538 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [etii. ans.I'J 



T^iistu'yl — "Rabbit place," from tsislu, rabbit, and //?, locative. 1. Gregory balJ, 

 higb jieak of the Great Smoky range, eastward from Little Tennessee ri\-er, on 

 the boundar}- lietween Swain county, North Carolina and Blount county, Ten- 

 nessee. See number 75 and notes. 2. A former settlement on the north hank of 

 Hiwassee river at the entrance of Chestua creek, in Polk county, Tennessee. 

 The name of Choastea creek of Tugaloo river, in Oconee county. South Carolina, 

 is proliably also a corruption from the same word. 



Tsiya'hi — "Otter place," from ts-iyii, otter, and <i'i, locative; variously spelled Cheowa, 

 Cheeowhee, Chewohe, Chewe, etc. 1. A former settlement on a ))ranch of 

 Keowee river, near the present Cheohee, Oconee county, South Carolina. '2. A 

 former and still existing Cherokee settlement on Cheowa river, about Robbins- 

 ville, in Graham county. North Carolina. 3. A former settlement in Cades cove, 

 cm Cove creek, in Blount county, Tennessee. 



Tsi'yu-gunsi'nl — "He is dragging a canoe," from tsi'yu, canoe (cf. Ini'yu, otter) and 

 i/i'iiisi'iil, "he is dragging it." "Dragging-canoe," a prominent leader of the 

 hostile Cherokee in the Revolution. The name appears in documents as Cheu- 

 cunsene and Kunnesee. See page 54. 



Tskil-e'gwit — "Big-witch," from atskllT. or IsklW, witch, owl, and e/ijua, l)ig; an 

 old man of the East Cherokee, whn rlied in 1896. See page 179. Although 

 translated Big-witch by the whites, tlie name is understood by the Indians to 

 mean Big-owl (see number 35), having been originally applied to a white man 

 living on the same clearing, noted for his large staring eyes. 



tsklll' (contracted from ((teA'7/5') — 1. witch; 2. the dusky horned owl (Bubo rirginiaiins 

 iialuratus). See number 35. 



TsoniNGH — see tsCih'i. 



tskwil'yi — the great white heron or American egret [Herodias eyrella). 



Tsudii'tiilesun'yi — "Where jiieces fall off," i. e. whei'e the banks are caving in; 

 irom. aditlCde'd, "it is falling off," Is, distance prefix, "there," and yl, locative. 

 The Cherokee name for the present site of Memphis, Tennessee, overlooking the 

 Mississippi, and formerly known as the Chickasaw bluff. 



Tsuda'ye'lun'yl — "Isolated place"; an isolated peak near the head of Cheowa river, 

 northeast of Robbinsville, in Graham county. North Carolina. See numtier 

 79 and notes. The root of the word signifies detaclied, or isolated, wlience 

 J'da'yrlun'yl, the Cherokee outlet, in the Indian Territory. 



Tsu'dinfinti'yi — " Throwing-<lown place"; a former settlement on lower Xantahala 

 river, in ]\Iacc)n count)", Nortli Carolina. See number 122. 



TsugidiVlI ulsgi'sti (from Itnujidut'i, plural of uyiduU, one of the long wing or tail 

 feathers of a bird, and nhgi'dl or uhgi'ta, a dance) — the feather or eagle dance. 

 See number 35. 



tsufigili'sl — plural of iingili'st, q. v. 



tsiiiigini'si — plural of I'lngitii's'i, q. v. 



Tsnkilunniifi'yi — "Where he alighted"; two bald spots on a mountain at the head 

 of Little Snowbird creek, near Robbinsville, in (4raham county, North Carolina. 

 For tradition, see number 122. 



tsufikina'tii — "my younger brothers" (male speaking). 



tsufikitil' — "my younger brothers" (female speaking). 



tsu'la — fox; cf. tsulii, kingfisher and ilidlfi' or tmitnu', martin. The black fox is 

 ind'U. The Creek word for fox is clinhi. 



tsula'ski — alligator: the name is of uncertain etymology. 



Tsu'la'wl— see nulMwe'i. 



Tsula'sinun'yl — "Footprint place." A jjlace on Tuckasegee river, abouta mile above 

 Deep creek, in Swain county, North Carolina. See number 122. 



Tsurktllii' — "Slanting-eyes," literally "He has them slanting" (or leaning up 

 against something); the prefix tn makes it a plural form, and the name is mider- 



