.-.o-Val. 424 [Biat.187. 



Usof; 



• bav, indonting the southeastern shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. 

 ' ' Usova (Usof's) bvTebeukof, 1849. Called Whalebone bay by 



Named 



the Fish 



Commission in 1888. 



Usiia, cape; see Entrance. 



UHlia Rii'ku, cape; see Ri vermouth. 



Ustiugof; shoal or bank, off Constantine point, at mouth of the Nushagak river, 

 J?ristol bay, Bering sea. So named by Tebenkof, after a Mr. Ustiugof, 

 (J whose surveys in this region, in 1818, Tebenkof speaks in commendation. 



TTsuktu; river, of northern Alaska, tributary to Meade river, from the east. Name 

 fn.im Ray, who passed it in April, 1883, and reports its native name to be 

 Usuuktu and UsCiktu in his text, and Esuktu on his map. 



Utali; creek, tributary to Mission creek, from the west, in the Eagle mining region. 

 Local name, reported by Barnard in 1898. 



XJtalug; cape, on the southeastern coast of Atka, opposite Amlia, middle Aleutians. 

 Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849. Perhaps from the Aleut ^dak, big 

 finger or thumb. 



llrlmo, cape; see Trinity. 



TJtes; cape, on the southern shore of Nazan bay, Atka, middle Aleutians. Named 

 Utes (cliff or escarpment) by Tebenkof, 1849. 



TJtes; cape, somewhere in the vicinity of Boat harbor, on northern shore of Norton 

 sound, Bering sea. Called Utes (cliff, escarpment) by Tebenkof in 1833. 

 Not found on late maps. 



Vies, cape; see Escarpment. 



Utesistoi, island; see Rocky. 



Utichi, islet; see Calming. 



rticlii, islet; see Rocky. 



Utinoi, islet; see Duck. 



Utkiavi; Eskimo village, and United States Government station at Cape Smyth, 

 near Point Barrow. This word, or something like it, is said to be the 

 Eskimo name for Cape Smyth. The ditliculty in getting at the native 

 names of places is well illustrated in this case. Three members of the 

 United States Signal Service party which spent two years here, and two, 

 at least, of whom acquired a speaking knowledge of the Eskimo lan- 

 guage, give these three forms: Ooglamie (and Uglaamie), Ootkeavie, and 

 Utkiaving. As for others they have used Otkiawik, Otkiovik, Ootivakh, 

 and Government station. 



Utiimk, cape; see Kettle. 



Uyak; anchorage, behind Bear and Harvester islands, on west shore of Uyak bay, 

 north shore of Kodiak. So called by Moser in 1897. Native name. 



Uyak; bay, indenting the northwestern coast of Kodiak. Native name, from the 

 Russians. Lisianski, 1805, spells it Oohiack and the village Ooiatsk. 

 Petrof, 1880, writes it Ooiak. Has also been written Uiak. 



TJyak; cape, the western point of entrance to Uyak bay, on northwest coast of 

 Kodiak. Native name. Lisianski, 1805, calls it West point. 



TJyak; islet, in Nazan bay, Atka, middle Aleutians. Native name, from Tebenkof, 

 1849. Has also been written Ujah. 



Uzenkoi, strait; see Narrow. 



Uzinki; village, on Spruce island, Kodiak group. The location of this village is 

 not sliown. It may be identical with Novie Balaam (New Balaam) of the 

 Russian-American Company map of 1849. The village takes its name 

 from Uzinkie, the Russian adjective for narrow. Has also been written 

 Oozinkie and Usinka. 



Valdes; glacier, northeast of Valdes, Prince William sound. So called by Aber- 

 croml)ie in 1898. 



