BAKER. J 357 Sar— Saw. 



Saranac; rock, off the northern end of Woronkofski island, Sumner strait, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. The U. S. S. Saranac is said to have struck upon it, 

 whence the name, published in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 93). 



Sarichef; cape, the westernmost point of Unimak island, eastern Aleutians. So 

 named by Lutke, in 1828, after Admiral Gavrila Andreivich Sarichef. 

 Tebenkof calls it Northwest cape. Also has been written Saritchey, 

 SarytQheff, etc. According to Veniaminof, its native name is Kakatkusik 

 (? dry ) . Veniaminof calls it Pogromnol first or the WSW. cape of Unimak, 

 and the next one to the northeast, Shishkof, he calls Fof/romnoi seco7i(l. 

 This point was set apart for light-house purposes by Executive order 

 dated January 4, 1901. In that order it is called Saritchey. 



Sarichef; island, at entrance to Shishmaref inlet, on the northern shore of Seward 

 peninsula. Named by Kotzebue, in 1816, who says: "I named the narrow 

 island after our worthy vice-admiral, Saritscheff . " Variously written 

 Saritscheff, Sarytschet, etc. 



Sarichef; strait, between Hall and St. Matthew islands, Bering sea. Sarichef anchored 

 in this strait in 1791. It was afterwards named for him by the Russians. 



Sarutschew, volcano; see Sergief. 



Sarytcheff, peninsula and volcano; see Sergief. 



Samk, cove; see Sisek. 



Sasedni; island, on the southern side of Whiting harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander 

 archipelago. Named Sasedni (neighbor) by Vasilief in 1809. 



Sasmik; cape, the southernmost point of Tanaga island, middle Aleutians. Presum- 

 ably an Aleut name, from Tebenkof, 1849. Has also been written Sasmikh. 



S((tanna, cape; see Bird. 



SuilluktoucikJi One of the Shumagins (which one is not known) was so called by 

 Lutke (p. 267) in 1836. Sarichef called it (as printed in I'hillips Voyages, 

 VI, 15) Saluluktussich. 



Saunders; creek, tributary to Hastings creek, from the north, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Savonoski; Eskimo village, on the eastern shore of Naknek lake, Alaska peninsula. 

 Name from Spurr and Post, who obtained it, in 1898, from Rev. A. Petelin. 

 Has also been written Savanoski. Of it Spurr says: "Ikkhagamut or 

 Savonoski, as it is now commonly called." 



Saw; peaks (5,124 feet high), on the mainland, eastof Frederick sound, southeastern 

 Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. 



Saw; jioint, at entrance to Eliza harbor, Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Saw; ridge of mountains, in the southern part of Revillagigedo island, Alexander 

 archij^elago. Descriptive name, given by Nichols in 1883. 



Sawmill; camp, on headwaters of the Klutina river. Called Saw Mill by Abercroin- 

 bie in 1898. 



Sawmill; cove, in Dall island, Howkan strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Nichols in 1881. Sheldon Jackson named this cove Ham, after Mrs. J. 

 M. Ham who contributed funds for the erection of a sawmill here in 1882. 



Sawmill; creek, tributary to Silver bay, from the north, Baranof island, Alexander 

 archipelago. On a Russian manuscript map in the Coast Survey it is called 

 Kirinskaia bay or Sawmill creek. On a late Coast Survey map it is ]\Ied- 

 vetcha, a name obviously from the Russian word for bear. Tebenkof's 

 chart 38 of 1850 shows a pilnoi zavod (saw mill) here. 



Sawmill; creek, tributary to the Klutina river, from the southeast, near its head- 

 waters. So called by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Sawtooth, mountains; see Kigluaik. 



Sawyer; glaciers, on the mainland, at head of Tracy arm of Holkham bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named bv Mansfield in 1889. 



