gannett.] PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. 285 
I Skull; valleys in Utah and Yavapai County, Arizona; 
Skull Valley; village in Yavapai County, Arizona. So named on accounl of the 
many skulls of Indians found there. 
Skunk; river in Iowa. A translation of the Indian name checauqua. 
Skunkscut; range of Hills in Hartford County, Connecticut, An Indian word 
meaning "at the high place." 
Slateford; village in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, so named because it is the 
center of manufacture of school slates. 
Slater; city in Saline County, Missouri, named for W. A. Slater, of Norwich, Con- 
necticut. 
Slatersville; village in Providence County, Rhode Island, named for Samuel Slater, 
its founder. 
Slatington; borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; so named on account of its 
extensive slate quarries. 
Slaughtersville ; town in Webster County, Kentucky, named for G. G. Slaughter, 
an old settler. 
Sleepy Eye; lake and village in Brown County, Minnesota, named for the Indian 
chief Ishanumbak, "man whose eyes have the appearance of sleep." 
Slide; highest summit of the Catskill Mountains, Ulster County, New York, so 
named because an avalanche stripped a part of the mountain of earth and vege- 
tation. 
Slidell town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, named for the celebrity of that 
name. 
Sligo; borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and six other towns and villages, 
named from the town in Ireland. 
Slipperyrock; stream and borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Derived from 
the Indian word wesch-ach-ach-apochka, meaning "slippery rock." 
Sloansville; village in Schoharie County, New York, named for John R. Sloan, an 
early settler. 
Slocums; island in Michigan, named for its owner. 
Slough; creek in Yellowstone Park, which was erroneously so described by its dis- 
coverer; it being, in fact, a swift running stream. 
Smackover; stream in Union County, Arkansas. Corrupted from the French 
chemin convert, "covered road." 
Smethport; borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, named for Theodore Smethe, 
a friend of the original proprietor. 
Smith; county in Kansas, named for J. Nelson Smith, of the Second Colorado Regi- 
ment, 
Smith; county in Mississippi, named for Maj. David Smith. 
Smith; river in Montana, named for Robert Smith, former Secretary of the Navy. 
Smith; river in Nevada, named for Lieut. Kirby Smith. 
Smith; county in Tennessee, named for Gen. Daniel Smith, a patriot and early set- 
tler of the State. 
Smith; county in Texas, named for John W. Smith, killed at the Alamo. 
Smith Center; city in center of Smith County, Kansas, named for J. Nelson Smith, 
of the Second Colorado Regiment. 
Smithfield; town in Dutchess County, New York, named for Peter Smith. 
Smithfield; town in Johnson County, North Carolina, named for John Smith, State 
senator. 
Smiths Ferry; village in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, named lor Jesse Smith, the 
man who established the ferry. 
Smithtown; town in Suffolk County, New York, named for Richard Smith, an 
early proprietor. 
