Creek-path—see Kuʻsa-nunnaʻhi.
Crow-town—see Kagunʻyi.
Cuhtahlatah—a Cherokee woman noted in the Wahnenauhi manuscript as having distinguished herself by bravery in battle. The proper form may have some connection with gatunʻlati, “wild hemp.”
Cullasagee—see Kulseʻtsiʻyi.
Cullowhee, Currahee—see Gulahiʻyi.
Cuttawa—see Kituʻhwa.
Dagan tu—“he makes it rain”; from agaʻska, “it is raining,” agaʻna, “it has begun to rain”; a small variety of lizard whose cry is said to presage rain. It is also called aʻnigantiʻski, “they make it rain” (plural form), or rain-maker.
dagul ku—the American white-fronted goose. The name may be an onomatope.
daguʻna—the fresh-water mussel; also a variety of face pimples.
Dagunʻhi—“Mussel place,” from daguʻna, mussel, and hi, locative. The Mussel shoals on Tennessee river, in northwestern Alabama. It was sometimes called also simply Tsu stanalunʻyi, “Shoal’s place.”