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(UitsI — a traditional water iimnsti-r. See number 122. 



Diitsi'yt — "PatsI place"; a place on Little Tennessee river, near the junction of 

 Ea^le creek, in Swain county. North Carolina. See number 122. 



Datsu'iullasgitfi'yt — "where there are tracks or fnotprint.s," from ukVsmun'i/t or 

 iihUijun'ifi, footprint. Track Rock gap, near Hlairsville, Georgia. Also some- 

 timescalled De'ridi/elun'hd, "place of branded marks"; (digdletdnHiVht, branded, 

 or printed). See number 125. 



da'yl — beaver. 



Dayulsun'yl — "Place where they cried," a spot on the lidge at the head of Tuckase- 

 gee river, in Jack.oon county, North Carolina; so called from an old tradition. 

 See nundjer 80. 



da'yuni'sl — "beaver's grandchild," from ddyt, beaver, and unVst, son's child, of 

 either sex (daughter's child, either sex, uU'kI). The water beetle or mellow 

 bug (Diiieiilf.i fliscolor). 



Degal'gun'yl — a cairn, literally "Where they are piled up"; a series of cairns on 

 the soutli side of Cheowa river, in (rraham county, North Carolina. See num- 

 ber 122. 



De'gitta'gS — The Cherokee name of (jeneral Stand Watie and of a prominent earlv 

 western chief known to the whites as Takatoka. The word is derived from 

 Ixitd'fjd, "I am standing," dd'nitd'ijd, "the)- are standing together," and convevs 

 the subtle meaning of two persons standing together and so closely \mited in 

 sympathy as to form but one human liody. 



De'gSyeluii'hil — see Datsu'nakUgun'yl. 



detsanun'll — an inclosure or piece of level ground cleared for ceremonial purposes; 

 applied more particularly to tlie Green-corn dance ground. The word has a 

 plural form, but can not be certainly analyzed. 



De'tsiitft — a Cherokee sprite. See number 78. 



iletsinu'Ulhungu' — "I tried, but failed." 



Dida'liiski'yl — "Showering place." In thestory (numberlT) the name is understood 

 to mean "The place where it rains fire." It signifies literally, however, the 

 place whei'e it showers, or coiues down, and lodges upon something animate 

 and has no defitiite reference to fire (atsi'la) or rain (agdskd, "it is raining"); 

 dega'IdskiV, "they are showering down and lodging upon him." 



Dida'skasti'yl — "Where they were afraid of each other." A spot on Little Ten- 

 nessee river, near the mouth of Alarka creek, in Swain county, North Carolina. 

 See number 122. 



diga'gwant' — the nmd-hen or didapper {Galtinnla galeala). The name is a jihual 

 form and implies "lame," or "crippled in the legs" (cf. detsi'nigwa'iid, "I am 

 kneeling"), probably from the bouncing motion of the bird when in the water. 

 It is also the name of a dance. 



Diga'kati'yl — see Gakati'yl. 



di'galungufi'yi — "where it rises, or comes up" ; theeast. The sacred term iaifdndd'i/l, 

 q. v. 



digalun'liltiyufi — a height, one of a series, from gah'in'h'U'i, "above." See nundu'r 1. 



Digalu'yStCiii'yl — "Where it is gashed (with hatchets)"; irom txilu'iiu, "I am cut- 

 ting (with a chopping stroke)," di, plural i)retix, and t/i, locative. The Chopped 

 Oak, formerly east of Clarkesville, Georgia. See number 125. 



Digane'ski — "He picks them up" (habitually), from J.^tree'il, "I am picking it up." 

 A Cherokee Union soldier in the civil war. See page 171. 



digi'gage'i — the plural of gi'gdge't, red. 



digu'lanrdii'ta — for digu'ti-nndhi'ld, "having long ears," "long-eared"; from g&le, 

 "ear" and gi'inahi'la, "long." 



DihyiJii'duU'i' — "Sheaths," or "Scabbards"; singular ahyiin'duW, "a gun sheath," 

 or other scabbard. The probable correct form of a name which appears in Kev- 

 olutionary ilocuments as " Untoola, or Ciun Rod." 



