508 MYTHS OF THK CHEROKEE [eth.ann,19 



Aligil' — the red-hfji'se fish (Mo.rodoma). 



Alkinl' — the last woman known to lie of Natcliez duMX'nt and peculiarity among the 

 East Cherokee; died about 1890. The name has no apparent meaning. 



jtm:"!' — water; in the Lower dialect, AwH': cf. a'mii, salt. 



am:tyi^'hl — "dwelling in the water," from iXmiX' (iXmCi'yl, "in the water") and llnV, 

 "I dwell," "Hive." 



Aniitye'l-e'gwa — " Great island," from lunAyeli, island (from tiiniX' , water, and 

 aye'U, "in the middle") and r'giva, great. A former Cherokee settlement on 

 Little Tennessee river, at Big island, a short distance below the motith of 

 Tellico, in Monroe county, Tennessee. Timberlake writes it Mialaquo, while 

 Bartram spells it Nilaque. Not to be confounded with Long-island town below 

 Chattanooga. 



Amaye'll-gunfthi'ta — "Long island," from amAiji'li, island, and gimiihi'ta, long. 

 A former Cherokee settlement, known to the whites as Long Island town, at the 

 Long island in Tennessee river, on the Tennessee-Georgia line. It was one of 

 the Chickamauga towns (see Tsikdma'gi). 



amil'yln^'hi — "dwellers in the water," plural of amtXyi'hl. 



Ani\da'dufit;tskl — "Roasters," i. e.. Cannibals; from gdn'tiXsku' , "I am putting it 

 (round) into the fire to roast." The regular word for cannibals is Yun'uini'gisk'i, 

 q. V. See number 3. 



anagahun'unsku' — the Green-corn dance; literally, "they are having a Green-corn 

 dance"; aiKKjdlu'in'unsgun'yl, "where they are having the Green-corn dance " ; 

 the popular name is not a translation of the Cherokee word, which has no 

 reference either to corn or dancing. 



Anakwan'kl — the Delaware Indians; singular Akwankl, a Cherokee attempt at 

 Wax>anaqki, " Easterners," the Algonquian name by which, in various corrupted 

 forms, the Delawares are commonly known to the western tribes. 



Anantooea h — see AnV-Nun'diiwe'g1. 



a'ne'tsfl, ora'netsiVgl — the ballplay. 



a'netsa'uiiskl — a ballplayer; literally, " a lover of the ballplay." 



ani' — a tribal and animate prefix. 



ani'da'wehl — plural of ada'welu. 



a'niganti 'ski — see dagan'lii . 



Ani'-Gatftge'wl — one of the seven Cherokee clans; the name has now no meaning, 

 but has been absurdly rendered "Blind savanna," from an incorrect idea that it 

 is derived from igd'ft, a swamp or savanna, and dige'wt, blind. 



Ani'-Gihl'hl — "Long-haired people," one of the seven Cherokee clans; singular, 

 Af/i/d^lu. The word comes from itgikVM ())erhap8 cijnnected witli agilge-nt, "the 

 back of ( his) neck " ), an archaic term denoting wearing the hair long or flowing 

 loosely, and usually recognized as applying more particularly to a woman. 



Ani'-Gill' — a problematic tribe, possibly the Congaree. See page 381. The name 

 is not connected with gi'U'', dog. 



Ani'-Gusst — see Ani'-Ku'sd. 



a'nigwa — soon after; dine'tl&niX a'nigtra, "soon after the creation." 



Ani'-Hyun'tlkwalA'skl — "The Thunderers," i. e., thunder, which in Cherokee 

 belief, is controlled and caused by a family of supernaturals. The word has 

 reference to making a rolling sound; cf. tlkvxUe'lu, a wheel, hence a wagon; 

 fimd'-tlkwdlelunyt, "rolling water place," applied to a cascade where the water 

 falls along the surface of the rock; aliyi'ir/nkwdld'stihu', "it is thundering," 

 applied to the roar of a railroad train or waterfall. 



Ani'-Kawl' — "Deer people," one of the seven Cherokee clans; the regular form for 

 deer is a'u'i'. 



Ani'-Kawi'tn — The Lower Creeks, from Kawi'til or Coweta, their former principal 

 town on Chattahoochee river near the ]ire.sent Columbus, Georgia; the Upper 



