Ross’ landing—see Tsatănu′gĭ.
Sadayĭ′—a feminine name, the proper name of the woman known to the whites as Annie Ax; it cannot be translated.
Sâgwâ′hĭ, or Sâgwûñ′yĭ—“One place,” from sâ′gwû, one, and hĭ or yĭ, locative. Soco creek of Oconaluftee river, on the East Cherokee reservation, in Jackson county, North Carolina. No satisfactory reason is given for the name, which has its parallel in Tsâskâ′hĭ, “Thirty place,” a local name in Cherokee county, in the same state.
sâ′gwălĭ′, horse; from asâgwâlihû, a pack or burden, asâgwŭllû′; “there is a pack on him.”
sâ′gwălĭ dĭgû′lanăhi′ta—mule; literally “long eared horse,” from sâ′gwălĭ, horse, and digû′lanăhi′ta, q. v.
Sâkwi′yĭ (or Suki′yĭ; abbreviated Sâkwi′ or Suki′)—a former settlement on Soquee river, a head-stream of Chattahoochee, near Clarkesville, Habersham county, Georgia. Also written Saukee and Sookee. The name has lost its meaning.
sălâ′lĭ—squirrel; the common gray squirrel; other varieties are kiyuʻga, the ground squirrel, and tewa, the flying squirrel. Sălâ′lĭ was also the name of an East Cherokee inventor who died a few years ago; Sălâ′lăni′ta, “Young-squirrels,” is a masculine personal name on the reservation.
săligu′gĭ—turtle, the common water turtle; soft-shell turtle, uʻlănă′wă; land tortoise or terrapin, tûksĭ′.
sălikwâ′yĭ—bear-grass (Eryngium); also the greensnake, on account of a fancied resemblance; the name of a former Cherokee settlement on Sallacoa creek of Coosawatee river, in Gordon county, Georgia.
Sa′nigilâ′gĭ (abbreviated Sanʻgilâ′gĭ)—Whiteside mountain, a prominent peak of the Blue ridge, southeast from Franklin, Macon county, North Carolina. It is connected with the tradition of Uʻtlûñ′ta (see [number 66] and notes).