332 PLACE NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES. [bull. 258. 
Yakima; county, city in same county, and river in Washington, said to have been 
named lor a tribe of Indians, the name meaning "black bear," or, according to 
other authorities, "coward." 
Yale; university in New Haven, Connecticut, named for Elihu Yale, of London, 
England. 
Yale; mountain in Colorado, and many cities, towns, and villages, named from the 
university. 
Yalobusha; county in Mississippi. An Indian word meaning "tadpole place." 
Yamhill; county and river in Oregon, named for the Yamel Indians. 
Yancey; county in North Carolina, named for Bartlett Yancey, prominent politi- 
cian of the State. 
Yankee; this name, with various suffixes, forms the name of many places in the 
United States. The name is a corruption of the Massachusetts Indian pronun- 
ciation of the word "English" (Yengeese), and was bestowed upon the inhab- 
itants of New England by the people of Virginia when they refused to aid them 
in a war with the Cherokees, it meaning to them ' ' cowards." After the battle of 
Bunker Hill the people of New England, having established a reputation for 
bravery, accepted the name. 
Yankton; county, and city in same county, in South Dakota. A corruption of the 
Sioux Indian name Thanktonwan, meaning "end village." 
Yantic; river in Connecticut. An Indian word, meaning "extending to the tidal 
river." 
Yaquina; bay and town in Lincoln County, Oregon, probably named for Yaquina, 
a female Indian chief. 
Yardley; borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, named for a family of early 
settlers. 
Yarmouth, town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, named from the seaport 
town of England. 
Yates; township in McLean County, Illinois, named for Gov. Richard Yates. 
Yates; county in New York, named for Joseph C. Yates, an early governor of the 
State. 
Yates Center; town in Woodson County, Kansas, named for Abner Yates, the 
former owner. 
Yates City; village in Knox County, Illinois, named from Yates County, New York. 
Yavapai; county in Arizona, named for a small tribe of Indians, now nearly 
extinct, which formerly resided in the vicinity. 
Yell; county in Arkansas, named for Col. Archibald Yell, former governor of the 
State. 
Yellow Jacket; pass in Colorado, so named because infested with these insects. 
Yellow Medicine; county and river in Minnesota; a translation of the Dakota 
(Sioux) name of the river, referring to the long, slender, bitter, yellow root of 
the moonseed (Menispermum canadense) which abounds there, and was used by 
the Dakotas as a medicine. 
Yellowstone; county in Montana, and river in Montana and Wyoming. The name 
is a translation of the original French name, roche jaune, meaning "yellow 
rock." Another authority states it is from the Indian, mi-tsi-a-da-zi, "rock 
yellow river." 
Yellowstone; national park lying mostly in Wyoming, but includes a small part of 
Montana, and is about 65 miles long and 55 miles wide; lake in Yellowstone 
National Park, 7,788 feet above sea level. Its outlet is Yellowstone River. 
Named from the river. 
Yellville; town in Marion County, Arkansas, named for Col. Archibald Y T ell, former 
governor of the State. 
