.TI«'ni-1I«'t. 



282 [B'"-'- 1;-7- 



Mcmlnligamnlc, village; see :\Inintrel(>k. 



Mni<i-hik-n->^}Kth, lake; see Walki-r. 



Mendenhall; cape, the southeriiniost point of Nunivak island, Bering sea. Named 



Ignaticf bvTebenkof, in 1849, after Lieut. Ivan Ignatief, I. N., who accom- 

 panied siiishmaref in the Blagonamierennw (good-intent) 1819-1822. 



Recently renamed ]\Iendenhall by the Coast Survey. 

 Mendenhall; glacier, on the mainland, northwest of Juneau, southeastern Alaska. 



So nametl bv the Coast Survey, in 1892, after Prof. Thomas Corwin ]\Ien- 



dcnhall, its Superintendent. 

 Mendenhall; river, tributary to the Takhini river, southeastern Alaska. So named 



bv the Coast Survey, in 1898, after Superintendent T. C. Mendenhall. 

 Menefee; anchorage, at the entrance to Moira sound, Clarence strait, Alexander 



archipelago. Named by Clover, in 1885, after Ensign Daniel Preston 



Menefee, U. S. N., a meml^er of his party. Has been written, erroneously, 



Menafee. 

 Menefee; inlet, in Etolin island, opening into Ernest sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named by Snow, in 1886, after Ensign D. P. Menefee, U. S. N., a member 



of his party. Has also been written, erroneously, Menafee and Menefes. 

 Menendez. The western part of the Copper river delta was called Ensenada de 



Menendez by the Spaniards in 1788. 

 Menshikof; cape, on the northern shore of Alaska peninsula, near the mouth of 



Ugashik river. -Named Menshikova (Menshikof's) by Lutke in 1828. 



Has often been written Menchikoff. 

 Mentalik; creek, tributary to the Yentna, from the north, near latitude 62°. 



Native name, from Eldridge and Muldrow, 1898. Post obtained the name, 



in 1898, through J. Madison, a resident of Cook inlet, as Mantalik. 

 Mentanontli; lake and river, near longitude 152°. Native name, reporteil by Allen 



in 1885. On his map 4 it is Mentantlekakat, and in his text (p. 97, etc. ) it 



is Mentanontlekakat. See Kakat. 

 Mentasta; lake, mountain range, pass (2,300 feet high), and trail, between Copper 



and Tanana rivers. Native name, reported by Allen in 1885. 

 Mentokakat; native village, on the south bank of the Yukon, about 20 miles above 



the mouth of the Melozi river. Native name, reported by Petrof in 1880. 



Population 20 in 1880. Late maps omit the village and show a creek 



called Montekakat creek, i.e., Monte river creek. Zagoskin, 1842-1844, 



gives the name of the river as Minkotliatno. 

 Menzies, cape; see Ommaney. 

 Menzies\ strait; see Chatham. 

 Mercier. Petrof, in his map in the Tenth Census, 1880, shows a place called Mer- 



i;ier station on the north bank of the Yukon, about 40 miles below the 



mouth of the Tanana. Name not found elsewhere. 

 Mrr <r Ormanie, sea; see Bering. 

 Mark; cape, the western point of Hall island, Bering sea. Named Merka (Merk's) 



by Tebenkof, 1848, presumably after Dr. Karl Merck (or Merk), surgeon 



and naturalist in the Billings expedition, 1785-1794. 

 Mertz; islet, in l)ight on the northern shore of Long island, Sitka sound, Alexander 



archii)elago. Named by United States naval officers, in 1880, after Lieut. 



Albert Mertz, U. S. N. 

 Mesquatilla; mountains, on the north bank of the Yukon, between the mouths of 



the Melozi and Tozi rivers. Native iiume, from Raymond, 1869. 

 Mesurin; point; see Lemesurier. 



Metlakatla; post-office and Indian village, at Port Chester, Annette island, Alexan- 

 der archipelago. Called Port Chester and Metlakatla. Metlakatla is the 



name of a group of Tsimpsean or Chimsyan Indians that founded the 



