The Seri Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 1-344*))McGee, W J
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The Seri Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 1-344*))
McGee, W J
Seri Indians; Seri language; Yuman languages
EL INFIERNILLO (The Little Hell): Local designation, retained
by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. (miswritten “Estrecho
Infiernillo” on larger map).
†BOCA INFIERNO (Mouth of Hell): A colloquial local designation
(miswritten “Puerto Infierno” on larger map).
*BAHIA KUNKAAK (Kunkaak bay): Generic Spanish; specific the
vernacular name of the Seri tribe (miswritten “Tiburon bay” on
plates IV and V).
[Illustration: FIG. 1—Nomenclatural map of Seriland.]
BAHIA KINO (Kino bay): Long-standing name given in honor of
Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino, an early Jesuit missionary (the
“Bahia San Juan Bautista” of various early maps); adopted in
Anglicized form by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N.
†BAHIA TEPOPA (Tepopa bay): Specific a corruption of Tepoka,
the extra-vernacular name of a local tribe related to the Seri;
applied in 1746 by Padre Consag, and used by most navigators
and cartographers of later dates, though it does not appear on
the charts of the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N.
BAHIA AGUA DULCE (Freshwater bay): Named by Lieutenant R. W.
H. Hardy, R. N., 1826; name retained (in Anglicized form) by
Hydrographic Office, U. S. N. (The name is misplaced on Hardy’s
map, but the bay is correctly located in his text, p. 293.)
†BAHIA BRUJA (Witch bay): Named (in honor of his vessel) by its
discoverer, Lieutenant Hardy, 1826.
*BAHIA ESPENCE (Spence bay): Named in honor of Pilot Tomás
Espence (Thomas Spence), second circumnavigator of the island,
who landed in the bay in 1844.
†ESTERO COCHLA (Cockle inlet): Named by Lieutenant Hardy, 1826.
*BAJIOS DE UGARTE (Ugarte shoals): Named in honor of Padre Juan
de Ugarte, first visitor to the shoals and circumnavigator of
Tiburon, 1721.
*RADA BALLENA (Whale roadstead): Named from the stranding of a
whale about 1887, an incident of much note among the Seri.
*ANCLAJE DEWEY (Dewey anchorage): Named in honor of its
discoverer, Commander (now Admiral) George Dewey, in charge of
the surveys by the Hydrographic Office, U. S. N., 1873.
LAGUNA LA CRUZ (Lagoon of the Cross): Name adopted (Anglicized)
by Hydrographic Office, U. S. N.; the “Laguna de los
Cercaditos” (Lagoon of the Little Banks) of Colonel Francisco
Andrade, 1844.
ISLA TIBURON (Shark island): Name of long standing; used
alternatively with “Isla San Agustin” since the seventeenth
century, both names being apparently applied to Isla Tassne
by several writers, and also to Isla Angel de la Guarda (the
second largest island in the gulf) by Kino and others, while
the present Tiburon was regarded as a peninsula.
ISLA SAN ESTEBAN (Saint Stephen island): Name of long standing;
in consistent use since early in the seventeenth century.
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