ltP»— Itlo. 



34:0 [Bl'LL. 187. 



Resurrection; criH'k, tributary to the lii-ad of ReHurrectiou bay, Keiiai iH'iiinsnla. 

 So iiaiiR'il by (ilenn in ISitS. 



Resurrection; fort or ]iost or stockacU', ))uilt l)y Baranof at Resurrection l)ay in 

 1792. SoMietinies called Fort Resurrection. 



Retaliation; point, on northeastern shore of Security bay, Kniu island, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Meade, who in February, 1869, destroyed two 

 Indian villages here because of the murder by the Indians "of two white 

 men under circumstances of great brutality." 



Retreat; point, the northernmost point of Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by Whidbey in July, 1794, in commemoration of his retreat by 

 reason of the hostile behavior of the natives. Called Otstuplenie (retreat) 

 l)y the Russians. This point has been reserved for light-house purposes 

 ]iy P^xecutive order dated January 4, 1901. 



Retreat; supposed reef, near Point Retreat; was so called in the Coast Pilot (1883, 

 p. 172), but according to present information it does not exist. 



Return; point, in Sycamore bay, north coast of Kodiak. Called Povorotnie (turn), 

 in 1839-40, by Murashef whose surveys ended near this point. 



Return; reef, on the Arctic coast, east of mouth of Colville river. So named l)y 

 Franklin in 1826. This reef marks the western limit of Franklin's 

 explorations. 



Reverdy; mountains (4,000 to 5,000 feet high), near the head of Portland canal, 

 southeastern Alaska. Apparently so called by Pender in 1868. Nichols 

 in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 78) calls them Reverdy Johnson mountains. 



Revilla; post-ofRce, at Ward cove, Tongass narrows, Revillagigedo island, south- 

 eastern Alaska; established in May, 1900. 



Revillagigedo; channel, leading northward from Dixon entran.-e and separating 

 the Gravina group from the mainland. So called after the adjacent 

 island. Has been written Revilla Gigedo. 



Revillag-ig-edo; island, in southeastern part of Alexander archipelago, separated 

 from the mainland by Behm canal. So named by Vancouver, in 1793, 

 after Don Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco de Pedilla, Count of Revilla 

 Gigedo and viceroy of Mexico 1789-1794. 



mbni, point; see Fish. 



Rice; mountain (5,646 feet high), near headwaters of the Kanata river. Name from 

 S(;hrader, 1900. 



Rich; mountain (6,000 feet high), in the Tordrillo range, on headwaters of the 

 Kuskokwim. So named by Spurr and Post in 1898. 



Richter; creek, tributary to Niukluk river, from the south, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. Perhaps identical with Slate creek. See Slate. 



Ricord. Beechey mentions, August, 1826, a cape near Cape Thompson, on the Arc- 

 tic coast, called Ricord l)y the Russians. This name I have not found on 

 any map. 



Ridge; hilj, in the western part of St. Paul island, Pribilof group, Bering sea. 

 Name published by the Coast Survey in 1875. 



Rklgarull. On Elliott's map of St. Paul island, Pribilof group, Bering sea, this word 

 appears on a low ridge or spur in the southeastern part of the island . 



lih'ha, bay; see Fish. 



Rielmie, point; see Fish. 



Riecheshni. A hamlet of 5 huts (yourts) containing 37 natives existed, in 1830, 

 says Veniaminof, on Riecheshni bay (now called Little bay), on the north- 

 eastern shore of Akun island, Krenitzin group, eastern Aleutians. 



Hiecliexhnof, village; see Nikolski. 



Riecheshnoi, cove; see Akun. 



