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informed the compiler that the Warm Springs Indian name for the ford where the city of Bend is now situated was Wychick. Captain Applegate was unable to secure a translation of the word.

BEND GLACIER, Deschutes County. This glacier lies on the north slope of Broken Top. It was named in 1924 by Professor Edwin T. Hodge of the University of Oregon in honor of the city of Bend.

BENDIRE CREEK, Malheur County. Bendire Creek and Bendire Mountain are in the north end of the county and were named for Captain and Brevet Major Charles Bendire, U.S.A. Major Bendire was a noted ornithologist and pursued the study of bird life in many parts of the Pacific Northwest. After retirement from the army he was honorary curator of the department of Oology of the National Museum at Washington. He was the author of Life Histories of North American Birds, published in special bulletins of the Smithsonian Institution in 1892 and 1895.

BENEKE CREEK, Clatsop County. Beneke Creek flows into Fishhawk Creek from the north at Jewell. The name has been spelled in various styles, but recent government maps use the form Beneke. The name is that of a family of early settlers and the spelling Beneke is furnished by county authorities.

BENHAM Falls, Deschutes County. These falls were named for J. R. Benham, who filed on land nearby about 1885. The government rejected his filing. Benham was born in Oregon, and settled in Prineville in 1876. He moved to what is now Deschutes County in 1879. The falls were named for Benham by a Mr. Hutchinson, who was at the time promoting central Oregon irrigation enterprises.

BENJAMIN SPRING, Wallowa County. This is a spring on the Summit Trail about a half mile north of Lookout Mountain in township 3 south, range 49 east. The spring was named for Benjamin Marks, a pioneer settler, who died in 1913. The name has been approved by decision of the USBGN.

BENNETT BUTTE, Coos County. This butte, elevation 2185 feet, is in Coos County, near the northeast corner of Curry County. It is a wellknown point about 10 miles east of the Pacific Ocean. In November, 1943, Mrs. Mary M. Randleman of Coquille wrote the compiler that the mountain was probably named during the Coos County gold rush. Two prospectors, Hudson and Bennett, operated in the locality and the butte was apparently named for Bennett. The butte was a meeting place for Indians, as it was on the dividing line between tribal hunting grounds. Mrs. Randleman is also authority for the statement that Bennett Prairie, near the mouth of Johnson Creek, was named for the same miner.

BENNETT CREEK, Lane County. This creek is tributary from the west to Coast Fork Willamette River. It originates in the hills north of Cottage Grove and flows into the Coast Fork just north of McFarland Butte. It was named for Scott Bennett, a land owner near its banks.

BENNETT Pass, Hood River County. This pass is the highest point on the Mount Hood Loop Highway, and has an elevation of 4673 feet. It lies about six miles southeast of Mount Hood on the ridge dividing the drainage of Hood River from White River. It is not on the main summit of the Cascade Range. The pass was named for Samuel Bennett, a Wasco County stockman. Benson GLACIER, Union and Wallowa counties. Benson Glacier is an ice field on the northeast and east sides of Eagle Cap in the Wallowa