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Denison; township, Luzerne county, Pa. 
(Not Dennison.) 
Densford; post light, Mississippi river, 
Tipton county, Tenn. (Not Dens- 
ford's.) 
Dentsville; P. O., Charles county, Md. 
(Not Dents.) 
Denzig; see Balkash. 
Depere; P. O. and R. R. station, Brown 
county, Wis. (Not De Pere.) 
Derby; wharf, Salem harbor, Essex 
county, Mass. (Not Derby's.) 
Derring 1 ; the eastern point of entrance 
to Derring harbor, Shelter island, 
Suffolk county, N. Y. (Not Derring' s. ) 
Derringer; see Dieringer. 
Deschutes; river, Thurston county, 
Wash. ( Not De Chute.) 
Desdemona; town, Eastland county, 
Tex. (Not Desdemonia.) 
De Soto; city, Jefferson county, Mo. 
(Not Desoto.) 
De Soto; see West Rome. 
Despodo Dagh; see Rhodope. 
Devall Bluff; county seat of Prairie coun- 
ty, Ark. (Not De Vall's nor Duvall's.) 
Devastation; see Pogromni. 
Devenport; creek and P. O., Warren 
county, Tenn. (Not Davenport.) 
Devil; peak, Mariposa county, Cal. ; 
(Not Devil's nor Signal.) 
Devils; creek and island, Mississippi 
river, Lee county, Iowa. (Not Devil's.) 
Devils; island; one of the Apostle islands, 
Lake Superior, Wis. (Not Devil's.) 
Devils; point, Pensacola bay, Escambia 
county, Fla. (Not Devil's.) 
Devil's; see Deal. 
Devil's; see Nails. 
Devils Elbow; post light near Palatka, 
Saint Johns river, Fla. (Not Devil's 
Elbow.) 
Devils Elbow; post lights, Illinois river, 
Fulton and Mason counties, 111. (Not 
Devil's Elbow.) 
Devils Nose; cape, Lake Ontario, Mon- 
roe county, N. Y. (Not Devil's Nose.) 
Devils Pulpit; rock, Whitehall Nar- 
rows, Washington county, N. Y. (Not 
Devil's Pulpit.) 
Devils Wharf; post light, Connecticut 
river, 4 miles above Essex, Middlesex 
county, Conn. (Not Devil's Wharf.) 
Devol; pond in Bristol county, Mass. 
(Not Davols, etc.) 
De Vree's; see Islais. 
Dewitt; P. O. and R. R. station, Carroll 
county, Mo. (Not De Witt.) 
Dewitt Bar; post light, Ohio river, Meigs 
county, Ohio. (Not De Witt's Bar.) 
Diadama; see Dameas. 
Diarbekr; city and district, Asiatic Tur- 
key. (Not Diarbekir nor Kara Amid.) 
Dias ; creek and village, Cape May county, 
N.J. (Not Dyers.) 
Diaz; see Big Cottonwood. 
Dice; head, Castine harbor, Hancock 
county, Me. (Not Dice's.) 
Dickey; lake and river, Clallam county, 
Wash. (Not Dickodochtedar.) 
Dickodochtedar; see Dickey. 
Dickson; borough and P. O., Lacku- 
wanna county, Pa. (Not Dickson City . ) 
Diering-er; P.O. and R. R. station, Pierce 
county, Wash. (Not Derringer.) 
Dillard; w r harf, opposite mouth of Chick- 
ahoning river, James river, Va. (Not 
Dollard's.) 
Dillen; P. O., Jefferson county, N. Y. 
(Not Dillin.) 
Disappointment; cape at mouth of Co- 
lumbia river, Washington. 
NOTE. On the 6th of July, 1778, Meares, in 
the ship 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, Avith 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 thciv- 
fore hauled out." The name Cape Disappoint- 
ment was given to the promontory. It was 
called Cape Hancock by Gray, in 1792. He 
changed this name to Cape Disappointment 
upon hearing that M cares had so named it. 
Cape Disappointment retained by Vancouver, 
by Belcher in 1839, and by Ex. Ex. in isn. 
Duflot de Mofras, 1814. calls it Cape San Roque 
or Disappointment. It was called Cape Han- 
cock or Disappointment at the first examination 
of the entrance to the river, in ls."X). and tin- 
name Hancock, subsequently, in a secondary 
manner in the Light-House List, but the name 
Disappointment is that used on the official 
charts and by all navigators. Pacific Coast 
Pilot, 1SS9, p. 56. 
