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Nomenclature notes: suggested changes to place names

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  • /a- ' ;*^£ i^w..«f»- ' ■."--}. / SUGGESTED CHANGES OF LOCAL NAMES in N. C. area of GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. The Nomenclature Committee of the North Carolina Park Commission has found so many duplications and reduplications of local names in the Smoky Mountains National Park area that changes should be made to prevent confusion. For instance, there are now five Big Creeks on the North Carolina side, five Big Branches, four Indian Creeks, four Long Branches, three Bear Creeks, three Nettle Creeks, three Stillhouse Branches. In the following provisional list an attempt has been made to substitute, in such cases, names suggestive of local features, or Cherokee Indian names, or, in any case, names that have a pleasant sound instead of harsh or meaningless ones. No personal names are used, other than Indian. Many Indian names that would otherwise be appropriate have been ruled out by reason of their excessive length, or because they are difficult for whites to pronounce. Those here suggested are short and musical. They are spelled in such way as to suggest their proper pronunciation by English- speaking people, and not according to the Continental system used by scientists. ."No- auggerstlons haveRbeen made-," for the time being'r""as to changes of names in the Cataloochee and Big Creek (of Pigeon) regions. Haywood Countyppeople»may first be consulted about them. But in the following list there is'no-duplication of their names anywhere in the rest of the area, with the sole exception of Sugar Fork (see-note 21). Numbers here refer to footnotes. Old Name. v Baxter Creek, Loveer. N Baxter Creek, Upper v Bear* Creek x Bear Creek - Bear Creek Beech Creek - Beech Creek r Big Creek - Big Creek - Big Creek • Big Creek, Lower ' Big Creek, Upper Location. Big Creek. Cataloochee Big Creek Forney Creek Cataloochee Deep Creek Head