hiʻyaguʻwe—an unmeaning dance refrain.
Houston, Samuel—see Kaʻlanu.
huhu—the yellow-breasted chat, or yellow mocking bird (Icteria virens); the name is an onomatope.
hunyahuʻska—“he will die.”
hwiʻlahiʻ—“thou (must) go.”
Iauʻnigu—an important Cherokee settlement, commonly known to the whites as Seneca, formerly on Keowee river, about the mouth of Conneross creek, in Oconee county, S. C. Hopewell, the country seat of General Pickens, where the famous treaty was made, was near it on the east side of the river. The word cannot be translated, but has no connection with the tribal name, Seneca.
igaguʻti—daylight. The name is sometimes applied to the ulunsuʻti (q. v.) and also to the clematis vine.
iʻhya—the cane reed (Arundinaria) of the Gulf states, used by the Indians for blow-guns, fishing rods and basketry.
ihyaʻga—see atsilʻsunti.
inaduʻ—snake.