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was named by the Forest Service with the Chinook jargon word for cut off, indicating its shape.

KLAMATH AGENCY, Klamath County. Klamath Agency was established May 12, 1866, on the shore of what is known as Agency Lake, about three miles south of the present site of the agency. It is now on Crooked Creek. For the origin of the name Klamath see under KLAMATH

COUNTY,

KLAMATH COUNTY. Klamath County was created October 17, 1882, by the state legislature. It was taken from Lake County as it existed at that time. It was named for the tribe of Indians called Klamath by the white travelers. The first appearance of the name as far as the compiler knows is in a letter from Peter Skene Ogden, dated Burnt River, July 1, 1826, which refers to the "Claminitt Country." See Merk's Fur Trade and Empire, page 274. On October 5, 1826, David Douglas wrote of looking into the country called "Clamite" by the natives who inhabited it. Ogden, who used the form "Clammitte" on November 5, 1826, reached the headwaters of the Klamath drainage on November 27 of that year, but indicates in his diary that McKay and McDonald, of his party had been there before. The theory has been advanced that the name originated with the French words clair metis, meaning light mist, which frequently lies above Upper Klamath Lake. The trouble with this notion is that the French style would be metis clair, and if these words mean anything, they mean a light colored halfbreed. However that may be, both Indians and white men used the name at an early day, the former for the lakes, and the latter for the Indians. The name may be a corruption of Maklaks. See under that heading. Among the spellings used by early writers are: Clemmat, Clam-ath, Klamet, Clemet, Tlamath and many others. For references, see OGN, 1928 editon, page 186. The Klamath Indians are classed as a Lutuamian tribe, living about Upper Klamath Lake, also on Williamson and Sprague rivers. They call themselves Eukshikni, or Auksni, "the people of the lake." For information about the lakes, see under LOWER KLAMATH LAKE and UPPER KLAMATH LAKE. According to the Bureau of the Census, Klamath County has a land area of 5973 square miles.

KLAMATH Falls, Klamath County. The community of Klamath Falls is situated at the falls of Link River, where that stream flows into Lake Ewauna. The place was originally known as Linkville and was named for Link River. The Klamath Indian name for the place was Yulalona, or Iuauna, which referred to the peculiar blowing backward of the waters of Link River during strong south winds. For information about these Indian names see under LAKE EWAUNA and LINK RIVER. The Klamath name for the falls in Link River was Tiwishkeni, or rush of falling waters place. George Nurse founded the town of Linkville in 1867, and a memorial tablet commemorating the event is installed in one of the cement columns of the Link River bridge, in the west part of Klamath Falls. The name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892-93.

KLAMATH Marsh, Klamath County. This marsh is fed principally by Williamson River, of which it is an enlargement, and by small streams flowing from the Cascade Range. Its main outlet is Williamson River. Its elevation is just about 4500 feet. It was named for the Klamath Indians. These Indians called the marsh Eukshi, and used the same word to indicate the whole of the Klamath territory from Modoc Point