Dead Injun Creek

Dead Injun Creek is a small stream in Grant County, Oregon, in the United States.[1] The name Dead Injun commemorates a Native American (formerly called an Injun) who was killed in battle near the river's bank.[2] The creek is within the South Fork John Day River drainage basin.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dead Injun Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 28 November 1980. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Mosgrove, Jerry L. (1980). The Malheur National Forest: an ethnographic history. USDA Forest Service. p. 238.

Coordinates: 44°11′21″N 119°19′30″W / 44.18917°N 119.32500°W / 44.18917; -119.32500


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