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OREGON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES DUTCHMAN Flat, Deschutes County. Judge H. C. Ellis of Bend gives the following history of this name: A German sheepherder and party discovered the flat years ago while bringing a band of sheep across the Cascade Range. They were blocked by snow at Sparks Lake and were obliged to spend the winter there. A log barn was built by them on the northeast side of the lake. Parts of this barn were remaining in 1927. Due to this herder being a German, the sand flat east of Sparks Lake has been since known as Dutchman Flat. The small creek flowing from the glacier on Bachelor Butte is known as Dutchman Creek. The sheep belonged to Thomas Hamilton of Ashwood.

DUTTON CLIFF, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This cliff is at the southeast corner of Crater Lake at an elevation of 8150 feet. It was named by Will G. Steel in 1886 for Captain Clarence E. Dutton, U. S. A.

DUWEE CANYON, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This canyon lies to the south of Crater Lake, and is remarkable for its unusual spires and pinnacles. The name is from the Klamath Indian word ti-wi, indicating the rushing noise made by a cascade. A waterfall in the canyon has the same name. The spelling Duwee has been adopted by USBGN, and the style Dewie is obsolete.

DYAR Rock, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This rock is on the south rim of Crater Lake, and has an elevation of 7880 feet. It was named in 1872 by Captain (. C. Applegate for Leroy S. Dyar, of Ontario, California, then Indian agent on the Klamath Indian Reservation, and later a member of the Modoc Peace Commission. Dyar was the only member of the commission who escaped uninjured when attacked by Captain Jack and his band of Indians in the Lava Beds April 11, 1873, at which time General E. R. S. Canby and Dr. E. Thomas were killed and chairman A. B. Meacham was wounded and left for dead.

EAGLE BUTTE, Hood River and Multnomah counties. This butte was formerly called Eagle Creek Butte, because it was near the headwaters of the creek, but the name was cumbersome and the Forest Service has adopted the shorter form.

, Wallowa County. This peak was for many years thought to be the highest mountain in eastern Oregon. In early days the Wallowa Mountains had a variety of names, including Eagle Mountains, and Eagle Cap was supposed to be the top of them all, hence the name. While there is no exact measurement of its altitude, barometric observations by Clyde B. Aitchison indicate a height of about 9675 feet. Apparently there are other peaks in the Wallowa Mountains that are higher.

EAGLE CREEK, Baker and Union counties. There are a good many geographic features in Oregon named for the eagle, including mountains, streams and places. One of the most important is Eagle Creek which rises on the south slopes of the Wallowa Mountains and flows southeastward into Powder River. This stream has played a prominent part both in the mining and in the irrigation history of northeast Oregon. An account of the naming of this stream is given by Isaac Hiatt in his book Thirty-one Years in Baker County, page 30. Knight and Abbott were herding cattle in the Powder River Valley in 1861, and coming to a considerable tributary, they shot an eagle. That circumstance gave the name Eagle Creek to the stream.