544 MYTHS OK THP: CHEROKEE [etii.ann.19 



u'tilnil — great, fully developed, (jf. (''gii-d. 



utawil'hilu — "hand-breadth," from mru'iii, liaiid. A limirativi' fcrin used in tlie 



myths and sacred formulas. 

 U'tilwagun'ta — "Bald place." A high bald peak of the (ireat iSnioky range on 



the Tennessee-North Carolina line, niprtheastward from Big Pigeon river. See 



number .51. 

 Ufi'tiguhl' — "Pot in the water," from I'lilll'i/i'i or t'lfili', pot, and [/iilii', "it is in the 



water" (or other liquid — habitually). The Suck, a dangerous rapid in Tennessee 



river, at the entrance of Suck creek, about eight miles below Chattanooga, Ten- 

 nessee. See number 63 and notes. 

 U'tluiVta — "He (or she) has it sharp," i. e., has .some sharp part or organ; it miglit 



be used of a tooth, finger-nail, or some other attached portion of the body, but 



in the story is understood to refer to the awl-like finger. Ten Kate spells it 



Uilata. A mythic half-human mon.ster. See innnber 66 and notes. 

 U'tluntun'yi — " U'tlufi'tit place;" see V'iluTi'U'i. A place on little Tennessee river, 



nearly off Citico creek, in Blount county, Tennessee. See number 66 and notes 



and number 124. 

 U'tsilUt — "Lichen"; anotlier form of iitxak'tn. .V Cherokee chief of the Removal 



period. See page 157. 

 utsSle'ta — lichen, literally " pot scrapings, " from a fancied resemblance. 

 UntsaiyI' (also EUaiyV or TsaiyV, the first syllable being almo.st silent) — "Brass." 



A mythic gambler. See nund>er 63 and notes. The present rendering, "hirass," 



is probably a modern application of the old myth name, and is based upon the 



resemlilance of the sound to that produced Viy striking a sheet of metal, 

 utsa'niltt' — rattesnake; the name is of doulrtful etymology, but is saiil to refer to the 



rattle. 

 Utsa'nati'yl^" Rattlesnake place." Rattlesnake springs, about two miles south 



from Charleston, Bradley county, Tennessee. See page 132. 

 utset'sti — "he grins" (habitually). Hee g'l'kwd ulKH'stl.. 

 utsT' — her (his) mother; etsV, agiW , my mother. 

 Utsi'dsi1t:V — "Corn-tassel," "Thistle-head," et('. It is used as a masculine nam<' and 



was proliably the Cherokee name of the chief known during the Revolutionary 



period as "Old Tassel." 

 utsu''gl — tlie tufted titmouse (Pariiti himiur); also called a'sliU'i, "topknot, or tip," 



on account of its crest. See numbers 35 and 66. 

 u'tsutf — fish. Cf. u'tM'in, many. 



(inwftda'll — store-house, provision house. See number 3 and notes. 

 Uii'wadA-tsu'gilasuii' — "Where the storehouse (uilwada'li) was taken off." Either 



Black rock or Jones knob, northeast of Webster, on the east line of .Tackson 



county, in North Carolina. See number 122. 

 Uwagil'hl (commonly written Ocoee) — "Apricot place," from uira'ga, the "ai)ricot 



A'ine," or " maypop," (Paxsiflora incarnatn) , and h), locative. A former important 



settlement on Ocoee river, near its junction with Hiwassee, about the jiresent 



Benton, in Polk county, Tennessee, 

 uwa'yl — hand, paw generally used with the possessive suffix, as uirdyt'iil, "hia 



hand." 

 uwe'la — liver, 

 uwe'nithl — rich; used also as a personal name as the equivalent of Richard. Cf. 



Tsuwe'nahl. 

 Uw'tsun'ta — "Bouncer" (habitual); from l/l.t'i, "it is bouncing." A traditional ser- 

 pent described as moving by jerks like a measuring worm, to which also the 



name is applied. See numljer 55. 

 Uyahye' — a high peak in the Cjreat Smoky range, probably on the line between 



Swain county. North Carolina, and Sevier or Blount county, Tennessee. See 



number 75 and notes. 



