MooNEY] GLOSSARY 529 



nufiyu' — rock, stone. C'f. ndi/ti, sand. 



Ndnyu'-frunwani'skT — "Rock that talks," from ndfiyW, rock, and t.tiiva'nihu, ''I am 

 talking." A rock from which Talking-rock creek of Coosawatee river in 

 (Georgia derives its name. See number 125. 



Niln'yunu'wl — contracted from NCmjiCi-nim'irl. "Stone-clad," from Dinli/v, rock, 

 and nyiri'iiiii'iru, "1 am clothe<l or covered." A mythic monster, invulnerable 

 h)' reason of his stony skin. See number 67. Tin; name is also apiilied some- 

 times to the stinging ant, (l<t.-<urddt1 iitdtRunski, q. v. It has also been spelled 

 Nayunniri. 



Nftnyii'-tlu'gilnl (or Nunyd-tmi gunl) — "Tree rock." A notable rock on Hiwassee 

 river, just within the North Carolina line. See number 66 and notes. 



XufiyiV-tilwi'sk:! — "Slick rock," from iiunyiV, rock, and tCucitikd, smooth, slick; the 

 form remains unchanged for the locative. 1. Slick-rock creek, entering Little 

 Tennessee river just within the west line of (Traham county, North Carolina. 

 2. A place at the extreme head of Brasstown creek of Hiwassee river, in Towns 

 (•ounty, Cieorgia. 



OcoEE — see I'wag&'ht. 

 OcoNWLUPTEE — 866 Egifunudl. 

 Oconee — see Vkwu'nu. 

 Oco.N'osTOT.\ — see Ayaivstd'Ux. 

 Old T.\ssel — see Utsi'dmtd'. 

 Ooltew.^h — see U/tiwd'l. 

 Ooluns.\de — see l^AiisA'tX. 

 OosT.\.N.\VL.\ — see U iitAna'n. 



OOSTINALEH — See V slinid'U. 



OoTHCALOGA — See Uy'gikVgt 



Otacite, Otassite — see Outacity. 



Otari, Otariy.\tiqui — mentioned as a place, apparently on the Cherokee frontier, 

 visited by Pardo in 1567. Otari seems to be the Cherokee dlCirl or dtdtt, moun- 

 tain, but the rest of the word is doubtful. See page 28. 



Ottare — see d'tull. 



OwAST.\ — given as the name of a Cherokee chief in 1684: the form cannot be identi- 

 fied. See page ol. 



Ol'GiLLooY — see I'y'gild'gl. 



OiTAciTY — given in documents as the name or title of a prominent Cherokee chief 

 about 1720. It appears also as Otacite, Otassite, Outassatah, Wootassite and 

 Wrosetasatow (! ), but the form cannot be identified, although it seems to con- 

 tain the personal name suffix (/(7i7'," killer." Timberlake says (page 71): "There 

 are some other honorary titles among them, conferred in reward of great actions; 

 the first of which is Outacity or Man-killer, and the second Uolona or the 

 Raven." 



OuTASSATA H — gee OuTAcrrv. 



OwASSA — .see Ayukim'sl. 



Pai.nt-town — see Ani'- Wd'dihT. 

 Path-killer — see NArmd'hi-diht' . 

 PHffixix, Cherokee — see THuWhisandn'hl. 

 Pigeon River — see Wdyt. 

 Pine Indians — see Ani'-Na'tM. 

 PiNELOG — see Ndts-dmn'tldnyl. 



(Jualatchee — a former Cherokee settlement on the headwaters of the Chattahoochee 

 river in Georgia; another of the same name was upon the waters of Keowee 

 river in South Carolina. The correct form is unknown. 



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