Seneca—see Ani′-Nûn′dăwe′gĭ (Seneca tribe), and Iʻsû′nigû, (Seneca town).
Sequatchee—see Sĭ′gwetsĭ′.
Sequoya—see Sikwâyĭ.
Sĕʻtsĭ—a mound and traditional Cherokee settlement on the south side of Valley river, about three miles below Valleytown, in Cherokee county, North Carolina; the name has lost its meaning. See [number 79]. A settlement called Tăsĕʻtsĭ (Tassetchie in some old documents) existed on the extreme head of Hiwassee river, in Towns county, Georgia.
Sevier—see Tsan′-usdi′.
Shoe-boots—see Da′siʻgiya′gĭ.
Shooting creek—see Du′stăyaʻlûñy′yĭ.
Sĭ′gwetsĭ′—a traditional Cherokee settlement on the south bank of the French Broad river, not far from Knoxville, Knox county, Tennessee. Near by was the quarry from which it is said the stone for the white peace pipes was obtained. See [number 111] and notes. Sequatchee, the name of the river below Chattanooga, in Tennessee, is probably a corruption of the same word.
sĭ′kwă—hog; originally the name of the opossum, now distinguished as sĭ′kwă utset′stĭ, q. v.
sĭ′kwă utset′stĭ—opossum: literally “grinning hog,” from sĭ′kwă, hog, and utset′stĭ, “he grins (habitually).” Cf. sĭkwă.