S.'U MYTHS OF THK CHEROKEE [kth.ann.19 



Taiiia'li — a imine, coiiiuionly written Tomotley or Toiuatola, occurring in at least two 

 places in the old Cherokee country, viz: !. On Valley river, a few nlile^< aljove 

 Murphy, about the present Tomatola, in Cherokee county, Xortli Carolina; 2. on 

 Little Tennessee river, about Tomotley foril, a few miles above Tellico river, in 

 ^lonroe county, Tennessee. The name can not be translated, and may be of 

 Creek origin, as that trilie had a town of the same name upon tlie lower Chatta- 

 hoochee river. 



TanasI' — a name which can not be analyzed, commonly spelt Tennessee, occurring in 

 several places in the old Cherokee country, viz: 1. On Little Tennessee river, 

 about halfway between Citico and Toco creeks, in ^Monroe county, Tennessee; 

 2. "Old Tennessee town," on Hiwassee river, a short distance above the junc- 

 tion of Ocoee, in Polk county, Tennessee; 3. on Tennessee creek, a liead-stream 

 of Tuckasegee river, in Jackson county. North Carolina. Tanasqui, visited by 

 Pardo in 1567 (see page 29), may have been another place of the same name. 

 See number 124. 



Tan.\squi — see TitwlfV. 



Ta'ski'gi (abbreviated from Tdskiyi-'yl or D<iHkigi'yl, the locative yl being commonly 

 omitted) — a name variously written Tae-keo-ge (misprint), Tasquiqui, Teeskege, 

 Tuscagee, Tuskegee, etc. derived from that of a foreign tribe incorporated with 

 the Cherokee, and occurring as a local name both in the Cherokee and in the 

 Creek country. 1. The principal settlement of this name was on Little Tennes- 

 see river, just above the junction of Tellico, in Monroe county, Tennessee; 

 2. another was on the north bank of Tennessee river, just below Chattanooga, 

 Tennessee; 3. another may have been on Tuskegee creek of Little Tennessee 

 river, near Kobbinsville, Graham county, North Carolina. See page 29 and 

 number 105. 



Tasquiqui — see Tdski'gi. 



Tassel, Old — see Utsi'ds&la'. 



Tatsl' — "Dutch," also written Tahchee, a western Cherokee chief aViout 1830. See 

 page 141. 



tatsu'hwa — the redbird. 



tawa'li — punk. 



Tawa'll-ukwanufi'tl — "Punk-pilugged-in," from tawa'lt, punk; the Cherokee name of 

 a traditional Shawano chief. See number 100. 



tilwi'ska, tawi'skage — smooth, slick. 



Tawi'skala — "Flint"; a Cherokee supernatural, the personification of the rock flint; 

 lfiwi'sMl4n"i, t&ti'VskaUi, flint, from t&wi'sk&, smooth, slick; cf. Iroquois TiXwis- 

 karun. See number 25 and notes. 



Tayiinksl — a traditional western tribe; the name I'an not be analyzed. See num- 

 ber 105. 



Tellico — see TAlikwa'. 



telufi'iatl — the sunnner grape ( I'iVi.s n-slimlis). 



Tensawattee — see Ku'sdweii'yi. 



Terrapin — see Tuksi'. 



tewa — flying squirrel; sald'U, gray squirrel; hiyuyn, ground squirrel. 



Thomas, W. H. — see Wil-U!idi'. 



TlkwMi'tsI — a name occurring in several places in the old Cherokee country, viz: 

 1 . Tui'kalegee creek, a tributary of "War-woman creek, east of Clayton, in Rabim 

 county, Georgia; 2. the Tikwali'tsi of the story, an important town on Tucka- 

 segee river at the present Bryson City, in Swain county. North Carolina; 3. 

 Tuekalechee cove, on Little river, in Blount (.'ounty, Tennessee, which probably 

 preserves the aboriginal local name. The name appears in old documents as 

 Tuckarechee (Lower dialect) and Tuckalegee, and must not be confounded with 

 Tslksi'tsi or Tuckasegee. It can not be translated. See number 100 and notes. 



TiMossy — see Tomassee. 



