BAXKR-l 299 IVow-Nik. 



Neirirarf/iit, island; t^ee Xowi. 



Xfir Morzliori, xilla^c; see Mdrzliovoi. 



}\f)r Itiixxiii, colony; see (ilory ol Russia. 



Newton; creek, tributary to Dry creek, near Nome, Seward ]>eninsula. Name from 



Barnard, 1900. 

 Newton; jrlaoier and mountain (13,774 feet high), near Mount St. Elias, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named l.y Russell, in 1890, after Henry Newton, 



author of a report on the geology of the Black Hills of Dakota. 

 Niblack; anchorage, in Moira sound. Prince of Wales island, Alexander archii)elago. 



So named by Clover, in 1885, after Ensign Albert Parker Niblack, V. S. N., 



a member of his party. Erroneously Niblick on British Admiralty chart 



1>4.S1. 

 Niblack; islands, in Ernest sound, Alexantler archipelago. So named by Snow, in 



1886, after Ensign A. P. Niblack, U. S. N., a member of his party. 

 Niblack; point, on Cleveland peninsula, in Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Clover, in 1885, after Ensign A. P. Niblack, U. S. N., a 



member of his party. Erroneously Niblick point. 

 NiclKjln.y, settlement; see Korovinski. 

 Nichols; bay, indenting the southern end of Prince of Wales island, Dixon entrance. 



So named by the Coast Survey, in 1880, after Commanrler Henry Ezra 



Nichols, r. S. N. 

 Nichols; group of islands, in Tlevak strait, opposite Breezy bay, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Dall, in 1882, aft er Commander H. E. Nichols, V. S. N., 



who reconnoitred this region in 1881. Near them are " The Sentinels " 



or Sentinel islands. Coast Survey chart 713, published in 1883, calls the 



whole group Sentinel islands. 

 Nichols; hill (280 feet high), at mouth of Nushagak river. So named by the 

 'X Fish Commission, in 1890, presumably after Commander li. E. Nichols, 



" r. R. N. Erroneously Nicholls. 



Nichols: mountain, near Mount St. Elias. So named by the New York Times 



Expedition, of 1886, after Conuuander H. E. Nichols, U. S. N. 

 Nichols; passage, between Annette and Gravina islands, Gravina group, Alexander 



archipelago. Called Nichols pass in the Coast Pilot (1883, \^. 79), after 



Commander H. E. Nichols, V. S. N. 

 Nichols Bay; cannery (now l)urned and abandoned), in Nichols bay, at the 



southern end of Prince of Wales island, Alexander archii»elago. So called 



in the Eleventh Census, 1890. 

 Nicholson; rocks, north of Makhnati island, Sitka sound, Alexander an"hii>elago. 



So named by United States naval officers in 1880. 

 Nlegh'kUk, river; see Clear. 

 Nickta, cape; see Prince of Wales. 

 Nigaluk; Eskimo village, near the mouth of Colville river, Arctic coast. Native 



name, published as early as 1867, and probably earliei-. 

 yii/(i 7'(/, river; see Yukon. 

 Nights Lodging; cape, on the southern shore of Afognak island, Kotliak group. 



Named Nochlega (night's lodging) by Murashef in 18:>9-40. 

 Nik, river; seeKaknu. 

 Nikolai; creek, tributary to McCarthy creek, from the east. So called l)y the 



prospectors, after the Indian chief, Nikolai. 

 Nikolai; house, on Nizina river, south bank, near the mouth of the Chitistone. 



Name of an Indian chief, reported by Hayes, in 1891, who says " Nicolai, 



or Scolai, as the Yukon Indians call him." 

 Xikohii. isian<is; see (ireen. 



