Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-08-03

DR.. Kohl remarks that Capt. Alden
and Mr.. Davidson in the coast survey
adopted more Of Kcllett's (the English
explorer) names than Wilkes. In thi.
they did right, for Wilkes appears to
have ignored almost all Of the previou,
names, whether Indian or European
aud names everything anew, and to sui,
himself.
The next bay cast Of Neeah Bay, j,
Clallam Bay. DR.. Kohl says the In.
dian name given by the truthful histo'
riOgral,her Of the !S4tH and Mericona,
was Isf"dt. The Indian name in reality
is C2ar-ctdr-mice. "Next to ClallaIu
Bay" says DR.. Kohl, SIS the Rio Canil
called so to this day-and the Indian
name given by the Spa,iarls is CHS.
MIL" The Indian name is Rskt. The
river is called PisM river. aud the poin,
PisM Point. or Prillar Point. Canil
river is laid down Oh the chart, but nc
one calls it by that name, save the
clerks in the survey office at Washing.
ton. The nextis Crescent bay. This,
DIR. Kohl says, is called by the indiana
Sjockio. The Indian name for the bay
is Clo-chudit, and little stream which
runs out of it is called Clo-chud:t river.
The next depression into the shore is
called Fresh Water bay, and into this
e,npties the Elwha river. Then comes
False Dunginess or Chcrbourg. The
Indian name for the bay mt its western
head is Chc-wit-scn, and the village on
the eastern shore is called E. yen-nis, or
Ycm-nis.
New Dunginess is next. and beyond
that is Washington harbor, 80 called
by the charts, but by Indians and all
the settlers by its Indian name, Scquim.
Scquim bay and Scquim prairie arc as
well known as Dunginess or Port Tow n
send.
The limits of a newspaper article
will not permit me to go through the
whole of DR.. Kohls chapter, but enough
has been cited to show that so far as
Indian names of places are concerned
he has relied upon the very poorest au-
thority. 1t is particularly to he regret.
ted, rs the volume in which this COM
forms chapter. is the final
report of Gov. Stevens great explora-
ton for Northern Pacific Railroad.
A work that should be looked upon as
and which will be considered
rs a standard work, it would have
been far better if DR.. Kohl had let all
Indian names and legends alone en-.
tirely, rather than incorporate 80 much
error into work which has the author
ty and sanction Of Congress as part
IF its general correctness.
DR.. Kohl sets at rest a disputed point
relative to the correct photography Of
Port Townsend. When Major Haller
was here Mt the military station, he al
ways "begged leave" to differ from
every one who spelled the word Towns
md, stoutly maintaining that its proper
,r biography was Townshcnd, being so
named from some person connected
With Wilkes. Dr. Kohl says that Van
,ouvcr named the port in honor OF the
Marquis of Townsend, mot Town.
'hend) one of the Lords of the English
Admiralty, who signed Vancouver's in
'tructions. BY reference to Vancou-
'cr's narrative. as we'll as the more re-
.cnt reports of the Coast Survey, it will
DC seen that the Major in this instance,
o use common expression, is decidedly
n the rocdtire.
With the exception Of the errors in
indian names, DR.. Kohl's paper is gen
rally correct, but IA the coast survey,
conducted under direction of Captain,
then Lieut.. commanding) James Al
len and George Davidson. has corrected
he numerous errors Of former explo-
crs, persons DESTROYS of correct infor-
nation would do we'll to refer to David.
on's report.
DR.. Kohl's paper is not complete, in |
'smuch as he gives no account OF the
treams that empty into the Pacific from
Washington Territory north Of the
Columbia, and but few of those that
discharge themselves into the Straits Of
ruca. Although there are none Of the
numerous streams alluded to large |
nough to be OF commercial import
nee, yet a description of them, with |
heir respective localities, would have
hown that the coast survey had
reformed it's work faithfully, and it
would have been of great benefit TO
ettlers in giving information of the
ands adapted to cultivation and settle
nent.
One Of the most interesting and val
liable reports in the volume, 30 far %
elates to the immediate coast, il Dr.. |