e military station, Fort Bellingham.
Kwal-lu-h[=u]m (Squallicum). The small creek above Whatcom.
What-com. The outlet of the lake. The name refers to the noise of its
waters.
Si-h[=o]m. The site of the Bellingham Bay Coal Mine.
Ma-mo-si. Pattle's claim.
Sis'lit-chuem. Thomas's claim.
Tai-cha-mish. The cove at Cullum's claim.
Tchuek-a-nuets. The inner bight of Bellingham bay.
S'huets-kues. Point William, or Samish point.
As-e-a-kuen. Samish village behind the island.
Pen-[=u]kh-hu. Vendovi island. The name is derived from that of a
bulbous root growing there.
T'cha-kwil-la. N. W. point of Gueymes island.
T'kwa-wa-tchin. N. E. side of do.
Kwil-shants. S. E. point of do.
N[=u]kh-whai-i-mikhl. Samish village S. W. side of do.
Tal-la-lokh, Nu-kwuet-la-al. Localities on Fidalgo island.
Muek-kuek'hs. N. E. point of do.
Skuet-lues. Sinclair island.
Tuet-sekh. Cypress island.
Tuetl-ki-te-nues. Strawberry harbor on do.
She-ueng-tl'h. The peak on the N. end of do. It is the nest of the
thunder bird.
S'n[=u]k-nokh-hw'tl. Site on western side of Blakely island.
N[=u]s-kwi-chen'nuem. James's island.
Chis-si-na-a. Bird rocks off Decatur island.
Huet-tat-ch'l. Site of Indian village on S. E. end of Orcas island.
Ko-pe-tuen. S. E. point of eastern bay in Orcas island.
M[=u]k-kw[=u]l-nitch. Small lake and cascade emptying into the eastern bay.
I-ukh'kan. The cove at M[=u]k-kw[=u]l-nitch.
Chin-chin-tse-l[=u]ng. A rock on the eastern shore of the bay. It was
another demon--a woman who committed adultery with every one. She
was turned into stone by Ha-als, but her spirit remains. She used to
live at that place in summer, but went up the bay in the winter.
N[=u]kh-whai-y[=u]m. Deadman's rock in the eastern bay. An old cemetery
of the Lummi Indians.
Tsuel-whe-suen. A site at the head of the bay.
Swa-lakh. Mount Constitution, on Orcas island. The name is also given to
the eastern bay itself, or rather to the country upon it.
S'ko-ma-ang. A mountain on the peninsula between the eastern and middle
bays. The name refers to a berry called _t'kwa'ma_, and means "_like
that berry_."
A'la-la, "_like a house_," from _a'lung_, "_a house_." Another hill on
Orcas island. The name also applies to the land bordering on the
middle bay.
N[=u]s-kuel-ling-ues. The point at the entrance of the
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