530 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [eth.ann.19 



Ql'Ai.LA — see Kii:(il1. 



QfAXi'LE — see Guaxule. 



QuiNAHAQUi — a place, possibly in the Cherokee cniintry, visited by Panln in 1567. 



The form cannot be identified See page 28. 

 QuoNEASHEE — See TIanusi'yi. 



Rattlesnake springs — see UtsanHliyl.. 

 RA'rrLiNG-GouRD — see G&ruen. 

 Raventown — see Kdl&niin'y't. 

 Red Clay — see Elaim'diyi. 

 Reid, Jesse — see Tse'iii-Ska'tst. 

 RinfiE, Major JoHN^-see NdnnCi'M-diliV. 

 Ross, John — see Gu'wisguiin'. 

 Ross' i^anding — see TsatCinu'r/i. 



Sadayl'— a feminine name, the proper name of the woman known to the whites as 

 Annie Ax; it cannot be translated. 



Sagwa'hl, or Sagwuil'yl — "One place," from m'givu, one, and hi or ;/'. locative. 

 Soco creek of Oconaluftee river, on the East Cherokee reservation, in Jackson 

 county, North Carolina. Xo satisfactory reason is given for the name, which has 

 its parallel in TmaM'M, "Thirty jilace." a local name in Cherokee county, in the 

 same state. 



sA'gvvall', horse; from asdgvalihii, a pack nr Imrden, maii/HMniy; "there isa pack on 

 him." 



s^'gwaildlgu'lanahi'ta— mule; literally "long eared horse," from .S(('</i«i/!, horse, and 

 digri'lanHhi'ta, q. v. 



Sakwi'yl (or Suki'yl; abbreviated SCikwi' or Suki') — a former settlement on Soquee 

 river, a head-stream of Chattahootchee, near Clarkesville, Habersham county, 

 Georgia. Also written Saukee ami Sookee. The name has lost its meaning. 



sala'll — squirrel; the common gray squirrel; otner varieties are kiyu'ga, the ground 

 squirrel, and tewa, the flying squirrel. Sald'll was also the name of an East Cher- 

 okee inventor who died a few years ago; Si'dd'ldni'tu, "Young-squirrel-^." isa 

 masculine personal name on the reservation. 



sitligu'gl — turtle, the common water turtle; soft-shell turtle, n'h'ind'vd; land tortoise 

 or terrapin, tuksV. 



salikvva'yl — bear-grass (Eryngium); also the greensnake, on account of a fancied 

 resemblance; the name of a former Cherokee settlement on Sallacoa creek of 

 Coosawatee river, in (jordon county, Georgia. 



Sa'nigiUl'gl (ablireviated Sav'gild'gl) — Whiteside mountain, a prominent peak of the 

 Blue ridge, southeast from Franklin, .Macon county, North Carolina. It is con- 

 nected with the tradition of U'tlun'ta (.see number 66 and notes). 



Santeetla — the present map name of a cree.k joining Cheowa river in «Traliam 

 county. North Carolina, and of a smaller tributary (Little SanteetlaJ . The name 

 is not recognized or understood by the Cherokee, who insist that it was given l)y 

 the whites. Little Santeetla is known to the Cherokee as Tsundanilti'yl, q. v. ; the 

 main Santeetla creek is commonly known as Ndyu'hl geym'i, "Sand-place 

 stream," from Nuyu'Ki., "Sand place" {ndyu, sand), a former settlement just 

 above the junction of the two creeks. 



Sara — see Ani'-Suvxi'ti. 



sa'sa' — goose; an ononiatope. 



Sautee — see Ilsd'H. 



Savannah — the popular name of this river is derived from that of the Sliawano 

 Indians, formerly living upon its middle course, and known to the Cherokee as 

 Ani'-Saivdnu'gl, q.v., to the Creeks as Savanuka, and to some of the coast tribes 



