NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 
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Currioman Bay. Virginia. 
Cushing Island. Portland Harbor, 
Maine. 
Cutoff Channel. Patapsco River, Mary- 
land. 
Cuyamaca. A mountain peak east of 
San Diego, California. 
Cngamacca. (Cuyamaca.) 
Cuyler Dike. Hudson River, New York. 
Dakota. Humboldt County, Iowa. 
Dakotah. (Dakota.) 
Dall Point. South of Cape Romanzof, 
Alaska. 
Dalton. Cook County, Illinois. 
Dame Point. St. Johns River, Florida. 
Dammeron Marsh. Great Wicomico 
River, Virginia. 
Dancey Flat. St. Johns River, Florida. 
Dancey Point. St. Johns River, Florida. 
Darnall Point. Mississippi River, Ten- 
nessee. 
Daufuskie Island. South Carolina. 
Da ugherty. (Dougherty. ) 
Dauphine Islan d. (Dauphin . ) 
Dauphin Island. Mississippi Sound, 
Louisiana. 
Davidson Landing. Ohio River, Ohio. 
Daviess. (Davis.) 
Davis. Fountain County, Indiana. 
Davis Landing. Mississippi River, Mis- 
souri. 
Davis Ledge. Boston Harbor, Massa- 
chusetts. 
Dawfuskie Island. (Daufuskie.) 
Deadman Bend. Mississippi River, Mis- 
sissippi. 
Deadman Island. Ohio River, Pennsyl- 
vania. 
Deadman Point. Maine. 
Dean Island. Mississippi River, Ar- 
kansas. 
Dealing. Missouri River, Missouri. 
Deathdoor Bluff. Green Bay, Wiscon- 
sin. 
Deerhead. Barber County, Kansas. 
Deerpark. Orange County, New York. 
Deerwood. Kittson County, Minne- 
sota. 
Degognia. (Degonia.) 
Degonia. Jackson County, Illinois. 
Delana. Humboldt County, Iowa. 
Delano. (Delana.) 
Delavan. Faribault County, Minnesota. 
Delaware Watergap. Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania. 
DeLeon. (Deleon Springs.) 
Deleon Springs. Volusia County, 
Florida. 
DcUran. (Delavan.) 
Demonts Island. (Dochet. ) 
Densford. Mississippi River, Tennessee. 
Depere. Brown County, Wisconsin. 
Derby Wharf. Salem Harbor, Massa- 
chusetts. 
Devall Bluffy Prairie County, Arkansas. 
Devils Elbow. Illinois River, Illinois. 
Devils Elbow. St. Johns River, Florida. 
Devils Island. Lake Superior, Wis- 
consin. 
Devils Island. Mississippi River, Iowa. 
Devils Nose. Lake Ontario, New York. 
Devils Point. Escambia Bay, Florida. 
Devils Pulpit. Whitehall Narrows, 
New York. 
Devils Wharf. Above Essex, Con- 
necticut River, Connecticut. 
Dewitt. Carroll County, Missouri. 
Dewitt Bar. Ohio River, Ohio. 
Dice Head. Castine Harbor, Maine. 
Dickson. Lackawanna County, Penn- 
sylvania. 
Dillard Wharf. James River, Virginia. 
Disappointment, Cape. Washington. 
" On the 6th of July, 1778, Meares, in 
the sbip Nootka, arrived off the 
cape and found that a 'prodigious 
easterly swell rolled on the shore/ 
and he had soundings in 16 fathoms 
over a hard, sandy bottom. ' After 
we had rounded the promontory, a 
large bay, as we had imagined, 
opened to our view, that bore a 
very promising appearance and 
into which we steered, with every 
encouraging expectation. As we 
steered into the bay the water 
shoaled to 9, 8, and 7 fathoms, 
where breakers were seen right 
ahead, and from the masthead they 
were observed to extend across the 
bay. We therefore hauled out.' 
The name Cape Disappointment 
was given to the promontory. It 
was called Cape Hancock by Gray, 
in 1792. He changed this name to 
Cape Disappointment upon hearing 
that Meares had so named it. 
Cape Disappointment retained by 
Vancouver, by Belcher in 1839, 
and by Ex. Ex. in 1841. Duflot de 
Mofras, 1844, calls it Cape San 
Roque or Disappointment. It was 
