MooNEY] GLOSSARY 509 



Creeks on the head streams of Alabama river were <listinguishe<l as Ani'-Ku'td 

 (q. V. ) A small creek of Little Tennessee river aVjove Franklin, in Macon 

 county, North Carolina, is now known as Coweeta creek. 



Ani'-KItu'hwagl — "KTtn'hwil people," from Kttu'hm'i ((]. v.), an ancient Cherokee 

 settlement; for explanation see page 1.S2. 



Ani'-Kn'sit or Ani'-Cin'sit — The Creek Indians, particularly the Upper Creeks on the 

 waters of Alabama river; singular, .1-A'»'»f, from Knsa or Coosa (Spanish, Coca, 

 Cossa) their principal ancient town. 



Ani'-Kuta'nl (also Ani'-KwiXla'n'i, or, incorrei-tly, Sk-oliui'i) — a traditional Cherokee 

 priestly society or clan, exterminated in a popular uprising. See number 108. 



anina'hilidahl — "creatures that fly about," from /.s-J»((/'W, "T am flying," tfilitd'ilidd'hft, 

 "I am flying about." The generic term for birds and flying in,>!ects. 



Ani'-Xa'tsI — abbreviated Aiiintsl, singular A-Xa'tsl. The Natchez Indians; from 

 coincidence with mi'tsX, pine, the name has been incorrectly rendered "Pine 

 Indians," whereas it is really a Cherokee plural of the proper name of the 

 Natchez. 



An i n'tsi — see An i'- Xa'txl . 



Ani'-Nun'diiwe'gl — singular, Nnn'diiwe'gl; the Iroquois, more particularly the Seneca, 

 from Xundauao, the name by which the Seneca call themselves. Adair spells it 

 Anantooeah. The tribe was also known as Ani'-St''niM. 



Ani'-Saha'nl — one of the seven Cherokee clans; possibly an archaic form for " Blue 

 people," irom sii'ka'ni, saka'nige'X, blue. 



Ani'-Sa'nl, Ani'-Sawaha'nl — see Ani'-SawCmu'gt. 



Ani'-Sawiinu'gl (singular Smrilmi'gi) — the Shawano Indians. Ani'-Sd'y^X and Aiii'- 

 Sdwdhd'nt (see page 380) may be the same. 



Ani'-S6'nika — see Ani'-NtmdCixce'gl. 



anisga'ya — plural of asga'ya, man. 



Anisga'ya Tsunsdi'(-ga) — "The Little Men"; the Thunder Boys in Cherokee 

 mythology. See numbers .3 and 8. 



Ani'sgaya'yl — " Men town" (?), a traditional Cherokee settlementon A'alley river, in 

 Cherokee county, North Carolina. 



anisgi'na — plural of imji'mi, (|. v. 



Ani'-Skiila'll— the Tuscarora Indians; singular, Skakl'lt or A-SkHld'H. 



Ani'skvva'nl — Spaniards; singular, Ashva'nt. 



Ani'-Suwa'll, or Ani-'Suwa'Ia — the Suala, Sara, or Cheraw Indians, formerly about 

 the headwaters of Broad river. North Carolina, the Xuala province of the De 

 Soto chronicle, and Joara or .Tuada of the later Pardo narrative. 



Ani'ta'gwii — the Catawba Indians; singular, Ata'gwti or TiigwCi. 



Ani'-Tsa'guhl — a traditional Cherokee clan, transformed to bears (see number 75). 

 Swimmer's daughter bears the name TudguM, which is not recognized as dis- 

 tinctively belonging to either sex. 



Ani'-T.sa'Ulgi' — the Cherokee. See "Tribal Synonymy," page 182. 



Ani'-Tsa'ta — the Choctaw Indians; singular, Tm'ta. 



Ani'-Tsl'ksii — the Chickasaw Indians; singular, Tsl'km'i. 



Ani'-Tsi'skwa — " Bird people; " one of the seven (Cherokee elans. 



Ani'tsn't-sit — "The Boys," from a/.««'M, boy; the Pleiades. See number 10. 



-Vni'-Wa'dT — "Paint jieople"; one of the seven Cherokee clans. 



Ani'-W:ldihl' — "Place of the Paint people or claji"; Paint town, a Cherokee settle- 

 ment on lower Soco creek, within the reservation in .lackson and Swain coun- 

 ties. North Carolina. It takes its name from the Aiii'-Wd'dl or Paint clan. 



ani'wani'skl — the bugle weed, Lgcopus virginicus; literally, "they talk" or "talk- 

 ers," from UiiiHi'nihu, "I am talking," mmni'ski, "he talks habitually." See 

 number 26. 



Ani'-Wasa'sl — the Osage Indians; singular, Wn.ta'sl. 



