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  • Stillhouse Branch Stillhouse Branch Stillhouse Branch Sugar Fork Sugar Fork Slick Rock Braneh Slick Rock Branch Woody Branch Woody Branch Cataloochee Hazel Creek Straight Fork Cataloochee Hazel Creek Hazel Creek (upper) " " (lower) Cataloochee Forney Creek Penland Branch Stillhouse Branch Thumper Branch (21) Messer Fork Sugar Fork Slick Rock Braneh Spicewood Branch Woody Branch Gray Wolf Branch Corrections on N.C.Park Coram.'s Map July 1930 Issue. Arror. Raven's Fork Rip Shine Thicket Gun Stick Laurel Correct Form. Raven Fork Ripshin Thicket Gunstick Laurel (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) GUNLSETA, SABLES. KSE-YUGA, GUNNA. CBASTEEN. rn i VTT« XlL x . J.J. . SALOLA. NUNDA. TAWSESKT. ^UILLARES. KAMAMA. THOMAS RIDGE. Welch Divide II u **!* Pj^. /^ .-^ W... W-- ;-.-.. -■,-- /^ ■'. - a* .-.;■* Pj*. ?p -",-. -.* 5|^ ^% ^C FOOTNOTES. A chief of the ancient Cherokees. "Long Breath" Leader of those executed ^oj General Scott near Bryson City. (Mooney spells the name Tsali; but the ts in Cherokee is difficult for whites to pronounce.) Cherokee for "Ground Squirrel" Cherokee for Turkey. The present local name, instead of Lower Big Creek. Derived from Chasteen Reagan,pioneer. A chief's name. "Flying Squirrel" Celebrated Cherokee metal worker. Also name of post-office on Noland Creek. Cherokee for Sun or Moon, a mythological figure, Cherokee for Slick. Mountaineers' name for the wood thrush. Cherokee for Butterfly. After Col. W.H.Thomas, adopted son of Yonaguska and agent for the Eastern Cherokees. (See his ifa in MooneyJ So named by Hazel Creek pioneers, instead of West Forney Ridge. WELCH DIVIDE. SHAWANO RIDGl JORES. WAHOO. XATALSTA. Daughter of Yonaguska. Noted as pottery maker. . See Mooney's "Myths of the Cherokee-' p. 406. A Shawano war party halted here to make arrows. Ancient Cherokee name of the Nantahala range. Also mountaineers' name for the Townee bird. The Winged Elm; also the Burning Bush or Indian Arrow. Cherokee name of Screech Owl is Wa-hoo-hoc
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