r)24 MYTHS OK THK CHEROKEE 1kth.asn.19 



Ka'lSiiu — "The Kavi'ii"; thi' iiaiiir \va.-^ viwil as a war tiilf in the trilii- ajul a|i|icars 

 infheiild diiciiiiient,* as Cdi-ani (I.invcr ilialect, Ka'ram'i) Colaniieli, Coloiia, etc. 

 It is tlie Clii'ivikee nanit' for (IciUTal Samiifl Houaton or for any jicrsoii iiained 

 Hmi.«to!i. 

 Ka'lanu Ahyeli'skl— the Kaveii Moi-kL-r. See iiuuiber 120. 



Ka'lanufi'yl — " Raven jjlace," from h'l'l&iiu, raven, and yi, the locative. Tlic iiro]ii.i- 

 name of Biir-rove settlement npon the East Cherokee resei vation, Swain i-iMmtv, 

 Xortli Carolina, sometimes also called Raventown. 

 kalas'-gunrdii'ta — "long-hams" ( rjihiahi'ta. ''long"); a variety of l)ear. See innn- 



ber 1.5. 

 Kal-detsi'yiinyl — " Where the hones are,'' from kd'Iu, bone, and delai'iji'ifo/i, " where 

 (;/*) they (<1c — plural i)refix) are lying." A spot near the junction of East 

 Buffalo creek with Cheowa ri\er. in Graham county, North Carolina. See 

 nund)er 122. 

 kiiina'mil — linfterfiy. 

 k.lnia'ma u'tanu — elephant; literally "great butterfly," from the resemblance of the 



trunk and ears to the butterfly's proboscis and wings. See number 15. 

 kanahe'na — a sour corn gruel, much in use among the Cherokee and other southern 



tribes: the tinnfiili or "Tom Fuller" of the Creeks, 

 kanane'sk! — spider; also, from a fancied resemblance in apjiea ranee, a watch orcli>ck; 



ki'maiic'xk'i (imdiir'lu, the water spider. 

 Kfma'sta, Krtnastun'yl — a traditional Cherokee settlement formerly on the head- 

 waters of tlie French Broad river near the present Brevard, in Transylvania 

 county, Xorth Carolina. The meaning of the name is lost. A settlement called 

 Cannostee or Cannastion is mentioned as existing on Hiwassee river in 1776. 

 See nund)er 82 and notes. 

 kana'talu'liT— hominy cooked with walnut kernels. 



Kana'tl— " Lucky Hunter"; a masculine name, sometimes abbreviate<l Katml'. The 

 word can not be analyzed, but is used as a third jierson habitual verbal f(jrm to 

 mean "he is lucky, or successful, in hunting"; the opposite is ii'ktra'legii, 

 "unlucky, or unsuccessful, in hunting." .See number 3. 

 kanegwa't! — the water-moccasin snake. 



Kftnu'ga — also written Canuga; a Lower Cherokee .settlement, apparently on the 

 waters of Keowee ri\-er in South Carolina, destroyed in 1761; also a traditional 

 settlement on Pigeon liver. probably near the present Waynesville, in Hay- 

 wood county, Xorth Cari;>lina. See number 81 and notes. The name signifies "a 

 scratcher," a sort of bone-toothed comlj with which ball-players are scratched 

 upon their naked skin preliminary to applying the conjured meilicine; 

 iJe'tsiiiii.ff/i'fki'i, "I am scratching it." 

 kanugu''hl (abbreviated nvc/tY'la) — "scratcher," a generic term for the l>lacklierry, 



raspberry, and other brier bushes. Cf. Kanu'ga. 

 Kfinu'gu layl, or Kilnu'gu'lun'yi— " Brier place," from kCmitgA'' Id, brier (cf. Kdnu'gd); 

 a Cherokee settlement formerly on Nantahala river, about the mouth of Brier- 

 town creek, in Macon county. Xorth Carolina. 

 kanCin'nawu' — pipe. 



Kasdu'yi — "Ashes place," from hisdii, aslies, and »/(, the locative. A modern C'hero- 

 kee name for the town of Asheville, in Buncondje county, Xorth Carolina. 

 The ancient name for the same site is Uiila'kii/atili'iil, q.v. 

 Katrd'sta— an East Cherokee woman potter, the daughter of the chief Yanaguii'skl. 

 The name conveys the idea of lending, from titiitdtdVutd, " I lend it"; (ujaldl'std, 

 "it is lent to him." 

 K;lwan'-ura'sunyl (abbreviateil Kdmhi'-m-d'iiHn in the Lower dialect)— " Where the 

 duck fell" from kdnv'ud. duck, vrd'xd {iild'xd), "it fell," and >/t, locative. A 



