Katâl′stă—an East Cherokee woman potter, the daughter of the chief Yânăgûñ′skĭ. The name conveys the idea of lending, from tsiyâtâl′stă, “I lend it”; agatâl′stă, “it is lent to him.”
Kăwân′-urâ′sûnyĭ (abbreviated Kăwân′-urâ′sûñ in the Lower dialect)—“Where the duck fell” from kăwâ′nă, duck, urâ′să (ulâ′să), “it fell,” and yĭ, locative. A point on Conneross creek (from Kăwân′-urâ′sûñ), near Seneca, in Oconee county, South Carolina. See [number 123].
Kawi′yĭ (abbreviated Kawi′)—a former important Cherokee settlement, commonly known as Cowee, about the mouth of Cowee creek of Little Tennessee river, some 10 miles below Franklin, in Macon county, North Carolina. The name may possibly be a contraction of Ani′-Kawi′yĭ, “Place of the Deer clan.”
Keeowhee—see Keowee.
Kenesaw—see Gănsâ′gĭ.
Keowee—the name of two or more former Cherokee settlements. One, sometimes distinguished as “Old Keowee,” the principal of the Lower Cherokee towns, was on the river of the same name, near the present Fort George, in Oconee county, South Carolina. Another, distinguished as New Keowee, was on the headwaters of Twelve-mile creek, in Pickens county, South Carolina. According to Wafford the correct form is Kuwâhi′yĭ, abbreviated Kuwâhi′, “Mulberry-grove place”; says Wafford, “The whites murdered the name, as they always do.” Cf. Kuwâ′hĭ.
Ke′sĭ-ka′gămû—a woman’s name, a Cherokee corruption of Cassie Cockram; ka′gămû is also the Cherokee corruption for “cucumber.”
Ketoowah—see Kĭtu′hwă.
Kittuwa—see Kĭtu′hwă.
Kĭtu′hwă—An important ancient Cherokee settlement formerly upon Tuckasegee river, and extending from above the junction of Oconaluftee down nearly to the present Bryson City, in Swain county, North Carolina. The name, which appears also as Kettooah, Kittoa, Kittowa, etc., has lost its meaning. The people of this and the subordinate settlements on the waters of the Tuckasegee were known as Ani′-Kĭtu′hwagĭ and the name was frequently extended to include the whole tribe. For this reason it was adopted in later times as the name of the Cherokee secret organization, commonly known to the whites as the Ketoowah society, pledged to the defense of Cherokee autonomy. See also historical notes 1 and 47.