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the Coast Pilot, 1889, page 361, says that winchuck was the local Indian word for woman, and that the Indians called the stream Neh'-saw, but he does not explain that word. Davidson spent much time working on the Oregon coast and his observations are generally reliable. The compiler has been unable to reconcile the information under this heading.

WINDSOR ISLAND, Polk County. Windsor Island is in the Willamette River in the extreme northeast corner of the county. It bears the name of a family of pioneer settlers that lived in the locality.

WINDY, Harney County. Windy Point is a projection westward onto the floor of Harney Valley, just east of Malheur Lake. It bears a descriptive name. On August 3, 1908, a post office called Windy was established in this locality, with August Haarstuch postmaster. The order was rescinded October 9, 1908, and the office accordingly never functioned. Waverly post office had just been established a very short distance south, which may account for the failure of Windy to get blowing.

WINEGLASS, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County. This peculiar rock slide on the northeast part of the inside rim of Crater Lake was named by J. S. Diller of the U. S. Geological Survey. From across the lake the slide looks like a huge wineglass.

WINEMA, Klamath County. The compiler does not know the exact location of Winema post office. It was some ten or twelve miles north of Kirk, but whether on the highway or on the railroad the compiler has not been able to learn, and there is nothing in the record to give a reason for its existence. Winema post office was established January 27, 1928, with Mrs. Mae Allen postniaster. The office was closed to Kirk November 30, 1929. Irrespective of its location there is no doubt that the office was named in compliment to Winema, otherwise Mrs. Frank Riddle, the Indian heroine of the Modoc Lava Beds massacre.

WINEMA PINNACLES, Multnomah County. These basalt spires high above the Columbia River Highway, are about half a mile east of Multnomah Falls. They were named for Winema, Mrs. Frank Riddle, the heroine of the Modoc Lava Beds massacre. For information about her, see Jeff C. Riddle's Indian History of the Modoc War. She did not live near the Columbia River, but the pinnacles were named because it was thought her memory should be perpetuated somewhere in the state.

WING, Baker County. This station is near the community of Wingville. See under that heading. The railroad company shortened the name because of awkwardness in telegraphing.

WING RIDGE, Wallowa County. This ridge, southeast of Wallowa Lake, was named by surveyors because of its shape. It lies between Sheep Creek and Little Sheep Creek.

WINGVILLE, Baker County. Major-General Sterling Price, of the Confederate army, was active in Missouri and Arkansas in 1861-64. He was finally defeated by the Union forces in 1864. Many Southern Democrats thereafter migrated to Oregon. Numbers of them had been soldiers in Price's campaigns. The newcomers in Oregon were derisively termed by Republicans, "The left wing of Price's army." They contributed largely to the southern admixture in the pioneer population of Oregon. A community of these people near Baker was referred to as Wingville. Wingville post office was established June 23, 1871, with John R. McLain first postmaster. The office was closed in July, 1879.

WININO, Lane County. The name Winino appears to be of Indian