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Sixtymile; creek, tril)utary to the Yukon, from the west, near longitude 140°. 



I^n-al name. 

 Skagul; island, one of the westernmost of the Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. 

 Aleut name, from the Russians. Lutke writes Skakhoul and Tebenkof 

 Skagul. Also written Skagule. This, with Ogliuga island and adjacent 

 islets and rocks, constitute the Delarof islands of Lutke. 

 Skag-way; river and town, at head of Taiya inlet, southeastern Alaska. Native 

 name, variously written. The Krause brothers, 1882, write it Schkagu^. 

 Nichols, 1891, wrote it Shkagway. Has also been written Skagwa, 



Skaguay, etc. The above form has also been adopted by the Canadian 



Board on Geographic Names. The post-office was established here in 



November, 1897. There is also a military post here, called by the inilirary 



authorities Skaguay. 

 Skan; bay, indenting the northern shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Called 



Skan bay by Sarichef in 1792. Called Twin bay by the Fish Commission, 



in 1888, a descriptive term, the bay being double. Veniaminof regards 



this as lying within Makushin bay and calls it Starichkof. 

 Skatalis, village; see Alaganik. ■» 



Skcrtcr, bay; see Lituya. 

 Skeleton; islet, very near the eastern shore of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. So 



named by Berry in 1881. 

 Skilak; lake, on Kenai j^eninsula, drained by the Kaknu river. Apparently a native 



name, reported by Wosnesenski about 1840. Variously written Sillokh, 



Skilakh, Skillokh, etc. Also called Kaknu and Kenai. 

 Skilak, lake; see Ben. 

 Skilak; village, near Skilak lake, on Kenai peninsula. Native name, from Petrof, 



1880, who spells it Skilakh. 

 Skllakli, lake; see Tustumena. 

 Skiliamna; lake, on Kenai peninsula, tributary to the headwaters of Kaknu river. 



So called on Russian Hydrographic chart 1378 (ed. of 1847). 

 Skin; island, near entrance to Cholmondeley sound, Clarence strait, Alexander 



archipelago. " Probably named by the traders." It is Shkin island of 



Russian Hydrographic chart 1493 (ed. of 1853). 

 Skirt; point, on Revillagigedo island, in Behm canal, between Rudyerd bay and 



Walker cove, Alexander archipelago. So called by the Coast Survey 



in 1891. 

 Skolai; pass (about 5,000 feet high), creek, and mountains, between the White and 



Copper rivers. Spelled variously Scolai, Scoloi. Scolai is the name by 



which the Copper river chief Nicolai or Scolai is known among all the 



Yukon natives. (Hayes in Nat. Geog. Mag., IV, 3.) 

 Skookum; creek, tributary to Gold run, from the south, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. Skookum or Skoo-koom is a Chihalis Indian word, 



adopted in the Chinook jargon with the general meaning very. It means 



ghost, evil spirit, demon, etc. Skookum tumtum means brave; skookum 



chuck, a rapid, etc. 

 Skookum; river, tributary to Klokerblok river, from the west, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 tSkoot, river; see Iskoot. 

 Skotnik, mountain; see Barometer. 

 Skowl; ann, of Kasaan bay, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. Called Skowl 



bay, in 1880, after an Indian chief of that name then living there. 

 Skowl; island, Kasaan bay, Alexander archipelago. This supposed island does not 



exist. Compare map in the Coast Pilot (p. 72) with later ones. 



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