532 MYTHS OF THK CHEROKEE [k.th.anx.19 



Soco CREEK — see ,SdguxVh1. 



Soco GAP — see AhCilu'nn. 



SoQrEE — see Sdkwi'ifi. 



Spray, H. W.— see WUsliW. 



Spring-Frog — see Ihx'stu'. 



Standing Indian — see Yimm-lmih'nun' yi. 



Stand Watie — see De'gatdr/a. 



Stekoa — see Stikd'y'i. 



ste'tsi— your daughter; literally, your offspring; aijwc'lnl., "my offspring": ?(»>■'(.<?, 

 "his offspring"; to distinguish sex it is necessary to add iiKgK'yn, ■'iiuiu" or 

 ar/e'liya, "woman." 



Stika'yl (variously spelled Stecoe, Steecoy, Stekoah, Stiokoey, etc-. )— the name of 

 several former Cherokee settlements: 1. On Sticoa creek, near Clayton, Rabun 

 county, Gorgia; 2. on Tuckasegee river at the old Thomas homestead just above 

 the present Whittier, in Swain county. North Carolina; 3. on Stekoa creek of 

 Little Tennessee river, a few miles below the junction of Nantahala, in Graham 

 county. North Carolina. The word lias lost its meaning. 



Stringfield — see Tldge'si. 



stugi'sti, stui'sti— a key; see page 1.S7 and under Axhi'gntil'gn. 



Suck, The — see Uil'tiguhV. 



SuGARTowN — see KMse'tsi'yl,. 



Sli'mtwil' — see tld'nuwA. 



sungstla'tii — "split noses"; see tsunt'i'liyij' xihiful/d'td. 



sufigi — mink; also onion; the name seems to refer to a smell; the various mints are 

 called generically, gavfsun'gl. See number 29. 



Suki'yi — another form of Sdhd'yl, q.v. 



su'll' — buzzard; the Creek name is the same 



Sun land — see Niindd'yl'. 



su'-SiV-sai' — an unmeaning song refrain. See numlier 66. 



su't ill idi hi' — see n )"( n'dd' . 



Suwa'li — see Ani'Si-nra'll. 



Suwa'll-nunna'hl (abbreviated Si(.ira'n-iitmiid'la)—'' Suvvali trail," the proper name 

 for the gap at the head of Swannanoa (from S(iwa'U-Nun'nd) river, east of Ashe- 

 ville, in Buncombe county, North Carolina. Cf. Ku'sa-nunnd'hl. See pages 194 

 and 379, also Ani'-Suwa^U. 



Suwa'nl — a former Cherokee settlement ou Chattahoochee river, about the present 

 Suwanee, in Gwinnett county, Georgia. The name has no meaning in the 

 Cherokee language and is said to be of Creek origin. See page 382. 



Suye'ta— "The Chosen One," from amye'ta, "he is chosen," gasu'yen, "I am choos- 

 ing"; the same form, mye'ta, could also mean mixed, from gasu'y&hu, "I am 

 mixing it." A masculine name, at present borne by a prominent ex-chief and 

 informant upon the East Cherokee reservation. 



Swannanoa — see Suwa'ti-nAnnd'hi. 



Swim bald — see Sehtvaie'yi. 



S w I M M ER — see ^-1' yun' M. 



tadeya'statakiih!'— "we shall see each other." See numVjer 75. 



Tae-keo-ge — see Ta'ski'gl. 



ta'gii — the June-l)Ug [Allorhma nitida), also called tn'ya-dUkalair'.ilI'd-l, "erne who 



keeps fire under the beans." See number 59. 

 Ta'gwa — see Ani'ta'gim. 

 Ta'gwSdihl' (abbreviated yVi'^iPurfi')— "Catawba-killer," from AUi'giiv or Ta'gwa, 



Catawlia Indian, and dihihV. "he kills them" (habitually) from td'ihu', 



