MoosEY] GLOSSARY 535 



Tlage'sT— "Field" ; the Cherokee name for Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Stringfiekl of 

 Waynesville, Nortli Carolina, one of the officers of tlie Clierokee contingent in 

 the Thomas Legion. It is an abbreviated rendering of his jiroper name. 



tliige'sitiiii' — a song form for lldye'Kl a-stuTl'^, "on the edge of the field," fi-om 

 Ihhje'sl, or tsdyi-'Hl, field, and nMtm% edge, border, etc; iiina'yclHltm', "the bank of 

 a stream." Sec number 24. 



tla'mehfl — bat (tlialectic forms, tmi'mchi'i, t><(i'ireliCt). See page 1.S7. 



tlami'sl' — leech (dialectic form, tsanu'sV). See page 187. 



Tlanusi'yl (abbreviated 2'lanual') — "I^eeh jilace," a former important settlement at 

 the junction of Hiwassee and Valley rivers, the present site of Alurphy, in Chero- 

 kee county, North Carolina; also a point on Nottely river, a few miles distant, 

 in the same county. See number 77 and notes. The name appears also as Clen- 

 nuse, Klansuna, Quoneashee, etc. 



tUVnuwit' (dialectic forms, txa'numV, xi'i'niiwd', ''xhi-iKiiruli" — ,\dair) — a mythic 

 great hawk. See numbers :io, K4, (io, also jiage 187. 



tla'nuw;V usdi' — "little tl;~t'nu\v;\' " ; ])robably the goshawk {Anhir iilrli'npiUus). See 

 number 35. 



TliVnnwiV-atsiyelun'Isuii'yl — "Where the ThVnuwil cut it up," from /M';t(t(ra'. i|. v., 

 and tsiyelun'iski'i', an archaic form for tsigunilun'isku', "I am cutting it up." .\ 

 place on Little Tennessee river, nearly opposite the entrance of Citico creek, in 

 Blount county, Tennessee. See number ti4 and notes. 



Tlil'nuwa'I — "Tlft'nuwil place," a cave on the north side of Tennessee river a short 

 ilistance below the entrance of Citico creek, in Blount comity, Tennessee. See 

 number 64 and notes. 



tlay'ku' — jay (dialectic form, Ismf kiV). Seepage 187. 



tlunti'sti — the pheasant (Bonasa umhella), called locally grouse or partridge. 



tlutlu' — the martin bird (dialectic form, tsxdsu'). See page 187. 



tluiitu'tsi — panther (dialectic form, tsurU&'ist). See page 187. 



TocAX — a place, apparently in the Cherokee country, visited )jy Pardo in 1567 (see 

 page 29). It may possibly have a connection witli Tosaway (see IXikaa't) or 

 Toccoa (see Tagwd'hl). 



Tocco.\ — see Tagwd'hl. 



Toco — see DQ.ku-d''i. 



ToLLUXTEESKEE — -See Ala'Kmti'ak'i. 



To.M.ASSEE (also written Timofsy and Tymaltse) — the name of two or more former 

 Cherokee settlements, viz: 1. On Tomassee creek of Keowee river, in Oconee 

 county, South Carolina; 2. on Little Tennessee river near the entrance of Burn- 

 ingtown creek, in Macon county. South Carolina. The correct form and inter- 

 pretation are imknown. 



T0M.\T0L.V, To.MOTI.EY — See TiulKllX. 



Too.vNTiH — see Du'slu'. 



TooGEL.\H — see Dugilu'yl. 



ToQu.v — see DQ.kwd'1. 



ToxAWAY — see Duksa't. 



Track Rock gap — see Datsu'naldsgail'yt. 



Tsftga'sl — a Cherokee sprite. See number 78. 



t.sa'gi — upstream, up the road; the converse of ge'l. See number 1 1 7. 



T.saiyl' — see rnttfaii/V. 



Tsa'iildihl'— Chief X. J. Smith of the East Cherokee. The name might lie rendered 



"Charley-killer," from Tmti, "Charley," and lUM', "killer" (in composition), 



but is really a Cherokee equivalent for Jarrett (Tmludi'), his nuddle name, by 



which he was frequently addressed. Cf. TagiuCuliht. 

 tsal-agityi^n'li — "old tobacco," from titdli'i, tobacco, and ag&yun'K, or agdyHfl'lige, old, 



ancient; the Nirotkma rusticn or wild tobac('o. See number 126. 



