Ku′să-nûñnâ′hĭ—“Creek trail,” from Ku′să, Creek Indian, and nûñnâ′hĭ, path, trail; cf. Suwâ′lĭ-nûñnâ′hĭ. A former important Cherokee settlement, including also a number of Creeks and Shawano, where the trail from the Ohio region to the Creek country crossed Tennessee river, at the present Guntersville, in Marshall county, Alabama. It was known to the traders as Creek-path, and later as Gunter’s landing, from a Cherokee mixed-blood named Gunter.
Ku′săweti′yĭ (abbreviated Ku′săweti′)—“Old Creek place,” from Ku′să, a Creek Indian (plural Ani′-Ku′sa), uwe′tĭ, old, and yĭ, locative. Coosawatee, an important Cherokee settlement formerly on the lower part of Coosawatee river, in Gordon county, Georgia. In one document the name appears, by error, Tensawattee. See page [382].
Kuwâ′hĭ—“Mulberry place,” from ku′wă, mulberry tree, and hĭ, locative; Clingman’s dome, about the head of Deep creek, on the Great Smoky range, between Swain county, North Carolina, and Sevier county, Tennessee. See also Keowee.
Kuwandâ′taʻlûñ′yĭ (abbreviated Kuwandâ′taʻlûñ)—“Mulberry grove,” from ku′wă, mulberry; the Cherokee name for the present site of Knoxville, in Knox county, Tennessee.
Kwa′lĭ, Kwalûñ′yĭ—Qualla or Quallatown, the former agency for the East Cherokee and now a postoffice station, just outside the reservation, on a branch of Soco creek, in Jackson county, North Carolina. It is the Cherokee form for “Polly,” and the station was so called from an old woman of that name who formerly lived near by; Kwa′lĭ, “Polly,” Kwalûñ′yĭ, “Polly’s place.” The reservation is locally known as the Qualla boundary.
kwandăya′hû—see da′lĭkstă′.
lâ′lû—the jar-fly (Cicada auletes). See [number 59].
Little Carpenter, Little Cornplanter—see Ătă′-gûlʻkălû.
Lloyd—see Da′siʻgiya′gĭ.
Long-hair—a Cherokee chief living with his band in Ohio in 1795. See page [79]. The literal Cherokee translation of “Long-hair” is Gitlû′-gûnăhi′ta, but it is not certain that the English name is a correct rendering of the Indian form. Cf. Ani′-Gilâ′hĭ.