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Myr— IVak. 



Myrtle; creek, tril)ntary to ^[iddle fork of the Koyukuk, from the east, near loiijri- 

 tilde 150°. Prospeetors' name, reported by Selirader in 1899. 



Mystery; creek, tributary to the Niakluk river, from the north, in tiie Eldorado 

 milling district, Seward peninsula. Local name, pul;)lishe(l in 1900. 



Mystery; creek, tributary to Shovel creek, from the west, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Mystir, rock; see Mastic. 



Na. .Vn Indian word meaning rirer; much used in the Copper river region and 



added as a final syllable to the names of rivers; as Tanana, Chitina, etc. 

 Nabesna; river, one of the principal tributaries of the Upper Tanana. According 



to Allen (p. 136) "The natives of the Upper Tanana call that river 



Nabesna." Peters and Brooks, 1898, say that this use, mentioned by 



Allen, is locally obsolete, and they apply the name not to the main stream, 



but to a principal tributary. 

 Nachalnie, island; see Initial. 

 Xadialnie, point; see Entrance. 

 Nachr/elmt; glacier, on the southern side of Klehini river, southeastern Alaska. 



Native name, from the Krause lirothers, in 1882, who write it Nachgelssit. 

 Nachk, bay; see Flat. 

 NacMezJima, bay; see Cam}? Coogan. 

 Nachlezhnoi; island, south of Middle island, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Nachlezhnoi (chief) by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Nackchamik, island; see Nakchamik. 



Nadezhda; group of islets, in the M'estern part of Krestof sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Nadezhda (hope) by Vasilief, in 1833, after Krusenstern's 



vessel. 

 Naducha; islet, on the southwestern edge of the Sandman reefs, northeast of 



Sannak. Called Nadoutcha Iw Lutke and Nadoucha by Dall. Nada is 



the Aleut word for tvest, from which word the name of this western islet 



is obviously derived. 

 Naerie; rock, at entrance to Hot Springs bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Nagai; island, one of the largest of the Shumagin group. Native name, from early 



Russian explorers. Has also been written Nagay. 

 STagai; rocks, off the -western shore of Chirikof island. So named by Kashevarof 



in about 1830. Erroneously Naga and Nagau. 

 Naghn ikhla rigamute, village; see Nakolkavik. 

 Nag-inak; cove, at head of Anderson bay, Makushin ba\-, Unalaska. Native name, 



from Veniaminof, 1840. 

 Nagru'l-, river; see Naknek. 

 i\\^/:(^fy«;Z', island; see Nakchamik. 

 Naha; bay, indenting the western shore of Revillagigedo island, Behm canal, 



Alexander archipelago. Native name. Dall in the C'oast Pilot (1883, 



p. 75) says, "known as Naha bay." 

 Nahihmud; native village, in Kiluden bay, on southern coast of Kodiak. Was 



called Nahimood by Lisianski in 1S04. Presumably- a native name. 

 A^ahsai/rrniiu, point; see North. 

 Xdliincuk, lake; see Salmon. 

 Nakalilok; bay, indenting the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, northeast of 



Sutwik island. Native name, from Russian Hydrographic chart 1379 



(ed. of 1847), where it is written Nakkhalilok. 

 Nakat; harbor, about 3 miles northeast of Port Tongass, Dixon entrame. So named 



bv Nichols in 1888. 



