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the second being John W. Lewis and the third J. E. Snow. The present site of the community is at the mouth of South Fork John Day River.

DEAD INDIAN CREEK, Jackson County. This creek and Dead Indian Mountain are in Jackson County, and the Dead Indian Road extends from near Ashland past these two geographic features to Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath County. It is said that about 1854 some settlers from Rogue River Valley found two dead Rogue River Indians in some deserted wigwams near the creek, and supposed that Klamath Indians had killed them in a fight. They named the stream for their discovery. For many years the road did not extend over the Cascade Range, but in 1870 Captain O. C. Applegate and a band of Klamath Indians opened the road all the way to Pelican Bay on Upper Klamath Lake. .

DEAD Point CREEK, Hood River County. This stream is a tributary of West Fork Hood River, not far from Dee. Various maps have shown it as Dry Point Creek and Burnt Creek. Ross Winans, an early resident of the vicinity, informed the compiler that the pioneer name of this stream was Dead Point Creek, and in his opinion that was the correct name. Winans never heard it called Burnt Creek. The stream was named in contradistinction to Green Point Creek nearby, as one creek rises on a point covered with green timber and the other on a point covered with dead timber.

DEADHORSE CANYON, Clackamas County. This canyon drains into North Fork Molalla River Dee Wright, a native of Molalla, told the compiler that in pioneer days several stray horses were lost in this canyon and perished, hence the name. Deadhorse Butte nearby took its name from the canyon.

DEADHORSE RIDGE, Wallowa County. Deadhorse Ridge is a prominent divide between Bear Gulch and Sheep Creek, and the northeast end is in township 1 south, range 48 east. Deadhorse Lake is on the ridge. According to J. H. Horner of Enterprise this lake was named by George A. Wilson and James Simmons in the late '80s. They turned out a blooded stallion to range and the horse ran himself until too warm and was found dead in the lake.

DEADMAN CREEK, Wallowa County. This creek in township 5 south, range 46 east, does not seem to have been named for a corpse. The stream drains into Imnaha River, and according to J. H. Horner of Enterprise, it was named by James Dale in the early '90s, because he said he might just as well be dead as to be in such a lonesome place. He was a sheepherder for Aaron Wade. DEADMAN Pass, Umatilla County. Deadman Pass is a gap on Emigrant Hill southeast of Pendleton and its formation is shown at the east edge of the USGS map of the Pendleton quadrangle. This is not a pass for east-west travel on the Oregon Trail but is a transverse pass across the ridge, hence a dip on the highway. It gets its name as the result of an incident of the Bannock War, in July 1878, recounted by Fred Lockley on the editorial page of the Oregon Journal, August 8, 1931. George Coggans, a traveler en route from La Grande to Pendleton and four teamsters were killed by Indians in the vicinity of what is now known as Deadman Pass.

DEADMAN SPRING, Wasco County. This spring, in the northwest part of Warm Springs Indian Reservation, was named because an outlaw Indian was killed there many years ago by a posse.

DEADWOOD CREEK, Lane County. Deadwood Creek, which drains a