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Listen to Fred White pronounce each of the Tlingit place names in the Dry Bay area.
1) Gus'eix - No Translation
2) Aakwe'i - Lake Puking
3) Keilxwa'a - No Translation
4) Gooch Shakee Aan - Hilltop Town
5) Kaligoonx'i Ye' - Place of Many Springs
6) Staheenakw - Short Creek
7) K'aaga'n He'eni - Stickleback Creek
8) Taani's - Jumping Fish
9) Dagisdinaa - People of Dugis
10) Gunaxoo - Among the Athabascans
11) Wuxoogu Geey - Going Dry Bay
12) Lutu He'ena'k'w - Water Going Away
13) Gus'eix Y'adi/Tsaixaan Y'adi - Child of Guseix/Child of Tsalxa'an
14) Gal'jinoowu' - Clam Hand Fort
15) Si't' x'aa Noowu' - Eddy Fort
16) T'aagani Skeix - Pressed Roots
17) Ti'nx Kayaani' - Kinnikinnick Leaves
18) Janwu He'eni - Mountain Goat Stream
19) Yadagwa'it - Raven's Rocks Falling Down
20) Ye'il Dzoona'yi - Raven's Work
21) Chaan Yuka' - Above the Mountain
22) Ye'il Katooliye' - Hole Raven Bored
23) Chooka'n Na'agu - Beach Grass Medicine
24) Gilguwaa/Gilkw.uwaa - No Translation
25) Til'he'eni - Dog Salmon River
26) Gunhe'eni - Clear Spring Water
27) Gantakw He'eni - Fern Bulb River
28) Yeil Kawa guche' yei - Place Where Raven Pulled in the Food Canoe
29) Shgaadaayi He'en - Around the Mountain
40) Dinetgi Aan - Shaking Village (exact location unknown)