MOOSEY] (lI.dSf^AKV 51 i) 



county, (ii'oriria; a fimitli. inciilioncil in the IH' Sulci narrutivi'g a.s Cana.soga or 

 Canawijiua, was locateil in lo4l) on the upper ChaltalKjocliee river, possilily in 

 the neigliborliodd of Kenesaw mountain, tieor^ia (see page 197). 



Gflnsa'ti'yl — "Kol)1)iiij; plaee," from txiufi'mliiiH^kiV, ''I am rolihing liim." Venge- 

 ance ereek of Valley river, in (Cherokee eonnty, Xorth Carolina. The name 

 Vengeance was originally a white man's nickname for an old Cherokee woman, 

 of forbidding aspect, who live<l there before the Removal. See number 122. 



(iilnse'ti — a rattle; as the Cherokee dance lattle is made from a gourd the ma-sculine 

 name, (iilnse'ti, is usually rendered by the whites, " Rattliiig-gourd." 



gatayusti — the wheel and stick game of the southern tribes, incorrectly called iirl- 

 limwuii! l)y Timberlake. See note under number 3. 



GategWiV — for (UUiijiru'li'i, po.ssibly a contraction of J(jdl{'i)-e<jiiii'lu, " ( jreat-swanip 

 (-thicket place." .V high peak .southeast from Franklin, Macon county. North 

 Carolina, and perhaps identical with Fodderstack mountain. See number 75. 



ga'tsii — see ImthY. 



Gatu'gitse'yl (abbreviated Gatu'gihi-') — "New-settlement place," from galu'yi or 

 sgatu'gi, town, settlement, llw'lih new, especially applied to new vegetation, 

 and »/(, the locative. A former settlement on Cartoogaja creek of Little Ten- 

 nessee river, aV)ove Franklin, in .^hlcon county. North Carolina. 



Gatuti'.vl — "Town-building place," or "Settlement place," from (7o^!i'</7, a settlement, 

 and i/i, locative. A place on Santeetla creek, near Robbinsville, in (Traham 

 coimtv. North Carolina. See number 122. 



Gatiifi'lti'yl — "Hemp place," from (jaturi'latt, "wild hemp" [Apocijnam catmabi- 

 num), and y1., locative. A former Cherokee settlement, commonly known as 

 Hemptown, on the creek of the same name, near Morganton, in Fannin county, 

 (ieorgia. 



(iatiuTwa'li — a noted western Cherokee about 1842, known to the whites as " Hard- 

 umsh" or "Big-nuish." (idlnn'min, irom r/d'iri', "bread," and i(/7(«('7?, "made 

 into balls or lumps," is a sort of mush of parched corn meal, made very thick, 

 so that it can be dipped out in lumps almost of the consistency of bread. 



ge'I — down stream, down the road, with the current; tm'gl, up stream. 



gese'T — was; a separate word which, when used after the verb in the present tense, 

 makes it past tense without change of form; in the form lii'gese'l it usually 

 accompanies an emphatic repetition. 



Ge'ySgu'ga (for Age'hiia-guga'^) — a formulistic name for the moon (iii'tn'iW) ; it can- 

 not be analyzed, but seems to contain the word nge/hyd, "woman." See also 

 nun' da'. 



gigit — Ijlood; cf. iji'gagiyi, red. 



gi'gil-dauegi'skl — "blood taker," from g'tgA, blood, and iidn'negi'xk'i, "<ine who takes 

 liquids," from tsi'negia', " \ am taking it" (liquid ). Another name for the tsdni;' id 

 or scorpion lizard. See number 59. 



gi'gitge'I — red, bright red, scarlet; the brown-riMl of certain animals and clays is 

 distinguished as ird'dlge'1. 



gi'git-tsuha''II — "bloody-mouth," liti'rally, "having blood on the corners of his 

 mouth"; from gi'ga, blood, and Ixidinm'iHtii'ifi, the corners of the mouth {CiIhi'II, 

 his mouth). A large lizard, probably the I'lehlndon. See luimber 59. 



gi'll' — (iog; in the Lower dialect, gi'rl'. 



Gi'll'-dinehiin'yl — "Where the dogs live," from gi'/i'. <log, diuiluV, "they dwell" 

 ((5ft(1, "I dwell"), and yl, locative. A place on Oconaluftee river, a short 

 distance above Cherokee, in Swain county, North (!arolina. See number 122. 



Gi'lT'-utsuri'stAni'iiTyl — " Where the dog ran," from gi'lY, dog, and ulsdR'ist&nun'iil, 

 "footprints made by an animal running"; the Milky Way. See number 11. 



gim'inti — a song form for glniYIn', "to lay him (animate (jbject ) ui)on the ground." 

 See mimbcr 75. 



