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Mumtrak; KskiiiK- villajrc, at ln'a.l ui <T()n(liK-\\>i hay, Bering' «'a. Poi-ulatioii in 

 IStH), Itil'. NaiiH'fniiii I Vtrof, 1880, who spelled it Muiutrahaiunte. Vari- 

 ously givt'ii Mniiitrahahanmt, etc. 



Mumtrelek; Eskimo vilhifre, on left bank of the lower Kuskokwim. Bethel Mis- 

 sion is at this place. First reported by Petrof, in 1880, as Mumtrekh- 

 lojraniute, and variously written Mumtreleganiut, Munitreckhlagainute, 

 etc. Munitrelega-mut (smokehouse people) was so called from the fact 

 that here a peculiar house for smoking fish was first erected. 



Mungoark; river, tributary to F:schscholtz bay, from the east, Seward peninsula. 

 Called Kuuk on British Admiralty chart 593 (ed. of 1882) and Mungoark 

 on a recent map. 



MimiiKi, village; see Ninilchik. 



Mvni)i)k, creek; see Minook. 



Munoz; point, the westernmost point of Khantaak island, Yakutat }>ay, suutheast- 

 ern Alaska. Named Munoz by Malaspina in 17(»1. It is Southwest 

 point of Tebenkof in 1849. 



Murder; cdve, at the south end of Admiralty island, Alexander archii)elago. So 

 named by ^leade, in 1869, on account of the murder here, by the natives, 

 of a small party of traders. 



Murdo; islet, in Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander aix'hipelago. S(j named 

 by Nichols in 1883. 



Murray, cape; see Nunez. 



Murre; point, in Kiliuda bay, Kodiak. Named Arie (a sea bird, the arrie or 

 murre or guillemot, Pallas's murre, Uria lomvia arru) byTel)enkof in 

 1849. 



Murre; rocks, near Yukon harl)or, Big Koniuji island, Shumagin group. Named 

 by Dall in July, 1874. There were clouds of murres in this vicinity at 

 that time. 



Mnsaichie Xuf<e; see Chacon, cape. 



Muse; island, in Gambier bay. Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by ]\Iansfield in 1889. 



Mnshukii, island; see Turnagain. 



Mu^koieika. Raymond, 1869, shows a native village on the right l)ank of the Y'ukon, 

 about 65 miles above Anvik, bearing this appellation. Both place and 

 name have vanished from recent maps. 



Mussel; point, in Redfish bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Mussle by Closer in 1897. 



Mussel; jjoint, on San Fernando island, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales arc-hipelago. 

 Named Punta Almejas (mussel point) by Maurelle and (Quadra in 1775- 

 1779. 



Mute. Eskimo word lor j)eople; variously written iniut, )iiutt'. and miif, and added 

 to the name of the people. Thus, Ak-mute, Pai-nuite, etc. 



Mutnaia; small stream, on Kenai peninsula, debouching at Anchor point. Cook 

 iidet. Named Mutnaia (muddy) by Wosnesenski about 1840. 



Muzon; ca])e, the southernmost point of Dall island, Dixon entrance. It is highly 

 Ijrobable that this is Cabo de Mufioz or Muiioz Goosens or Mufioz (Jorcns 

 of Caamafio, in 1792, and that Vancouver, in copying from Caamafio, trans- 

 posed two letters, making INIuzon. In this form it has come into general 

 use and is well established. Dixon, in 1787, called it Cape Pitt, and about 

 the same time it was named Irving by Douglas. Tebenkof, in 1848, 

 «;al]ed it Kaigani, evidently the native name wliich has also been written 

 Caiganee, Kygane, etc. 

 MiliiunL; creek; see Minook. 



