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PD It 011 obsolete. For editorial on this change, see Salem Capital Journal for June 13, 1929. The name Santiam Pass appears to have been accepted very rapidly by the traveling public. The name of Colonel Hogg is perpetuated at Hogg Rock, a prominent point west of the pass and just north of Santiam Highway, which skirts its base. Andrew Wiley went through Santiam Pass as early as 1859. See under WILEY CREEK and Hogg Rock.

SANTIAM River, Linn and Marion counties. Santiam River and North Santiam River form in part the boundary between Linn and Marion counties. In addition to the two streams named, other important tributaries to the Santiam drainage are the South Santiam, Little North Santiam and Breitenbush rivers, and Crabtree, Thomas and Quartzville creeks, all heading in the western slope of the Cascade Range. The stream was named for the Santiam Indians, a Kalapooian tribe, living near the Santiam River. The remnants were moved to Grand Ronde Agency in 1906. Variant forms of the name are Ahalapam, Sandeam, Santiams, Santainas, Santian, Santians, Sandeham. A detailed map of the North Santiam River and some of its tributaries may be found in USGS Water-Supply Paper 349.

SARDINE CREEK, Jackson County. Sardine Creek flows into Rogue River west of Gold Hill. In a letter signed "Pioneer," published in the Oregonian for November 15, 1883, it is said that this stream was named by J. W. Haves of Rock Point. Hayes was a gold seeker, and his pack mule one morning kicked him into the creek. Hayes jumped up with the remark that he was no sardine. Some of the information contained in "Pioneer's" letter mentioned above is erroneous, and the data on Sardine Creek may be incorrect. Walling, in History of Southern Oregon, page 380, has another story of the origin of the name, to the effect that prospectors used sardines for food near the stream in the '50s. Possibly the name had its start in both events.

SARDINE CREEK, Marion County. This tributary of North Santiam River was named in 1867 by Thomas J. Henness because he found an empty sardine can in the stream while he was on a prospecting expedition from his home near the present site of Gates. Sardine tins were unusual in the Oregon mountains in those days. The name spread from the creek to Sardine Mountain nearby. For information about the Henness family, see the Capital Journal, Salem, June 18, 1927, page 1.

SAUNDERS CREEK, Curry County. This stream, which flows into Rogue River about four miles from Pacific Ocean, was named for John Saunders who, with a man named Hastings, settled there about 1860 and built a saw and grist mill on the creek. This information was furnished by F. S. Moore of Gold Beach, Oregon.

SAUVIE ISLAND, Columbia and Multnomah counties. This is the largest island in the Columbia River, and is for the most part low land and lakes. The highest point on the island is only about 50 feet above sea level. Lewis and Clark called it Wap-pa-to and Wap-pa-too in 180506, the Indian name for the arrowhead or sagittaria. This was the wild potato, a valuable article of Indian food. There have been several forms of this native word, now generally spelled wapato. N. J. Wyeth built Fort William on this island in 1834-35 and some early maps have the name Wyeth Island. Wilkes used the name Multnomah Island. The name Sauvie Island comes from a French-Canadian employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who worked at the dairy farm on the west side