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
edit- ^ a b "Dead Injun Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 28 November 1980. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ Mosgrove, Jerry L. (1980). The Malheur National Forest: an ethnographic history. USDA Forest Service. p. 238.
44°11′21″N 119°19′30″W / 44.18917°N 119.32500°W
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