tewa—flying squirrel; sălâ′lĭ, gray squirrel; kiyuʻga, ground squirrel.
Thomas, W. H.—see Wil-usdi′.
Tĭkwăli′tsĭ—a name occurring in several places in the old Cherokee country, viz: 1. Tuckalegee creek, a tributary of War-woman creek, east of Clayton, in Rabun county, Georgia; 2. the Tĭkwăli′tsĭ of the story, an important town on Tuckasegee river at the present Bryson City, in Swain county, North Carolina; 3. Tuckalechee cove, on Little river, in Blount county, Tennessee, which probably preserves the aboriginal local name. The name appears in old documents as Tuckarechee (Lower dialect) and Tuckalegee, and must not be confounded with Tsĭksĭ′tsĭ or Tuckasegee. It can not be translated. See [number 100] and notes.
Tlâge′sĭ—“Field”; the Cherokee name for Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Stringfield of Waynesville, North Carolina, one of the officers of the Cherokee contingent in the Thomas Legion. It is an abbreviated rendering of his proper name.
tlâge′sitûñ′—a song form for tlâge′sĭ a-stûñ′ĭ, “on the edge of the field,” from tlâge′sĭ, or tsâge′sĭ, field, and astûñ′ĭ, edge, border, etc; ăma′yăstûñ′, “the bank of a stream.” See [number 24].
tla′mehă—bat (dialectic forms, tsa′mehă, tsa′wehă). See page [187].
tlanu′sĭ′—leech (dialectic form, tsanu′sĭ′). See page [187].
Tlanusi′yĭ (abbreviated Tlanusi′)—“Leech place,” a former important settlement at the junction of Hiwassee and Valley rivers, the present site of Murphy, in Cherokee county, North Carolina; also a point on Nottely river, a few miles distant, in the same county. See [number 77] and notes. The name appears also as Clennuse, Klausuna, Quoneashee, etc.
tlă′nuwă′ (dialectic forms, tsănuwă′, sû′năwă′, “sinnawah”—Adair)—a mythic great hawk. See [numbers 35], [64], [65], also page 187.