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Shaiak; islet, east of and near Cape Peirce, on north shore of Bristol hay. Sarichef, 

 1S2G rails it Morzlievoi (walrus) and adds the native name Shaiak. 

 Tehenkof also calls it Shaiak. 



Shakan; bay, in<lenting the northwestern shore of Prince of Wales i.sland and open- 

 ing into Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. Name of Indian origin, 

 and written Shakan, Shakaan, and Shukan. Sachine and Shakhine are 

 probably only other renderings of the same word. 



Shakan- Indian village, post-office and sawmill, Kosciusko island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. In the Eleventh Census (1890, p. 34), we read "Chican, about 60 

 miles north of Klawak;" and also, "Saw mill and about a dozen houses 

 built some 10 years ago." The post-office was established here in June, 

 1886. Originally known as Hamiltons Mill. 



Shakan; island, at southern point of entrance to Shakan bay, Alexander arclii- 

 l^elago. Native name. 



Shakan; strait, in Shakan bay, separating Hamilton island from Kosciusko island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Also written Shakaan. 



Shabni Mpples; see Nipples (The). 



Shakes; mountain, in the southern part of Etolin island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Snow, in 1886, after Shakes, an Indian chief. 



Shakhine; supposed strait or passage, in western part of Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Variously written Sachine, Schakhin, etc. Native name, from the Rus- 

 sians. Apparently only another form of the word Shakan. 



Shakmanof, bay; see Kizhuyak. 



Shakmanof ; cape, near Spruce island, on the northeastern shore of Kodiak. Named 

 Shakmanof by Murashef in 1839-40. Tebenkof, 1849, calls it Riph (reef) 

 point and also Cape Chiniak. 



Shaktolik; bay, in the eastern part of Norton sound. Called by the natives Chack- 

 toole, according to Cook, 1778, and Shaktol, Shaktoli, and Shaktolik by 

 the Russians. Into it flows the Shaktolik river, and on its shore is the 

 Eskimo village Shaktolik. 



Shaktolik; Eskimo village, at mouth of the Shaktolik river, Norton sound. Native 

 name. Has also been written Shaktolit. Population in 1880, 60 ; in 1890, 38. 



Shaktolik; hills, near the Shaktolik river, east of Norton sound. So called by Dall 

 in his Alaska (pp. 24, 152, etc.). 



Shaktolik; river, tributary to eastern part of Norton sound. Eskimo name, from 

 Tebenkof, 1849. 



Shakun; rock, in Shelikof strait, near Swikshak bay. Native name, from the Rus- 

 sians. Has been written Schachun and Schakhun. 



Shaliakh, point; see Thatcher. 



SJiallotv, bay; see Dry. 



Sh(tll(jv--ivater, point; see Romanof. 



Shallows; point, the northeastern point of Kittiwake island, near Kodiak. Named 

 Melkowadia ( little water) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



Shaman. A native village on the north bank of the Yukon, about 10 miles above 

 the trading post Fort Hamlin, is called Shamans village on late charts. 

 Shaman is a native appellation for "medicine man." 

 Shaman; island, off the western end of Douglas island, Stephens passage, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1890. Shaman means an Indian 

 medicine man or doctor. 

 Shaman; point, in Wrangell harbor, Alexander archipelago. So named by Zar- 

 embo in 1834. Zarembo's sketch was published, in 1848, on Russian 

 Hydrographic chart No 1396. Called Zhemani on United States Hydro- 

 graphic chart 225. 



