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or in the south, kw'iiinjj; their distinctive title aim iiifr the tribes as tlie "))e()))le <ii the, 

 cave country." 



As the Cherokee have occupied a prominent |)laee in history for so ion); a period 

 their name appears in many synonyms and diverse spellings. The following are 

 among the principal of these: 



SYNONYMS 



TsA'L.\Gi' (plural, Am'-Tm'ldcfl') . Pro])er form in the Middle and Western (!!ierokee 



dialects. 

 Tsa'ragi'. Proper form in tlie Eastern or Lower Cherokee dialect. 

 AchalaquK. Schoolcraft, Notes on Iroquois, 1847 (incorrectly quoting Garcilaso). 

 Clmlakee. Nuttall, Travels, 124, 1821. 



Chalaque. Gentleman of Elvas, 1.5.57; I'ulilications of Hakluyt Society, IX, (iO, 18,51. 

 Chalarjuiex. Barcia, Ensayo, 33.5, 1723. 

 Charakeys. Homann heirs' map, about 1730. 



Charikees. Document of 1718, ,ri(/c Rivers, South Carolina, 5.5, 18.56. 

 Cliarokee». Governor .Johnson, 1720, fide Rivers, Early History South Carolina, 93, 



1874. 

 Cheelake. Barton, New Views, xliv, 1798. 

 Cheerake. Adair, American Indians, 226, 1775. 

 Cheerakee. Ibid., 137. 



Cheemque's. Moore, 1704, in Carroll, Hist. Colls. South Carolina, ii, 576, 1836. 

 Cheerokee. Ross (?), 1776, in Historical Magazine, 2d series, ii, 218, 1867. 

 Chel-a-ke. Long, Expedition to Rocky Mountains, ii, Ixx, 1823. 

 Chekikees. Gallatin, Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 90, 1836. 

 Chelaqim. Nuttall, Travels, 247, 1821. 

 Chelekee. Keane, in Stanford's ('Ompen<lium, .506, 1878. 

 Chdlokee. Schoolcraft, Intlian Tribes, ii, 204, 1852. 

 Cheloculgee. White, Statistics of Georgia, 28, 1849 (given as plural form of Creek 



name). 

 Chelokees. Gallatin, Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc, ii, 104, 1836. 

 Cheokees. Johnson, 1772, in New York Doc. Col. Hist., viii, 314, 1857 (misprint 



for Cherokees). 

 Cheraguees. Coxe, Carolina, ii, 1741. 

 Cherakees. Ibid., map, 1741. 



Cherakis. Chauvignerie, 1 736, fide Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, iir, 555, 1853. 

 Clieraqiiees. Coxe, Carolana, 13, 1741. 

 Cheraquis. Penicaut, 1699, in Margry, v, 404, 1883. 

 a>erickees. Clarke, 1739, in New York Doc. Col. Hist., vi, 148, 1855. 

 Cherikee. Albany conference, 1742, ibid., 218. 



Cherokee. Governor Johason, 1708, in Rivers, South Carolina, 238, 18.56. 

 Cherookees. Croghan, 1760, in Mass. Hist. Soc. Colls., 4th series, ix, 372, 1871. 

 Clieroquees. Campbell, 1761, ibid., 416. 

 Cherrackeen. Evans, 1755, in Gregg, Old Cheraws, 15, 1867. 

 Cherrokeen. Treaty of 1722, fide Drake, Book of Indians, bk. 4, 32, 1848. 

 Cherrykees. Weiser, 1748, fide Kauffman, Western Pennsylvania, appendix, 18, 1851. 

 Chirakices. Randolph, 1699, in Rivers, South Carolina, 449, 1856. 

 Chirokys. Writer about 1825, Annales de la Prop, de la Foi, ii, 384, 1841. 

 Chorai-is. Document of 1748, New York Doc. Col. Hist., x, 143, 1858. 

 Clireokees. Pike, Travels, 173, 1811 (misprint, transposed). 

 Shanak-i. Gatschet, Caddo MS, Bureau Am. Etlin., 1882 (Caddo name). 

 Shan-nack. Marcy, Red River, 273, 1854 (Wichita name). 

 Shannah. Gatschet, Fox MS, Bureau .\m. Ethn., 1882 (Fox name: plural form, 



Shannakiak) . 

 Shayage. Gatschet, Kaw MS. Bur. .\m. Ethn., 1878 (Kaw name). 



