438 [BULL. 187. 



Witnesses iThe): two is^let^ in San Alberto bay, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales 

 ari'liipela^o. Named Los Testigos (the witnesses) by Maurelle and Quadra 

 in 1775-1779. 



Wlojmkuk; river, tributary to the Kuskokwim, from the south, a little above 

 Kolmakof. Native name, obtained by Spurr and Post, in 1898, from 

 trader A. Lind. 



U'oihhoim', point; see Woodhouse. 



]Vi,<hp(nht,Y)o\nt; see Village. 



Woewodski; harbor, indenting the southern shore of Admiralty island and opening 

 into Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. Named by Zarembo, in 

 1838, after Stepan Vasilivich Woewodski, director of the Russian-Ameri- 

 can colonies, 1854-1859. 



Woewodski; island, between Duncan canal and Wrangell strait, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by the Russians, in 1848, after Capt. Lieut. Stepan Vas- 

 ilivich "Woewodski, chief director of the Russian-American colonies, 

 1854-1859. Variously written Woewodsky, Voevodskago, etc. Linden- 

 berg, in 1838, called part of this Medviezhi (bear). 



Wolasatux; Indian hut, on left bank of the Yukon, a few miles below Nulato. 

 Wolasatux was a young man who escaped massacre at Nulato in 1851. 

 This place took its name from him. Erroneously Wolsatux. 



Wnlerk, river; see Wulik. 



Wolf; creek, tributary to Excelsior Creek, from the south, in the Eagle mining region. 

 Local name, obtained by Barnard in 1898. 



Wolf, island; see Kritskoi. 



Wolf; point, the easternmost point of Walrus island, near entrance to Port MoUer, 

 Alaska peninsula. The island of which this is the eastern point was named 

 Volchie (wolf) by Lutke, in 1828, but is now known as Walrus island. 

 The point was named Wolf by Dall in 1882. 



Wolf; rock, off the west coast of Prince of Wales archipelago. So named by Van- 

 couver in 1794. Meares, in 1788, called it Forrester's island (chart, p. 1) 

 and the Spaniards, 1774-1779, Isla Rasa (flat island). 



Wolff; peak, south of Mount Drum. So named by Schrader, in 1898, after Prof. John 

 Eliot Wolff, of Harvard University. 



WoUei/, cape; see Woolley. 



Womens; bay, an arm of Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named Babia (women) by Russian 

 naval officers in 1808-1810. 



Wonder, creek; see Center. 



Wood; canyon, on the Copper river, a little below the mouth of the Chitina. Named 

 Wood's by Allen, in 1885, "in honor of Col. Henry Clay Wood, U. S. A." 



Wood; glacier, on the west shore of Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. So named by 

 Reid, in 1890, "after Lieut. Charles Erskine Scott Wood, who seems to 

 have been the first white man to enter Glacier bay." He was there in 

 1877. 



Wood; point, the southeastern point of entrance to Thomas bay, Frederick sound, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Thomas in 1887. 



Wood; river, drainingfrom Aleknagik lake to theNushagak river. Apparently a local 

 name, applied by the Fish Commission in 1890. In Sarichef's atlas (1826, 

 sheet III) it is called Aliagnagik and by Tebenkof, 1849, Aleknagek. 



Wood; spit, in Holkham bay, Stephens passage, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 l)y Mansfield in 1889. 



Woodchopper; island, in Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty island, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. So named by Meade in 1869. 



Woodcock; point, the north head of McLeod harbor, Montague island. Prince 

 William sound. So named by Portlock, in 1787, after Joseph Woodcock, 

 a student who accompanied him on his voyage. 



