Tăʻlasĭ′—a former Cherokee settlement on Little Tennessee river, about Talassee ford, in Blount county, Tennessee. The name has lost its meaning.
Talassee—see Tăʻlasĭ′.
tăla′tŭ—cricket; sometimes also called dita′staye′skĭ (q. v.), “the barber.” Cf. tă′lădŭ′, twelve.
Tâle′danigi′skĭ (Utâle′danigi′sĭ, in a dialectic form)—variously rendered by the whites “Hemp-carrier,” “Nettle-carrier” or “Flax-toter,” from tâle′ta or utâle′ta, flax (Linum) or rich weed (Pilea pumila), and danigi′skĭ, “he carries them (habitually).” A former prominent chief on Valley river, in Cherokee county, North Carolina. See [number 95] and notes.
Talihina—given as the name of the Cherokee wife of Samuel Houston; the form cannot be identified. See page [223].
Tălikwă′ (commonly written Tellico, Telliquo or, in the Indian Territory, Tahlequah)—the name of several Cherokee settlements at different periods, viz: 1. Great Tellico, at Tellico Plains, on Tellico river, in Monroe county, Tennessee; 2. Little Tellico, on Tellico creek of Little Tennessee river, about ten miles below Franklin, in Macon county, North Carolina; 3. a town on Valley river, about five miles above Murphy, in Cherokee county, North Carolina; 4. Tahlequah, established as the capital of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, in 1839. The meaning of the name is lost.
Tali′wă—the site of a traditional battle between the Cherokee and Creeks about 1755, on Mountain (?) creek of Etowah river in upper Georgia. Probably not a Cherokee but a Creek name from the Creek ta′lua or ita′lua, town. See pages [38] and [384]–[385].
Talking-rock—see Nûñyû′-gûñwani′skĭ.
Tallulah—see Tălulŭ′.
Tăl-tsu′skă′— “Two-heads,” from tă′lĭ, two, and tsu′skă′, plural of uskă′, (his) head. A Cherokee chief about the year 1800, known to the whites as Doublehead.