of cases would be strongly repudiated by the people
designated by them. As a rule each tribe had a different name in every surrounding
Indian language, besides those given by Spanish, French, Dutch, or English settlers.
YCm'uiyii' — This word is compounded from yunirl (person) and yd (real or prin-
cipal). The assumption of superiority is much in evidence in Indian tribal names;
thus, the Iroquois, Delawares, and Pawnee call themselves, respectively, Ofiwe-
honwe, Leni-lenape', and Tsariksi-tsa'riks, all of which maybe rendered "men of
men," "men surpassing other men," or "real men."
KUu'hwagl — This word, which can not be analyzed, is derived from Kitu'hwa, the
name of an ancient Cherokee settlement formerly on Tuckasegee river, just above
the present Bryson City, in Swain county, North Carolina. It is noted in 1730 as
one of the "seven mother towns"of the tribe. Its inhabitants were called Ani'-
Kltu'hwagl (people of Kituhwa), and seem to have exercised a controlling influence
over those of all the towns on the waters of Tuckasegee and the upper part of Little
Tennessee, the whole body being frequently classed together as Ani'-KItu'hwagl.
The dialect of these towns held a middle place linguistically between those spoken
to the east, on the heads of Savannah, and to the west, on Hiwassee, Cheowah, and
the lower course of Little Tennessee. In various forms the word was adopted by
the Delawares, Shawano, and other northern Algonquian tribes as a synonym for
Cherokee, probably from the fact that the Kituhwa people guarded the Cherokee
northern frontier. In the form Cuttawa it appears on the French map of Vaugondy
in 1755. From a similarity of spelling, Schoolcraft incorrectly makes