548 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [kth,ann.19 



Yufi'wini'giskT — "Man-eaters," literally, "They c-iU penple" (habitually), I'miu 

 »/J/n'iri, person, man, and iini'glskl, "they eat" (hahitnally ), from tiiikifi', "I am 

 eating"; the Cherokee name for a ilis^tant cannilml tribe, jiossibly the Atakapa 

 or the Tonkawa. See number 105. Cf. Armcki'ddrituahl. 



Yvln'wI-tsulenun'yl — "Where tlie man stood," orininally yCm'vl-iltkatdyiWuT, 

 "Where the man stands," from yCin'wl, person, man, Ixild'gii, "1 am stand- 

 ing," and yt, locative; Standing Indian, a high l)ald mountain at the head of 

 Nantahala river, in JIac-on-county, North Carolina. See number 122. 



Yiifi'wl Tsunsdi' — "Little People," from yun'in, jierson, people, and txuiis<!i';/d or 

 tmitisdi', plural of nsdi'gd or iisdi', little; the Cherokee fairies. See number 78. 



YiuTwI Usdl' — "Little Man." A formulistic name for the ginseng, (?'M7y.-j/'(ft/, q. v. 



Yuii'wl-usga'se'tl — "Dangerous Man, Terrible Man"; a traditional leader in the 

 westward migration of the Cherokee. See page 99. 



Yiln'wiyil.' — "Indian," literally, "principal or real person," from yun'wt, person 

 and yd, a sufBx denoting principal or real. See pages 15 and 181. 



