Nukshak; rape, foriiiini^ the ssouth western point of entrance to Hallo bay, on north 

 sliore of Shelikof strait. Native name, from'the Russians, which has been 

 })rinte(l Nnchtschak and Xukhshak. 



Nulato; i>ost .tr village, on the Yukon river, north bank, about 400 miles above the 

 mouth. Founded >)>• the Russian Malakof who built a l)loekhouse here in 

 bS3S. Shortly after, in his absence, this was burned by the Indians. It 

 was relniilt by Vasili DerzhalMn or ('.*) Derabin in 1842. 



Nulato; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the north, at Nulato. Tikhmenief, 

 1861, calls it Xulata. 



yulv/cto/ul:: Eskimo village, in the southern part of Nelson island, Bering sea. 

 Visited by Nelson in December, 1878, and its name reported by him as 

 Nuloktolgamute. Petrof writes it Nulokhtologamute, i. e., Nuloktolok 

 people. 



yiiii/ii/cdk-; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Yukon, opposite the mouth of 

 Shageluk slough. Name from Raymond, 1869, who wrote it Nnnaikaga- 

 nuite. May be identical with Khaigamute, or perhaps Ookaganuite of 

 Petrof, 1880. Both name and place have vanishexl from recent maps. 



Nunaktak; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Yukon, about 30 miles above 

 B Anvik. Native name, from Nelson, 1878-79, who wrote it Nunakhtagamute, 



i. e., Nunaktak people. 



Nuiiamiut; native village, on the shore of Three Saints harbor. Kodiak. Errone- 

 ously Ziatitz. See Three Saints harbor. 



yiiiKuniut, harbor; see Three Saints. 



Xii)iapil)ilugak, village; see Fort Hamilton. 



ytinaria, .settlement; see Sedaru. 



Nunatak; glacier, near the mouth of Russell tionl. So named hv Kussell, in 1891, 

 because of a rounded butte of bare rock, a )iunatiik. rising through it. 



Nanatok. river; See Noatak. 



Nttnavii. This P^skimo name appears on Kay's map, of 1885, for some feature just west 

 of the United States signal station Utkiavi, Arctic coast. 



Nunez ; point, the southeast point of Bean island, near Cape Chacon, Dixon entrance. 

 Named by Caamaiio in 1792. Vancouver, following Caaniano, has on his 

 chart Punta de Nuiiez. It is C'ape Murray of some of the early traders. 



Nunez; reef, l)are at half tide, off Nunez point, Dixon entrance. So named by the 

 Coast Survey in 1885. Has also been written Nuiiez. 



Nunigvaiak. Crooked island, in the northern part of Bristol hay, is shown by 



VSarichef, 1826, as conii)Osed of two islands, the northern one being desig- 

 nated by its Eskimo name Nunigvaiak. TeVwnkof, 1849, calls it Nunaliugak. 



ynitik. island; see Chernobour. 



Nuniliak; cape and summer village, on the southwestern shore of Afognak island, 

 Kodiak group. The cape was called Malinovskoi (raspberry) by 3Iurashef 

 in 1839-40, who gives Nuniliak as the native name. .\ village here he calls 

 the Malinovskie lietnik (Raspberry .«ummer village). Tel)enkof calls the 

 .settlement Nunalik. 



Nunivak; island, on the eastern shore of Bering sea. Discovered by tin- Russian 

 naval officer Vasilief, July 21, 1821, and named by him after his ship 

 Ofkritif (discovery). Etohn and Khromchenko, in ships of the Russian- 

 .\merican Company, found this island at about the same tune. Speaking of 

 this, Lutke says the native name Nunivak (lie writes Nounivak) has been 

 properly retained on thecharts, and headds had thiscourse l)een followed in 

 similar cases much confusion and embarrassment would have been avoided. 

 Has been variously written Nounivak, Nounivok, Xunivack, Nuniwak,etc. 



Nunochok; Eskimo village, in the Big Lake region. Visited by Nelson in .January, 

 1879, who reports its native name to be Nuiun-hogmute, i.e., Nunochok 



