MuiisKY] GLOSSARY 521 



Gu'nilhitun'yl — "Long i)la(;e" (i. e., Long valley ), from i;u)iOhil<i, long, ami .(//, loca- 

 tive. A former settlement, known to the whites as Valleytown, where now is 

 the town of the same name, on Valley river, in Cherokee county, North Carolina. 

 The various settlements on A'alley river and the adjacent part of Hiwassee were 

 known collectively as the "Valley towns." 



(n'ln'-dl'gaduhufi'yl (abbreviated ^'(n/-'%rt(Z(t'/i)'(/i)—" Turkey settlement" {ffti'na, 

 turkey"), so called from the chief, Turkey or Little Turkey. A former .settle- 

 ment, known to the wlutes as Turkeytown, upon the west bank of Coosa river, 

 opposite the jireseut Center, in Cherokee cnunty, Alabama. 



gu'ni' — arrow. Cf. Seneca i/d'jKi'. 



gun'nilge'I (or gun'ndffe) — black. 



( iCuTne'hl — see yunni/M. 



(lunskali'skl— a masculine personal name of uncertain etymology. 



GrNTERS LAXDIXt;, GlNTKRSVILLE — See Ku'sd-NAniKi'Iil. 



(Titn-tsuskwa''ll— "Short arrows," from gitriT, arrow, and ljm,ikwa'' li , plural of 

 uskiiii''ll, short; a traditional western tribe. See number Wn. 



Giinuii'da'le'gl — see Xunnd'lu-JlhV. 



Guatl' — a traditional Cherokee settlement on Tennessee river, near Kingston, Koane 

 county, Tennessee. See number 79. The name cannot be analyzed. Wafford 

 thought it a Cherokee attempt at "King-ston," but it seems rather to be abo- 

 riginal. 



Ciu'wisguwl' — The Cherokee name for the chief John Ross and for the district name<l 

 in his honor, commonly spelled Cooweescoowee. Properly an onomatojie for a 

 large bird said to have been seen formerly at infrequent intervals in the old 

 Cherokee country, accompanying the migratory wild geese, and described as 

 resembling a large snipe, with yellow legs and unwebbed feet. In boyhood ,Tohn 

 Ross was known as Tsan'-usdi', "Little John." 



Ciwal'gri'hl — "Frog place," from giratyii, a variety of frog, and hi, locative. A jjlace 

 on Hiwassee river, just above the junction of Peachtree creek, near Wurphy, in 

 Cherokee county, North Carolina; about 17-5.5 the site of a village of refugee 

 Natchez, and later of a Baptist mission. 



gwehe'! — a cricket's cry. See number 119. 



hal — an introductory exclamation intended to attract attention or add emphasis; 



about equivalent to Here! Now! 

 ha'-ina'ma' — a song term compounded of ha! an introductory exclamation, and 



mUma', a word which has no analysis, but is used in speaking to young children 



to mean "let me carry you on my back." See number 117. 

 n.\N(ax(;-M.\w — see I'skird'U-gtVlCt. 



ha'nia-llK-lIl' — an unmeaning dance refrain. .See numlier 24. 

 Hahd-mcsh — see Cdlun'mi fi. 

 ha'suyak' — a .song iorm iuv hamya' gT , "(thou) pick it out " (imperative); " I ]iick 



it out, or select it." ga' miyttgiu' ; second person, ha'.myagi'fi'. See number 19. 

 ha'tlu — dialectic form, gu'tsi'i, "where?" (interrogative). 



ha'wiye'Shl', ha'wiye'-hyuwe' — unmeaning dance refrains. See numbers 32 and 118. 

 hayu' — an emphatic affirmative, about equivalent to "Yes, sir!" See numljer 115. 

 havuya'lianiwS' — an unmeaning refrain in one of the bear songs. See number 75. 

 hc-el — an unmeaning song introduction. 

 1 1 KMP-i AKRIER — .See T(ile'ilaiiigi'xl-'i. 

 1 1 KMiTowx — ^see (lalnnlli'yi. 

 hi! — unmeaning dance exclamation, 

 hi'glna'lil — "(you are) my friend"; ayina'lfi, "(lie is) my friend." In white 



man's jargon, carxihi. 



