Miia— Niik. 



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Nuasuknan; lii^'li I'lnl'l. l)cin>r a •'notcMl laiidiiiark visiMc for many iniU"^; arotiii<l, 

 nil tin- Mi'ade river, northern Alaska. Native nann> from Kay, who j>a><j^ed 

 it March 2it, 1883. Ray writes it Nua-suk-nan. 



Nubbins; mountain, in northern i)art of Annette island, Alexander archii)elago. 

 So named hy Nichf)ls in I880. 



Nubble; point, the western point of entrance to Kahsitsnah bay, Kachemak hay, 

 Cook inlet. Descriptive name, given hy Dall in 1880. 



Nuchek; liarl)or, in Port Etches, Prince William sound. Native name, from the 

 early Russians. Chernof, in 1830, calls Port Etches, as here used, Nuchek 

 l)ay, and what is here called Nuchek harbor he calls Constantine harbor. 

 Portlock, in 1787, called this Brooks harbor. 



Nuchek; village, on Nuchek harbor. Port Etches, Hincliiniirook island, Prince! 

 Wilhani sound. Native name, adopted by the Russians at an early day 

 and variously spelled Natcheek, Noocheek, Nutschek, etc. The Russians 

 built here, in or al)out 1793, a stockaded post, called Fort Konstantine or 

 Konstantinovsk. On a Russian chart of 1802 it is called fort and harbor 

 of [illegible] Konstantine and Helena. It was visited by Vancouver in; 

 June, 1794, and was not in existence in June, 1792. Ball's Alaska (p. 318) 

 gives the date 1798, wkich appears to be an error for 1793. 



Xuclifk, island; see Hinchinbrook. 



yucliek, port; see Etches. 



Nndre-irok, lake; see Selby. 



Nuestra Senora del Carmen; see Kayak. 



Nugget; creek, tributary to Grand Central river, from the south, Seward penin- 

 sula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Nugget; creek, tributary to Kuskulana river, from the north. So named, in 1900, 

 by Gerdine, who found a large block of native copper near it. 



Nugget; creek, tributary to Oregon creek, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Nugget; gulch, in Eagle City mining district, near headwaters of American creek. 

 Miner's name, obtained l)y Barnard in 1898. 



Nugget; gulch, near Bonanza bar, Fortyniile creek. Prospectors' name, obtained 

 by Barnard in 189S. 



Xnlikdlil/iiiiiii/, mountain; see Gold. 



Nuka; bay, indenting the southern shore of Kenai peninsula, Gulf of Alaska 

 Ajjparently a native name. Published by the Russians, in 1847, an( 

 perhaps earlier. 



yiihrlni/ithrliakiik; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the north, a little below 

 Nulato. Native name, published by the Coast vSurvey in 1898. 



Nuklit; Eskimo village, on the eastern shore of Norton sound, immediately behinc 

 Cape Denbigh. Name from Tebenkof, 1849. Name not shown on recen 

 maps. 



Nukluk; creek, tributary to the Kanektok river, from the south, alxtut 30 mile! 

 east of Kuskokwim bay. Native name, Niik-luk. obtained by Spurr an< 

 Post in 1898. 



Xukiukdijel, station; see Walker. 



Nuklukayet; village, on the north bank of the Yukon at mouth of the Tozi river 

 '//■on north l)ank at mouth of the Tanana. The maps are confused anc 

 contradictory as to its site. Perhaps it has occupied two sites. Populatior 

 in 1880, 29; in 1890, 120. Native name, variously spelled. Dall spells i 

 Nuklukahyet, I'etrf)f, Nuklukaiet. Also Nuklakyet. Nuklukyet, etc Se( 

 also Tuklukyet. 



Nuklunek; mountain, at headwaters of the Kanektok river, western Alaska 

 Native name, obtained by Spurr and Post, of the (ieological Survey, wh< 

 l)a.ssed near it September 7, 1898. Pronounce<l Nu-khi-nek. 



