BAKER.] 445 VuK-:i:ea. 



Yukon — Continued . 



one tribe of Indians^, aceording to Allen, call it Niga^s i. e. Niga river. 

 Grewingk also gives the names Jukcha?;'/ and Jin/a, i. e. Jnkcha ricer 

 and Ju rirer. The form Yukon has also been adopted by the Canadian 

 Board on Geographic Names. 



Yitkutzcharkat, creek; see Hess. 



Yukwonilnuk; river, tributary to the Kuskokwim, from the north, near longitude 

 158°. Native name obtained by Spurr and Post, in 1898, from trader A. 

 Lind. 



YiiiKik]), island; see Umak. 



Yunaska; volcanic island (2,864 feet high), just west of the group of Islands of the 

 Four [Mountains, eastern Aleutians. Veniaminof includes it in that group. 

 Native name, from Sarichef, about 1790. Vai'iously written Junaska, 

 Unaska, Younaska, etc. 



Zachary; bay, indenting the north shore of Unga island, Shuraagin group. Named 

 Zakharefskaia by the Russians after a Russian named Zakharef. Vari- 

 ously spelled Sacharowskaja, Zakhareffskaia, etc. 



Zaikof; bay, in the north end of INIontague island. Prince William sound. Named 

 by the Russians, presumably after Stepan Kosmovich Zaikof, who was 

 chief of the trading post St. Nicholas (Kenai) in the 18th century. 



Zaikof; point, the northeasternmost point of Montague island, Prince William 

 sound. So named by Davidson in 1868. 



Zakatlatan; village (population 39), on north bank of the Yukon, near longitude 

 156° 30^. In the Tenth Census a village called Zakatlatan is located here 

 on the south bank. In the Eleventh Census we have Sakataloden, 

 supposed to be the same place. On late maps it is Saghadellautan. Ray- 

 mond, 1869, has Sakedelontin. 



Zakhareffskaia, bay; see Zachary. 



Zakliarof, bay; see Stepovak. 



Zakritoi, bay; see Banks harbor. 



Zalira, point; see Bay. 



Zanes; cliff, on the western end of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. So named by 

 Berry in 1881. 



Zapadni; open bay, on the southwest shore of St. George island, Pribilof group, 

 Bering sea. Called Zapadni (west) by the Russians and locally so known. 

 It is Southwest bay of some charts. 



Zapadni; point, the western point of entrance to English bay, on the south shore of 

 St. Paul island, Pribilof group, Bering sea. Locally known as Zapadni 

 (west). Has been called South point on several charts. Zai)adni rookery 

 is at or near this point. Has also been written Zapadnie. 



Zapadnie, cape; see West. 



Zapadnie, point; see Northwest. 



Zapadnie, point; see Southwest. 



Zarembo; island, between Clarence, Stikine, and Sumner straits, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by the Russians, after Capt. Lieut. Dionysius Feodorovich 

 Zarembo. Has also been written Zaremba. 



Zatchlitschak, island; see Sitkalidak. 



Zatschra, island; see Hydra. 



Zayas; island, in eastern i)art of Dixon entrance. Named Isla de Zayas by Caam- 

 aiio in 1792. 



Zdluiat; Indian village, on Knik arm of Cook inlet. Native name, reported l)y 

 Petrof in 1880. 



Zeal; point, the south point of entrance to St. John Baptist l)ay, Neva strait, Baranof 

 island, Alexander archipelago. Named Userdie (zeal) by Vasilief in 1833. 

 Also written ( Juserdi. 



