546 MYTHS OF THK CHEROKKE [eth.ann.19 



Wii'sitiVni^, Wa'sCintCi'na (different ilialcctic fcirins)— a C^heroKee known to the 

 whites as Washington, the sole survivor of a Removal tragedy. See page 158. 

 The name denotes a hollow log ( or other cylindrical oljject) lying on the ground 

 at a distance; the root of the word is (m'lK, log. and the "' prefixed makes it at 

 a distance. 



Wa'sulil' — a large red-lirown luoth which Hies ahoiit the hlossoming tobacco in the 

 evening. 



Watri'gT (commonly written Watauga, also Watoga, Wattoogee, AVhatoga, etc.)— a 

 name occurring in two or more towns in the old Cherokee country; one waj? an 

 important settlement on Watauga creek of Little Tennessee river, a few miles 

 below Franklin, in Macon count.\', Tennessee; another was traditionally located 

 at Watauga Old Fields, al)out the iirescnt Klizaliethton, on Watauga river, in 

 Carter county, Tennessee. See page 21. The meaning of the name is lost. 



W.\T.\UG.\ — see Watd'gt. 



Watai'sa — a prominent old Cherokee, known to the whites as Wachesa, a name 

 which cannot be translated, who formerly lived on lower Beaverdam creek of 

 Hiwassee river, below Murphy, in Cherokee county, North Carolina. From 

 the fact that the Unicoi turnpike i)assed near his place it was locally known a.s 

 the Wachesa trail. 



wa'j'a — wolf; the name is an onomatope, intended as an imitation of the animal's 

 howl; ef. the Creek name, ydha. 



Wa'yii'hl — "AVolf place," i. e. place of the Wolf clan; the form Am'-Wn'yil'hi. is not 

 used. Wolftown settlement on upper Soco creek, on the East Cherokee reserva- 

 tion, in Jackson county, North Carolina. 



Waya gap — see A'tdhi'ta. 



Wayeh — see Wdyt 



WAyi — "Pigeon"; the modern Cherokee name for Big Pigeon river in western 

 North Carolina; probably a translation of the English name. It appears also as 

 Wayeh. 



Welch, Lloyd — see Da'sig'tya'g'i. 



wesit — cat; a corruption of "pussy." 



White-path — see Niimid'h1-i.nme'ga. 



WiLLSTOWN — a former important settlement, so called from the halfbreed chief known 

 to the whites as Red-headed Will, on Will's creek below Fort Payne, in Dekalb 

 county, Alabama. The settlement was frequently called from him Wili'yl, 

 "Will's place," but this was not the proper local name. 



WllsinI' — the Cherokee name for H. W. Spray, agent and superintendent for the East 

 Cherokee reservation; an adaptation of his middle name, Wilson. 



Wil-usdi'— "Little Will," from IT7ft', Will and usdi'ga or iiidl',\ittie. The Chero- 

 kee name for Colonel W. H. Thomas, for many years the recognized chief of the 

 eastern band. 



WissACTAW — see gdhdncVistta. 



WoLFTOWN — see Wdyd'h'i. 



WOOTASSITE 1 „ ■ ■ 



V — see OuTAoiTY. 

 Wrosetasatow J 



Wude'liguiTyl — the west; literally "there where it (the sun) goes down " (?/■ pre- 

 fixed implies distance, y'l, locative). See also Umnhi'yt and wus&hiJn'in'yl. 



Wuliga'niitutun — excelling all others, either in good or bad; it may be used as equiva- 

 lent to i/'o-sMin, "beyond the limit." See page 232. 



wusuhihvlii'yl—" there where they stay over night," i. e. "the west." An archaic 

 term used by the narrator of the story of UfitsaiyI', number 63. The common 

 word is vmde'ligiin'yl, q. v. , while the term in the sacred formulas is Usiinhi'yt, q. v. 



XuALA — see AniSwwa'U. 



