51() MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [kih.ann.19 



diktiV — plural of tikttV , eye. 



dllil'— sknnk. 



dilsta'ya'tl — "scissors"; the water-spider (Dolomedes). 



<linda'sk\vate'skl — the violet; the name signifies, "they jmll oai-hotlier's heads i)fl'." 



dine'tlinS — the creation. 



di'nuf^kl — "the breeder"; a variety of .sniilax lirier. See number 126. 



DisgA'gisti'yl — " Where they gnaw " ; a place on Cheowa river, in Orraham county, 

 North Carolina. See number 122. 



diskwa'nl — "chestnut bread," i.e., a variety of liread having chestnuts mixed with 

 it. The Cherokee name of James Blythe, interjireter and agency clerk. 



<listai'yl — " they are strong," plural of ostaj'//?, "strong, or tough." The Teplmjsia 

 or devil' s-shoestring. See number 126. 



dista'sti — a mill (generic). 



dita'stayeski — "a barber," literally "one who cuts things" (as with a scissors), from 

 tsista'yA, "I cut," (as with a scissors). The cricket (irdii'lu) is sometimes so 

 called. See number .59. 



Diwa'^ll — "Bowl," a prominent chief of the western Cherokee, known to the whites 

 as The Bowl, or Colonel Bowles, killed by the Texans in 1839. The chief men- 

 tioned on page 100 may have been another of the same name. 



diyil'hitll (or duyd'h&U) — the alligator lizard (Sceloporue undulatua) . See number .59. 



DiyA'hali'yl — "Lizard place," from diyd'MU, lizard, and yi, locative. Joanna bald, 

 a mountaii. at the head of Valley river, on the line between Cherokee and Graham 

 counties, North Carolina. For tradition see number 122; also number 59. 



Double- liE.iD — see TiU-tsu' skii,' . 



Dragging-canoe — see Tsi'yu-gunsi' ni. 



Duduil'leksvifi'yl — " AVhere its legs were broken off" ; a place on Tuckasegee river, 

 a few miles above AVebster, in Jackson county. North Carolina. Seenumlier 122. 



Dugilu'yl (abbreviated Dugilu', and commonly written Tugaloo, or sometimes Too- 

 gelah or Toogoola) — a name occurring in several places in the old Cherokee 

 country, the best known being Tugaloo river, so called from a former Cherokee 

 settlement of that name situated at the junction of Toccoa creek with the main 

 stream, in Habersham county, Georgia. The word is of uncertain etymology, 

 but seems to refer to a place at the forks of a stream. 



Duksa'I. Dukw'sa'I — The correct form of the name commonly written Toxaway, 

 applied to a former Cherokee settlement in South Carolina, and the creek upon 

 which it stood, an extreme head-stream of Keowee river having its source in 

 Jackson county. North Carolina. The meaning of the name is lost, although 

 it has been wrongly interpreted to mean "Place of shedding tears." See number 

 123. 



DulastiiiVyl — " Potsherd place. ' ' A former Cherokee settlement on Nottely river in 

 Cherokee county. North Carolina. See number 122. 



dule'tsl — "kernel.s," a goitrous swelling upon the throat. 



dulu'sl — a variety of frog found upon the headwaters of Savannah river. See numl)er 

 125. 



Duniya'ta'lilii'yl — "Where there are shelves, or Hat places," from ayale'iA, Hat, 

 whence da' yataimlnn'V , a shelf, and »/?/, the locative. .1 gap on the Great 

 Smoky range, near Clingman's dome, Swain county. North Carolina. See notes 

 to number 100. 



Dunidft'lalun'yl — "Where they made arrows"; a place on Straight creek, ahead- 

 stream of Oconaluftee river, in Swain county. North Carolina. See number 122. 



Duni'skwa'lgiiii'I — the double peak known as the Chimney Tops, in the Great 

 Smoky mountains about the head of Deep creek, in Swain county, North Caro- 

 lina. On the north side is the pass known as Indian gap. The name signifies a 

 "forked antler," from nsJcwa'lgii, antler, but indicates that the antler is attached 

 in place, as though the deer itself were concealed below. 



