MOONKVl (iLOSSAKY 507 



A imiiiher of Eiiij'lish worcis, with cross reforonces, havo hocn intro- 

 duced into the jfiossurv. and these, together with corrupted Chcroivoe 

 forms, arc iiulic atc<l )i\ small ca])itals. 



ada'lilm'ifi'stl — a staff m- cane. 



adan'ta — soul. 



ada'welil — a inajrician or .«uiieriuitural hein;;. 



ada'wohi'yu — a very great magician; intensive form of <i<hi'iivh1. 



ii'fritnii — groundhog. 



A'gilnhita'ta — " Groundhog-.«ausage," from (('(/("omI, groundhog, and tKiMd'i'i, "I am 

 pouniling it," underfitood to refer to pounding meat, etc., in a mortar, after hav- 

 ing first crisped it before tlie fire. A war chief noted in tlie Cherokee war of 

 1760, and prominent until al)Out the close of the Revolution; known to the whites 

 as Oconostota. .\lso the Cherokee name for Colonel (iideon >rorgan of the war 

 of 1812, for Washington Morgan, his son, of the Civil war, and now fora full-lilood 

 upon the reservation, known to the whites as Morgan Calhoun. 



A'gfln-uni'tsl — '• Groundhogs' -mother," from d'gCinfl and »(ni'(.s7, their mother, 

 l)lural of ut.l1', his mother {elsT, agitsV, my mother) . The Cherokee name of a 

 Shawano captive, who, according to tradition, killed the great Uktena serpent 

 and procured the UluiisCi'tl. 



Agawe'la — "Old Woman," a formulistic name for corn or 'he spirit of corn. 



agayuiTli — for agtXi/un'lige, old, ancient. 



agida'til — see edd'tii. 



agidu'tu — see edu'tfi. 



Agi'll — " He is rising," possibly a contraction of an old jiersonal name, Agiii'-<if/i'l1, 

 "Rising-fawn." Major George Lowrey, cousin of Sequoya, and assistant chief 

 of the Cherokee Nation about 1840. Stanley incorrectly makes it " Keeth-la, 

 or Dog" {for gi'tl'.) 



agini'sl — see enVst. 



agi'sT — female, applied usually to quadrupeds. 



Agis'-e'gwa — "Great Female," possibly "Great Doe." A being, probably an 

 animal god, invoked in the sacred formulas. 



agitsi' — see etsV. 



Agitsta'ti'yl — " Where they stayed up all night," from tsigitmil'tUm' , "I stay up all 

 night." A place in the Great Smoky range about the head of Noland creek, in 

 Swain county. North Carolina. See notes to number 100. 



Aguaqciri — see Gv.^qcili. 



Ahalu'na — "Ambush," Ahubinun'yi, ".Vmbush place," or Uni'haluhKt, "Where 

 they ambushed," from iikalu'ga, "I am watching". Soco gap, at the head of 

 Soco creek, on the line between Swain and Haywoo<l counties. North Carolina 

 (see number 122). The name is also applied to a lookout station for deer 

 hunters. 



ahanu'lahl — "he is bearded," from aMmu'Wm, a lieard. 



Ahu'lude'gl — "He throws away the drum" (habitual), from aliu'lt, drum, anil 

 akwCide'gu, "I am throwing it away" (round object). The Cherokee name of 

 John Jolly, a noted chief and adopted father of Samuel Houston, about 1800. 



ahyeli'ski — a mocker or mimii-. 



aktil' — eye; plural, diklCi'. 



akta'tl — a telescope or field glass. The name denotes something with which to 

 examine or look into closely, from akttV, eye. 



akwandu'li — a song form for cU-Wrftt'^i (-/irt, "I want it." 



Akwan'ki — see Anakwan'kT. 



AkwC'ti'yl — a location on Tuckasegee river, in .lacksoii county. North Carolina; the 

 meaning of the name is lost. See numinr 122. 



Al.\hk.^ — see Yrddgt. 



