INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 
The House of Representatives, on February 26, 1900, ordered that 
this Second Report of the United States Board on Geographic Names 
be printed. Accordingly, it was printed and issued in May, 1900, as 
House of Representatives Document No. 472, Fifty-sixth Congress, 
first session. The edition was "the usual number," viz, 1,850 copies. 
At the same time the Government Printing Office stereotyped the 
plates and printed and bound a few copies for its own use. On April 
30, 1900, the Senate passed a concurrent resolution directing the 
printing and binding of 8,000 additional copies of this report. About 
ten months later, viz, on February 25, 1901, the House of Represent- 
atives concurred, and thus the printing of 8,000 copies was ordered. 
This book is printed under that authority, and differs very slightly 
from the original Congressional edition of Maj^, 1900. Advantage 
has been taken of the opportunity to incorporate in this second edition 
of March, 1901, corrections of such errors as have been discovered in 
the original edition of May, 1900. These corrections are for the most 
part trifling, and affect the spelling of but three names, viz: Chau- 
tauqua, Merrimack, and Nez Perce. 
MARCUS BAKER, 
Secretary Board on Geographic Names. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2, 1901. 
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