Welch, Lloyd—see Da′siʻgiya′gĭ.
wesă—cat; a corruption of “pussy.”
White-path—see Nûñnâ′hĭ-tsune′ga.
Willstown—a former important settlement, so called from the halfbreed chief known to the whites as Red-headed Will, on Will’s creek below Fort Payne, in Dekalb county, Alabama. The settlement was frequently called from him Wili′yĭ, “Will’s place,” but this was not the proper local name.
Wĭlsĭnĭ′—the Cherokee name for H. W. Spray, agent and superintendent for the East Cherokee reservation; an adaptation of his middle name, Wilson.
Wil-usdi′—“Little Will,” from Wilĭ′, Will and usdi′ga or usdi′, little. The Cherokee name for Colonel W. H. Thomas, for many years the recognized chief of the eastern band.
Wissactaw—see găhăwĭ′sita.
Wolftown—see Waʻyâ′hĭ.
Wootassite, Wrosetasatow—see Outacity.
Wude′ligûñ′yĭ—the west; literally “there where it (the sun) goes down” (w prefixed implies distance, yĭ, locative). See also Usûñhi′yĭ and wusûhihûñ′yĭ.