charts called Kwiklok. Tebenkof, 1849, 

 has Kwikliuak and Kwikltak, and Raymond, 1869, called it American Mouth. 



Kwikpak; pass, one of the mouths of the Yukon river. Eskimo name. Kwik 

 means river (dual Kweek, plural Kweet) and puk means Jiig, large. Vari- 

 ously written Kwikhpak, Kwikhsak, etc. 



Kirif:]n(l\ river; see Yukon. 



Kwiktalik; mountain (1,200 feet high), on Seward i)eninsula, between (iolofnin and 

 Norton bays, north shore of Norton sound. Native name, from Peters, 

 1900. Also written Quiktalik. 



Kwiria, river; see Kanektok. 



Kwinak; P'skimo village, on the eastern shore of Kuskokwim bay, at the inouth of 

 the Kwinak or Kanektok river, Bering sea. So given by Sarichef, 1826, 

 and Tebenkof, 1849. Petrof, 1880, writes it Quinehahanmte, or, omitting^ 

 the termination 7/H(?e, meaning ^jrr^^^A', it would be Quene-it-ak. Varicnisly 

 written Quinhagamute, Quinehaha, etc. 



Kwiniuk; mountain, Seward peninsula. Native name, from the prospectors, who 

 write it Quinnehuk. 



Kwiniuk; river, east of Golofnin bay and tributary to north shon- of Norton bay. 

 Eskimo name, written Quinnehuk by the prospectors. 



Kwisnon. Raymond, 1869, shows a western tributary of the Tozi river called Quisnon. 

 Name not found elsewhere. 



