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Oja— Paiu. 



Oyak — ( 'ontinued. 



in 189,s, trom the iu=>Hionary Jolin H Kilhiutk. who jrivos it an OyaKaiiiiit. 



i. e., Oyak people. 

 I >:t'rsk<'i, station; see Redoubt. 

 piililof, harlior; see Pavlof. 

 Pacific: shoal, off ("ape Halkett, Arctic ocean. Reported by Captain Knowles, of 



the whale .>^hip Parifir. prior to 1889, and named Pacific by the Hydro- 

 graphic Office. 

 Pacific; ocean. This is the South sea or Great South sea of the old navijjators and 



V<).stochnie (ea.stern) ocean of the Ru.ssians. Named .Mar del Sur (South 



sea) by Balboa, in InlH, and Pacific })y Magellan in lo21. 

 Pagonhvoy, strait; see Peril. 

 Pah; rapids, in the Kowak river, near longitude 156°. Near these rapids debouches 



a river whose name, according to Cantwell, 1885, is Shok-ah-i)ok-shegiak. 



The name of the rapids Pah, transformed to Par, has ])een applied to this 



river. 

 Paimute; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, about 25 miles 



above Bethel. Eskimo name, from the Russians, who wrote it Paimute, 



i. e., Pai people. Population in 1880, oO. Omitted from recent majis. 



Tikhmenief, 1861, placed it on the left liank of the river. 

 Pajara; creek, trilmtary ti> Eldorado river, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 Pakenhani; point, in Port Wells, Prince William .*onnd. So named by Vancouver 



in 1794. 

 Pdkirik, Eskimo village; see Pawik. 

 Piileiioi, point; see Fired. 



Palisade; i)oint, on San Fei-nando island. Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 ► Named Punta de la Empalizada (point of the palisade) by Maurelle and 



Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Palisades; l)luffs, on the south bank of the Yukon, about 4(> miles below the 



month of the Tanana. So called by Allen in 1885. 

 Palma; bay, on the mainland coast, a little north of Cross sound. Named Bahia de 



Palma by Malaspina in 1791. Has also been called Icy bay. 

 Palmer; creek, tributary to Resurrection creek, from the east, Kenai peninsula. 



T^ocal name, from Becker, 1895. On one map this is tributary to Fresno 



creek. 

 Palmers Store; trading place, on the shore of Knik arm of Cook inlet. Local 



name, i^ublished in 1899. 

 Palmetto; point, on the south shore of San Juan Bautista island, Bucareli baj', 



Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Punta del Palmito (Palmetto point) 



by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Palo Cano; point, on San Fernando island, San Alberto bay, Bucareli bay. Prince 



of Wales archipelago. Nameil Punta del Palo Cano (point of the white 



pole) by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 P((/oin<is, Ysla de; see Pigeon. 

 Palonoi; point, on the mainland, very near Point Rothsay, at mouth of the Stikine 



river. Named Palonoi (fired) by Basargin, of the Ri/tithi party, in 1863. 

 PdllHH, point; see Halibut. 

 Pamiek; lake, draining through Wood river to the Nushagak. Native name, from 



Tebenkof,- 1849. It is Akuliukhpak of Petrof in 1880. 

 Pamplona. The Spaniard Arteaga reported that on July 16, 1779, he saw at the dis- 

 tance of a mile the appearance of a bank or shoal {bajo) . This shoal, in 



the Fairweather ground off .Mount St. Elias, he placed upon his chart 



with the name Bajo Pamji/orm. Vancouver refers to it as Ron) Pitnqihnia 



of the Spaniards. Tebenkof .-^ays that Talin, inat<' of the Russian vessel 



