telunʻlati—the summer grape (Vitis aestivalis).
Tenaswattee—see Kuʻsawetiʻyi.
Terrapin—see Tuksiʻ.
tewa—a flying squirrel; salaʻli, gray squirrel; kiyu ga, ground squirrel.
Thomas, W. H.—see Wil-usdiʻ.
Tikwaliʻtsi—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, Ga.; 2. the Tikiwaliʻtsi of the story, an important town on Tuckasegee river at the present Bryson City, in Swain county, N. C. 3. Tuckalechee cove, on Little river, in Blount county, Tenn., 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 Tsiksiʻtsi or Tuckasegee. It cannot be translated.
Timossy—see Tomassee.
Tlageʻsi—“Field”; the Cherokee name for Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Stringfield of Waynesville, N. C., one of the officers of the Cherokee contingent in the Thomas Legion. It is an abbreviated rendering of his proper name.
tlageʻsitunʻ—a song form for tlageʻsia-stunʻi, “on the edge of the field,” from a stream.
tlaʻmeha—bat (dialectic forms, tsaʻmeha, tsaʻweha).