 The Tlingit phrase "t’áchán shahéeni" describes the present-day Blanchard River (pre-1891 Tatshenshini River).Chinook (king) salmon run up the present-day Tatshenshini River to the Blanchard River and, thence, up the Blanchard River.At the headwaters ("shahéen") of the Blanchard River, the salmon ("t’á") die, and their carcasses stink ("chán").