BAKER.] 3(59 Slie-Sl»l. 



Sherman — Continued . 



point was reserved for light-house purposes by Executive order dated 

 January 4, 1901. 



Sherman; sunken rock, off Sherman point, Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Mansfield in 1890. 



Sheshalek; Eskimo village on the northern shore of Kotzebue soiuid, near the 

 mouth of Noatak river. Reported by Petrof, in 1880, as Sheshalegamute, 

 i. e., Sheshalek people. Population in 1880, 100. 



Shevenak; Eskimo village, on the left bank of the Kuskokwim, near its mouth. 

 Native name, from Nelson 1878-79, who wrote it Shevenagamute, i. e., 

 Shevenak people. Petrof, 1880, gives its population as 58 and its name 

 Shovenagamute in his text (p. 17) and Shevenagamute on his map. Popu- 

 lation, in 1890, 62, and spelling Shovenagamiut. 



Shevlin; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the south, between the Ramparts and 

 mouth of the Tanana. Local name, from the Coast Survey, 1898. 



Shiganik, island; see Wingham. 



Shllgi; islet, southeast from Sitkin island, middle Aleutians. Name from the Rus- 

 sians. Identity of the island doubtful. 



Shiltonato, river; see Innoko. 



Shingle; island at entrance to Totem bay, Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Helm in 1886. 



Shinagrua; Eskimo village, on the Arctic coast, east of Point Barrow. The name 

 appears on Coast Survey map 20, of 1869, and presumably on earlier maps, 

 but is not shown on recent maps. 



Shiniak; native village, on the eastern shore of Kuskokwim bay, north of the 

 Kanektok river mouth. It is usually Shiniagamute, i. e., Shiniak people. 

 Name Shiniagmiut, published in Sarichef's atlas, 1826. At this place is 

 located a mission warehouse and on some maps appears as Warehouse, on 

 others, IVIission Warehouse. 



Ship; cove, in Port Conclusion, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Named by 

 Vancouver who, in 1794, moored his ships here. 



Ship; high rock or islet, in Umnak pass, eastern Aleutians. Called Karablin (ship) 

 by the Russians. Lutke calls it a hig]i rod-, which the Russians of the 

 country call the ship and the Aleuts Tanghinakh. Yeniaminof has Ship 

 (tanginak). See also Pustoi. 



Ship; island, near shore of Cleveland peninsula, Clarence strait, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Baker, in 1880, on account of its appearance from the 

 south. A rock near it has been called Ship rock and the point behind it 

 Ship point and Ship Island point (Coast Pilot, p. 87, and map, p. 72). 



SMj^, island; see Error. 



Shi}), island; see Labouchere. 



Ship, island; see Sail. 



Ship; islet, between Davison and Sextant points, near entrance to Tamgas harbor, 

 Annette island, Alexander archipelago. Named Karablin (ship) by 

 Etolin in 1833. 



Ship- rock, in the vicinity of Bogoslof island, Bering sea. An island with rocks 

 about it is shown on the track chart of Krenitzin and Levashef, 1768, in 

 Coxe, 1780. On Billings' track chart, published by Sauer in 1802, is shown 

 an islet in this vicinity, and near it the name Ship I. A rock, resembling 

 a ship, near the site of Bogoslof, was described by Cook in 1786. Cook 

 (Vol. II, p. 526) describes it as an "elevated rock like a tower," but gives 

 it no name in his text. This rock has disappeared in whole or in part 

 through the volcanic changes since 1796. 



Shipinskaia, river; see Sturgeon. 



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