MooNKY] LOCAL LEGENDS OK NORTH CAROLINA 407 



Gatiti'ti: •■ Tow n-l)uil(ling place," near the head of Santeetla creek, 

 southwest from RohhiiisviHc. in (Tnihuiu county. High up on the 

 skipesof the neiyhljoriny mountain, Stratton bald, is a wide "bench," 

 where the people once started to build a settlement, but were frightened 

 off by a strange noise, wiiich tiicy tliought was madc^ liy an uktena. 



GiLi'-DiNEiifN'Yi: ■• ^^'here the dogs live," a deep place in Ocona- 

 luftee river, Swain county, a short distance above Yellow Hill (Chero- 

 kee) and just below th(! mound. It is so named from a tradition that 

 two ''red dogs" were once seen there playing on the bank. They 

 were supposed to live under the water. 



GisEiifN'Yi: " Whei'e the F(>male lives," on Tuckasegee river, about 

 2 miles above Bryson City, Swain county. There is a tradition that 

 some supernatural "white people" were seen there washing clothes in 

 the river and hanging them out upon the bank to dry. They were 

 probably supposed to be the family of the Agis'-e'gwa, or "Great 

 Female," a spirit invoked by the conjurers. 



Gregory bald: A high peak of the Great Smokj' mountains on the 

 western border of Swain county, adjoining Tennessee. The Cherokee 

 call it Tsistu'yl, " Rabbit place." Here the rabbits had their townhouse 

 and here lived their chief, the Great Ralibit, and in the old times the 

 people could see him. He was as large as a deer, and all the little 

 ral)bits were subject to him. 



Joanna bald: A bald mountain near the head of Valley river, on 

 the line between Graham and Chei'okee counties. Called Diya'hali'yi, 

 "Lizard place," from a traditional great lizard, with glistening throat, 

 which used to haunt the place and was frequently seen sunning itself 

 on the rocky slopes. 



JuTACULLA OLD FIELDS: A bald spot of perhaps a hundred acres on 

 the slope of Tennessee bald (Tsurkiilii' Tsunegiin'yi), at the extreme 

 head of Tuckasegee river, in Jackson county, on the ridge from which 

 the lines of Haywood, Jackson, and Transylvania counties diverge. 

 The giant Tsul'kalu', or Jutaculla, as the name is corrupted 113^ the 

 whites, had his residence in the mountain (see story), and according to 

 local legend among the whites, said to be derived from the Indians, this 

 bald spot was a clearing which he made for a farm. Some distance 

 farther to the west, on the north bank of Cany fork, aliout 1 mile aliove 

 Moses creek and periiaps 10 miles at)ove Webster, in the same county, 

 is the Jutaculla rock, a large soapstone slab covered with rude carvings, 

 which, according to the same tradition, are scratches made l)y the giant 

 in jumping fi'om his farm on the mountain to the creek Ix'low. 



Jutaculla rock: See Jutacidla old tields. 



Kal-Detsi'yunyi: " Where the bones are," a ravine on the north side 

 of Cheowa river, just above the nioutii of Kust Hurt'alo <'reei\. in 

 Gruiiani <'()UMty. In thi' old time two Cheroi\('<' were kilhjd here by 



