Myths of the Cherokee / Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

by James Mooney

tatsu′hwă—the redbird.

tawa′lĭ—punk.

Tawa′lĭ-ukwanûñ′tĭ—“Punk-plugged-in,” from tawa′lĭ, punk; the Cherokee name of a traditional Shawano chief. See [number 100].

tăwi′skă, tăwi′skage—smooth, slick.

Tăwi′skălă—“Flint”; a Cherokee supernatural, the personification of the rock flint; tăwi′skălûñ′ĭ, tăwi′skălă, flint, from tăwi′skă, smooth, slick; cf. Iroquois Tăwiskaroñ. See [number 25] and notes.

Tayûnksĭ—a traditional western tribe; the name can not be analyzed. See [number 105].

Tellico—see Tălikwă′.

telûñ′lătĭ—the summer grape (Vitis æstivalis).

Tensawattee—see Ku′săweti′yĭ.

Terrapin—see Tûksi′.