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Cherokee origin. It may have some connection witli the name of tlu> I'cliee 

 Inilians. The ^reat mound farther up 8autee river, in White county, was know ti 

 to tlie Cherokee as ItscVtl, q. v. 



iKlkwIfil' (abhreviatcil )i<ik-)i'.'<)) — .star; also the meadow lark. 



n;"ikwlsl' usdi' — " little star"; the puffball fungus ( Li/ivperdon'!). 



X:"i'n:1-tlu'gun'yl (atihreviated Xt'i'ii(i-lli('</Cin', or NA'ni't-tsu' (jun') — "Spruce-tree 

 jilace," from iiti'in'i. spruce, llii'ffi'in''i or tm'gun''i, a tree (standing) and y'l, locative. 

 1. A traditional ancient Cherokee settlement on the site of Jonesboro, Washing- 

 ton county, Tennessee. The name of Nolichucky river is probably a corruption 

 of the same word. 2. NunA-tsu'g{nl, a place on Nottely ri\er, close to its junc- 

 tion with Hiwa.«see, in Cherokee county, North Carolina. 



Naxehi — see Nuniii-'li't. 



N .4 XT .\ H .A L A — see .V('( n da ije^ti. 



Nashville — see Darin' nave' ldh1. 



Natchez — see A »i'-.\V(.vj. 



Na'ts-asun'tluiiyl (al)breviated ya'tn-aKi'iri'tlun) — " Pine-foot log place," from xiit.i't, 

 pine, asnu'tl'i or axi'irilluri'h footlog, bridge, and //?, locative. A former Chero- 

 kee settlement, connnonly known as Pinelog, on the creek of the same name, 

 in Bartow county, Georgia. 



na'tsi — pine. 



na'tslkii' — " I eat it" (tsyiciiY, "I am eating"). ■ 



na'tiVlI — spicewood (Litiilern hemoin). 



Naye'hl — see yi'inne'lih 



Navi'NI'wi — see Ni'iiii/Kmi/irl. 



nehanduyanu' — a song form for nehatlu'i/arnY, an irregular verbal foini denoting 

 "conceived in the womb." See nundier To. 



Nkli.awgitehi — given as the name of a Lower Cherokee chief in l(i,S4. See page .SI. 

 The correct form and meaning are both uncertain, but tlie linal ]iart seems to be 

 the common suffix clUi'i', "killer," Cf. Tu'fju'ddihV. 



Nexetooyah — see Iskagua. 



Neiji'assee — see St' kirftsV . 



Nettecawaw — see gatai/t'i'st'i. 



Netti.e-c-\krier — see Tale' daniiji' sk'i . 



New Echota, Newtow.v — see Itsd't'i. 



Nick a.i ack — see X'lhit.ie'gl. 



NicoTAXi — see Ani'-Kula'ni. 



NTkwJlsI' {or Nikw'sV) — an important ancient settlement on Little Tennessee river, 

 where now is the town of Franklin, in Macon county, North Carolina. A large 

 mound marks the site of the townhouse. The name appears in old documents 

 as Nequassee, Nucassee, etc. It.s meaning is lost. 



Nikut.se'gl (also yuk&tne'g^, Xikii'dtxe'r/'i, or abbreviated X'lktdsr;/' } — Nickajai'k, an 

 imiiortant Cherokee settlement about 1790 on the south bank of Tennessee river 

 at the entrance of Nickajack creek, in Marion county, Tennessee. One of the 

 live Chickamauga towns (see Tslkuma'g't). The meaning of the word islostand 

 it is probably not of Cherokee origin, although it occurs also in the tribe as a 

 man's name. In the corrupted form' of "Nigger Jack," it occurs also as the 

 name of a creek of Cullasagee river above Franklin, in Macon coujity. North 

 Carolina. 



Xilaqi'E — see At>uii/i'/-i''gi'-a. 



NoLicHUCKY — see NCi'nii-tlu gdn' yl . 



NoTCHY — a creek entering Tellico river, in Monroe county, Tennessee. The nanu' 

 evidently refers to Natchez Indian refugees, who formerly lived in the vicinity 

 (see Ani'-Na'tiii). 



NonELY — see Xa'dii'lV. 



