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 highest points in the Wallowa Mountains south of Enterprise. It bears the name of the famous Shoshone Indian woman who was with the Lewis and Clark party. It was once called Legion Mountain in compliment to the American Legion. There has been ample controversy about Sacajawea, about the value of her services, the place of her death and even about the spelling of her name, a matter which doubtless bothered her but little. Grace Raymond Hebard's Sacajawea gives a general account of her story. An editorial by Albert Hawkins in the Oregonian, October 13, 1929, ably discusses some of her problems. See also C. S. Kingston's article in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, January, 1944.

SADDLE CREEK, Wallowa County. Saddle Creek is so named because it heads near Freezeout Saddle, on the divide between the waters of Snake River and Imnaha River.

SaddLE MOUNTAIN, Clatsop County. Gustavus Hines, in Oregon and Its Institutions, says the Indian name of this prominent landmark was Swallalahoost. There was an Indian tradition that one of the great chiefs, after being killed by enemies, assumed the form of an eagle and became the creator of thunder and lightning at the top of this peak. Hines further says that the name Saddle Mountain was applied by Wilkes in 1841. The name is unusually descriptive. Saddle Mountain is one of the highest peaks in the north part of the Coast Range in Oregon, and has an elevation, according to the U. S. Engineers, of 3283 feet. Lewis and Clark mention the mountain but give it no name.

SADDLEBUTTE, Harney County. Saddlebutte post office was established September 26, 1916, with T. C. Albritton first postmaster, to serve the area near the physical feature Saddle Butte not far from the northeast shore of Malheur Lake. Saddle Butte is a prominent point a few miles west-southwest of Crane. Saddlebutte post office was closed May 15, 1920, and the business turned over to Crane. The butte was named for its shape.

SAGEHEN CREEK, Harney County. The sagehen or sage grouse, Centrocerus wophasianus, was formerly plentiful throughout the West, and its name has been applied to a number of geographic features, but as far as the compiler knows, the only place the name has been used in Oregon is in Harney County. We have a good description of the sagehen as it is found near the Oregon creek that bears its name in U. S. National Museum Special Bulletin No. 1, Life Histories of North American Birds, by Captain Charles Bendire, page 106. This bird is, next to the wild turkey, the largest game bird found in the United States. During the winter the sagehen feeds largely on the leaves of the sagebrush, but that is not its exclusive diet, and some authorities assert that sage leaves are only eaten when other food is not available. Captain Bendire spent several years studying the birds of Oregon, particularly in the Harney Valley.

SAGEVIEW, Harney County. Sageview post office served an area in the sage plains west of Catlow from February, 1916, until November, 1918. It would be difficult to suggest a better name for an office in such surroundings.

SAGINAW, Lane County. R. A. Booth, vice-president of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., informed the compiler that this place was named by J. I. Jones for Saginaw, Michigan. The community was established about a year before the lumber company began to operate there. Gannett says that Saginaw is an Ojibwa Indian word meaning Sauk place, refer