Rabun county, Georgia; 2. a town on Tallulah creek of Cheowa river, in
Graham county, North Carolina. The word is of uncertain etymology. The
dulu'si frog is said to cry talulu'. See number 125. The noted falls
upon Tallulah river are known to the Cherokee as Ugûñ'yi, q. v.
Taluntiski--see Ata'lûñti'ski.
Tama`li--a name, commonly written Tomotley or Tomatola, occurring in at
least two places in the old Cherokee country, viz: 1. On Valley river,
a few miles above Murphy, about the present Tomatola, in Cherokee
county, North Carolina; 2. on Little Tennessee river, about Tomotley
ford, a few miles above Tellico river, in Monroe county, Tennessee. The
name can not be translated, and may be of Creek origin, as that tribe
had a town of the same name upon the lower Chattahoochee river.
Tanasi'--a name which can not be analyzed, commonly spelt Tennessee,
occurring in several places in the old Cherokee country, viz: 1. On
Little Tennessee river, about halfway between Citico and Toco creeks,
in Monroe county, Tennessee; 2. "Old Tennessee town," on Hiwassee
river, a short distance above the junction of Ocoee, in Polk county,
Tennessee; 3. on Tennessee creek, a head-stream of Tuckasegee river, in
Jackson county, North Carolina. Tanasqui, visited by Pardo in 1567 (see
page 29), may have been another place of the same name. See number 124.
Tanasqui--see Tanasi.
Ta`ski'gi (abbreviated from Ta`skigi'yi or Da`skigi'yi, the locative
yi being commonly omitted)--a name variously written Tae-keo-ge
(misprint), Tasquiqui, Teeskege, Tuscagee, Tuskegee, etc. derived from
that of a foreign tribe incorporated with the Cherokee, and occurring
as a local name both in the Cherokee and in the Creek country. 1. The
principal settlement of this name was on Little Tennessee river,
just above the junction of Tellico, in Monroe county, Tennessee;