410 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [ETH.AN.v.ia 



blasted out to make way for the railroad, on which were iinpression.s 

 said to have l)een the footprints of the giant 'Psul kalil' (see storv) and 

 a deer. 



TsuNDANiLTi'vi: ■■ Where they demanded tlie debt from him," a tine 

 camping ground, on the iioi'th side of Little Santeetla creek, about half- 

 way up, west from Rohbinsville, Graham county. Here a hunter once 

 killed a deer, which tii(> others of the party demanded in payment of a 

 debt due them. The Cherokee commonly give the ci'eek the same name. 



TstjTA'cA Uweyun'i: "Chicken creek," an extreme eastern head- 

 stream of Nantahala river, entering about -i miles above Clear l)ranch, 

 in Macon county. So called from a story that some hunters camping 

 there for the night once heard a noise as of chickens constantly crow- 

 ing upon a higli rock further up the stream. 



Tsuta'tsinasun'yi: "Where it eddies,'" a deep hole at the mouth of 

 Cockram creek of Cheowa river, in Graham county, where is an eddy 

 said to l)e caused ))y a butl'alo which lives luider the water at this spot, 

 and whicli anciently lived at the mouth of West Buffalo creek, farther 

 up the ri\er. 



TusQUiTTEE bald: A bald mountain at the head of Tusquittee creek, 

 eastward from Hayesvilii\ in Clay county. The Cherokee name is 

 Tsuwa'-uniyetsiin'yi, •'Where the water-dogs laughed,'" the water-dog 

 of the southern AUeghenies, sometimes also called mud-puppy or hell- 

 bender, being a large amphibious lizard or sa[ miander of the genus 

 JL'nojioma, frequenting muddy waters. According to the story, a 

 hunter once crossing over the mountain in a very dry season, heard 

 voices, and creeping silently toward the place from which the sound 

 proceeded, peeped over a rock and saw two water-dogs walking 

 together on their hind legs along the trail and talking as they went. 

 Their pond had dried up and they were on the way over to Nantahala 

 river. As he listened one said to the other, '' Where's the water i I'm 

 so thirsty that my apron (gills) hangs down,"' and then both water-dogs 

 laughed. 



UKTE'NA-TsuGANiTN'TATsfTN'Yi: "Where the uktenagot fastened," a 

 spot on Tuckasegee river, about 2 miles above Deep creek, near Bryson 

 City, in Swain county. There is a tradition that an uktena, trying to 

 make his way upstream, became fastened here, and in his struggles 

 pried up some large rocks now lying in the bed of the river, and left 

 deep scratches upon other rocks along the bank. 



UKTE'NA-UTANSi'NASTiJS'yi: "Where the uktena crawled," a large 

 rock on the Hyatt farm, on the north bank of Tuckasegee river, about 

 four miles above Bryson City, in Swain county. In the rock bed of the 

 stream and along the rocks on the side are wavy depressions said to 

 have been made by an uktena in going up the river. 



Uxtlasgasti'yi: " Where they scratched."" at the head of Hyatt 

 creek, of Valley river, in Cherokee county. According to hunting 



