Tae-keo-ge—see Taʻski′gĭ.
ta′gû—the June-bug (Allorhina nitida), also called tu′ya-dĭskalawʼsti′skĭ, “one who keeps fire under the beans.” See [number 59].
Ta′gwa—see Ani′ta′gwa.
Ta′gwădihĭ′ (abbreviated Ta′gwădi′)—“Catawba-killer,” from Ata′gwa or Ta′gwa, Catawba Indian, and dihihĭ, “he kills them” (habitually) from tsi′ihû′, “I kill.” An old masculine personal name, still in use upon the East Cherokee reservation. It was the proper name of the chief known to the whites about 1790 as “The Glass,” from a confusion of this name with adakĕ′ʻtĭ, glass, or mirror.
Tagwâ′hĭ—“Catawba place,” from Ata′gwa or Ta′gwa, Catawba Indian, and hĭ, locative. A name occurring in several places in the old Cherokee country. A settlement of this name, known to the whites as Toccoa, was upon Toccoa creek, east of Clarkesville, in Habersham county, Georgia; another was upon Toccoa or Ocoee river, about the present Toccoa, in Fannin county, Georgia; a third may have been on Persimmon creek, which is known to the Cherokee as Tagwâ′hĭ, and enters Hiwassee river some distance below Murphy, in Cherokee county, North Carolina.
Tahkeyostee—see Unta′kiyasti′yĭ.
Tahlequah—see Tălikwă′.
Tahchee—see Tătsĭ′.
Takatoka—see De′gătâ′gă.
tă′lădŭ′ (abbreviated tăldŭ′)—twelve, from tă′lĭ, two. Cf. tăla′tŭ, cricket.