OREGON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

413 History of Southern Oregon, page 424, says an immigrant recovered his cattle from thievish Indians in this valley, from which fact the creek derived its name. COXCOMB HILL, Clatsop County. This is the summit of the ridge south of Astoria, between the Columbia River and Youngs Bay. The compiler has been unable to ascertain who first applied the name. The spelling used is the customary form applied to court fools and jesters who wore an imitation coxcomb, and frequently called coxcombs. Elevation about 647 feet. COYOTE CREEK, Lane County. The word Coyote is used to describe a number of geographic features in Ore- gon, including a station in Morrow County, a butte in Baker County known as Coyote Point, and several streams. Coyote is derived from the Mexican or Aztec name coyotl, the word for the prairie wolf, or barking wolf of western North America, canis latrans. Early settlers looked upon the coyote as a nuisance because of his noisy habits and his tendency to pay a midnight visit to the chicken roost, on which occasion he could be per- fectly quiet. Creeks and points where coyotes were seen or heard had the name of the animal attached, and pos- sibly some were named because of the fact that a coyote had been killed nearby. The Chinook jargon word for the coyote was talapus, with which was associated an idea of deity, or god of the plains. CoziNE CREEK, Yamhill County. This stream rises in the eastern foothills of the Coast Range and flows through McMinnville where it joins South Yamhill River. It was named for Samuel Cozine, who was born in Ken- tucky in 1821 and was a pioneer of Oregon. He settled on land adjacent to the present site of McMinnville in August, 1849. CRABTREE CREEK, Linn County. Crabtree Creek rises in the west slopes of the Cascade Range and flows into the South Santiam River just east of the forks of the Hi in fiiP ii Sit