MooNEY] CiLUSSARY 531 



<(£ Carolina as Savanna. In old documents the river is also calletl Isundit/a, from 

 'I'm'nigu or Seneca, q.v., an important former Cherokee settlement upon its up]x;r 

 waters. See numl)er 99. 



Sawiinu'gl — ''Shawano" (Indian); a nia.'iculiiu' personal uamc upon the East C'her- 

 (ikce reservation and j>romin('nt in tlie history of the band. See AiiVSiniinH'f/i 

 and KiVlahiV . 



Sawxook — see Kii'lahii' . 



Sehwate'yl — " Hornet place, iruwiKi-'ha-atit, liurnet, and it'i, locative. C'heowa .Maxi- 

 mujn and Swim bald, adjoining bald peaks at tlie licad of Cheowa river, Graham 

 county, Xorth Carolina. See number 122. 



selu — corn; sometimes called in the sacred fnnnulas A<jaiiT'la, "Tlie Old Woman." 

 See number 126. 



sel-utsi' {ioT sch(-ulsT ) — "corn's mother," from fi-lu, corn and utsV, his mother \i-lxV 

 or a'jitsV, my mother); tlio bead-corn or .Tob's-tears (Coiv lacryina). Sec num- 

 ber 126. 



Seskc.\ — see Ani'-yAn'ddwe'ffl (Seneca trilje), and J'fiu'iiigCt (Seneca town). 



Sequ.vtchee — see ST(ju-etsV. 



SEquov.\ — see Sihwdyl. 



Se'tsI — a mound an<l traditional Cherokee settlement on the south side of Valley 

 river, about three mil»>s below Valleytown, in Cherokee county, Xorth Carolina; 

 the name has lost its meaning. See number 79. A settlement called Td.st'teJ 

 {Tassetchie in some old documents) existed on the extreme head of Hiwassee 

 river, in Towns county. (Jeorgia. 



Sevier — see Tsan'-usdV. 



Shoe-boots — see Da'aigiya'g'i. 



Shooting creek — see Da'stCiydl&n'yi. 



SI'gwetsI' — a traditional Cherokee settlement on the south bank of the French Broad 

 river, not far from Knoxville, Knox county, Tennessee. Near by was the 

 (juarry from which it is said the stone for the white peace pipes was obtained. 

 See number 111 and notes. Sequatchee, the name of the river below Chatta- 

 nooga, in Tennessee, is probably a c(jrruption of the same word. 



si'kwil — hog; originally the name nf the opossum, now distinguished as sYkwA 

 rUnet'sd, q. v. 



sl'kwfi utset'sti — opossum: literally "grinning hog," from sVhra, hog, and ntset'sCi, 

 "he grins (habitually)." Ci. slkwO.. 



Sikwa'yl — a masculine name, commonly written Sequoya, made famous as that of 

 the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. See page 108. The name, which can 

 not be translated, is still in use upon the East Cherokee reservation. 



Sikwi'il — a masculine name, the Cherokee corruption for Sevier. See also Ti<mi-nsdi' . 



siXNA w.\ II — see tlUfnuim. 



Sl'tikii' (or mVl&gii', in dialectic form) — a former Cherokee settlement on Little Ten- 

 nessee river at the entrance of Citico creek, in Monroe county, Tennessee. The 

 name, which can not be translated, is commonly spelled Citico, but api)ears also 

 as Sattiquo, Settico, Settacoo, Sette, Sittiquo, etc. 



siyu' — see d'xiyn'. 



sklnta' — for .ikhi'ldgA', understood to mean "put a new tooth into my jaw." The 

 word can not !» analyzed, but is derived from gtintkii' (ganla'gCi in a dialectic 

 form) a tooth in place; a ti)oth detached is k&yn'gd. See number 1."). 



Skwau'-digu'guiTyi (ior Axku-nti'-digu <jnn' y}) — "Where the Spaniard is in the water 

 [or other liquid]". .\ place on Upper Soco creek, on the reservation in .Tackson 

 county, Xorth Carolina. See number 122. 



Slick kock — see Ndnyii'-Wiwi'xkA. 



Smith, X. .1. — -see TmlCidihl'. 

 Snowbird — see TuH'yI. 



