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Consumption," by Ca|it. Jaiin's W, Terrell, formerly ;i trader among the East Chero- 

 kee, appears in the same journal for April, 1.S92. Still another variant, apparently 

 condensed from Terrell's information, is given by Zeigler and Grosseup, "Heart of 

 the AUeghanies," page 24 (Raleigh and Cleveland, 1883). In Ten Kate's version 

 the stone coat of mail broke in ))ieces as soon as the monster was killed, and the 

 fragments were gathered up and kept as amulets by the people. 



There is some confusion between this story of U'tluil'ta and that of Nun'yunu'wl 

 (number 67). According to some myth tellers the two monsters were husband and 

 wife and lived together, and were both alike dressed in stone, had awl lingers and 

 ate human livers, the only difference being that the husband waylaid hunters, while 

 his female partner gave her attention to children. 



This story lias a close parallel in the CJreek myth of the Tuggle collection, "The 

 Big Rock JIan," in which the people finally kill the stony monster by acting upon 

 the advice of the Rabbit to shoot him in the ear. 



Far away, in British Columbia, the Indians tell how the Coyote transformed him- 

 self to an Elk, covering his body with a hard shell. "Now this shell was like an 

 armor, for no arrow could pierce it; but being hardly large enough to cover all his 

 body, there was a small hole left miderneath his throat." He attacks the people, 

 stabbing them with his antlers and trampling them under foot, while their arrows 

 glance harmlessly from his body, until 'the ^leadow-lark, who was a great telltale, 

 appeared and cried out, 'There is just a little hole at his throat!' " A hunter directs 

 his arrow to that spot and the Klk falls dead (Teit, Thomjison River Traditions, 

 pp. 33-34). 



V'th'in'ta — The word means literally "he (or she) has it sharp," i. e., has some 

 sharp i)art or organ. It might be used of a tooth or finger nail or some other attached 

 portion of the body, but here refers to the awl-like finger. Ten Kate spells the 

 name I'ilata. On Little Tennessee river, nearly opposite the entrance of Citico 

 creek, in Blount county, Tennes.see, is a place which the Cherokee call U'tluntinTyl, 

 "Sharp-finger place," because, they say, IJ'tlun'tu used to frequent the spot. 



Xu)lj/iV-llu' gun''! — "Tree rock," so called on account of its resemblance to a stand- 

 ing tree trunk; a notable monument-shape rock on the west side of Hiwassee river, 

 about four miles above Hayesville, North Carolina, and nearly on the Georgia line. 



Whitmde mountain — This noted mountain, known to the Cherokee as Sanigilii'gl, 

 a name for which they have no meaning, is one of the prominent peaks of the Blue 

 ridge, and is situated southeast from Franklin and about four miles from Highlands, oi 

 the dividing line between Macon and .Tackson counties. North Carolina. It is 4,900 

 feet high, being the loftiest elevation on the ridge which forms the watershed 

 between the tributaries of the Little Tennessee and the Chattooga branch of Savannah. 

 It takes its name from the perpendicular cliff on its western exposure, and is also 

 known sometimes as the Devil's courthouse. The Indians compare the appearance 

 of the cliff to that of a sheet of ice, and say that the western summit was formerly 

 crovi-ned by a projecting rock, since destroyed by lightning, which formed a part of 

 the great bridge which U'tluii'ta attempted to build across the valley. Lannian's 

 description of this mountain, in 184H, has been (pioted in the notes to number 13, 

 "The Great Yellow-jacket." Following is a notice by a later writer: 



"About five miles from Highlands is that huge old cliff, Whitesides, which forms 

 the advanced guard of all the mountain ranges trending on the south. It is no higher 

 than the Righi, but, like it, rising direct from the i)lain, it overi)owers the spectator 

 more than its loftier brethren. Through all the lowlands of upper (Georgia and Ala- 

 bama this dazzling white pillar of rock, uplifting the sky, is an emphatic and .signifi- 

 cant landmark. The ascent can be made on horseback, on the rear side of the 

 mountain, to within a quarter of a mile fif the summit. When the top is reached, 

 after a short stretch of nearly perpendicular climbing, the traveler linds himself on 



