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l)n'^<t;^valu^l'yI — •'Wlifiv it iiiiuL' ;i nui^^^,• as of thunder or shooting," ai)i)areiitly 

 referring to a lightning stroke {detsiMAija'hIhn, "I make a shooting, or tliun- 

 ilering, noise," might be a first person form used by the personified Thunder- 

 god); a spot on Hiwjissee river, about the junction of Shooting creek, nearHayes- 

 ville, in Clay county, North Carolina. A former settlement along the creek 

 bore the same name. Sen nuinber 79. 



du'stu'^a species of frog, appearing very early in .spring; tlie name is intended for 

 an onomatope. It it is the correct form of the name of tlie chief noted by 

 McKenney ami Hall as "TooMiituli or Spring Frog." 



DiTcii — see TAI-t'i'. 



du\v6'git — the spring lizard. See' nmidier M). 



E.Mii.E i>.\NCE — see 'J'siKjidi'i't}' Vhffi'slt. 



Iv\sTiN".\ri,EE — see ( "sICuki'I'i. 



Ei'HOEE — see Ttse'i/I. 



EcHOT.\ — see Itsd'l'i. 



Edi'i'hl—" He goes about" (liabitually) ; a masctuline name. 



Echota, New — see Gdnsd'gX. 



eda'ta — my father (Upper dialect) ; the Middle and Lower dialect form is agidd'tH. 



edu'ttt — my maternal grandfather (Upper dialect); the Middle and Lower dialect 

 form is ngidu'lCt; cf cni'sl. 



e'gwa — great; r( n^tdm'i. 



egwa'nl — river. 



EgwAnul'tl — "By the river, Irom eywd'nl, river, and nu'ldil or )*«/((, near, besiile. 

 The proper form of Oconaluftee, the name of the river flowing through the Elast 

 Cherokee reservation in Swain and Jackson counties, North Carolina. The 

 Cherokee town, "Oconalufte," mentioned by Bartram as existing about 1775, 

 was probably on the lower course of the ri\er at the present Birdtown, on the 

 reservation, where was formerly a considerable mound. 



elil — earth, ground. 



e'lixdl' — low, below; in the Lower dialect e'rdd'i', whence the Ayrate or Lower 

 Cherokee of Adair as distinguishecl from the Ottare {d'tarl, d'tdli) or Upper 

 Cherokee. 



elanti — a song form for e'lActi, q. v. 



Eliltse'yl (abbreviated Elaine') — possibly "(ireen (Verdant) earth," from eld, earth, 

 and itse'yl, green, from fresh-springing vegetation. The name of several former 

 Cherokee settlements, connuonly known to the whites as Ellijay, Elejoy or 

 Allagae. One of these was ujjon the headwaters of Keowee river in South Caro- 

 lina; another was on Ellijay creek of Little Tennessee river, near the present 

 Franklin, in Macon county, North C!arolina; another was about the present Elli- 

 jay in Gilmer county, (Jeorgia; and still another was on Ellejoy creek of Little 

 river near the present Maryville, in lilount county, Tennessee. 



i'.liiwa'diyl (abbreviated KldimVdi) — "Red-earth place" from cM, earth, wddi, brown- 

 red or red paint, anil y1, the locative. 1. The Cherokee name of Yellow-hill 

 s(>ttlemcnt, now otticially known as Cherokee, the postotiice and agency head- 

 ([uarters for the East Cherokee, on Oconaluftee river in Swain county. North 

 Carolina. 2. A former comicil ground, known in lustory as Red Clay, at the 

 site of the i)resent village of that name in Whitfield county, (ieorgia, adjoining 

 the Tennessee line. 



Ei.Lij.w — see El&lse'y). 



eni'sl — my paternal grandfatlicr (Ujiper dialect); the Middle and Lower dialect 

 form is agini'Dl. Cf. edu'tfi. 



EsK.\«u.\ — see IsK.\(iiA. 



Esr.\N.\fi.A, EsTiNAi'LA — See Vmldna'tl. 



