Joel Bryan Mayes (Tsa-wa Gak-ski, Ꮳ Ꮹ ᎦK ᏍᎩ, in Cherokee) (1833 – 1891) was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Early life and educationHe was born in present-day Bartow County, Georgia on October...
The names you will find in this project does not necessarily mean that this is a direct translation from Cherokee to English, many times it was a nickname.
A
Abraham - Ooskiah and/or Eh-Qua-Ha-Me
A-Chin-Nih Ga-Da-La-Nuh - Jennie Big Feather
Adair, Rollin K. - Takatoka
Adair, Thomas Meigs - Skiya
Adair, Walter - Black Watt
Adair, Walter Scott - Red Watt
Adair, William Penn - Augona or Coluna
A-Da-We - Jennie Walker
A-Doe-He - Walker
Ad-Se-Le-Ta-Ski - Falling Blossom
Ah-Cay-We - Blind
Ah-Cha-Te - Fish
Ah-Cle-Daw-He-Sequah-Neet - Runabout Youngpig
Ah-Da-Luh-Ac-Te-Yuh - Treasure
Ah-Daw-See-Nee - Procter
Ah-Day-Luh-A-Quah - Big Dollar
Ah-Dee-Tus-Kee - Drinker
Ah-Ga-Lo-Ga - Whirlwind
Ah-Gee-Na-Yuh-Gih - Groundhog In The Hole
Ah-Har-Ner - Bunch
Ah-Hi-Sa-Ta-Skee - Taking The Dew Off
Ah-He-Wa-Te-Kee - Jumping In The River
Ah-Koo-Yuh - Nancy George
Ah-Kum-Ne - Badge or Long Tom
Ah-Ma-Ah-Chu-Chu - Backwater
Ah-Ma-Cho-Yah - Mixedwater
Ah-Ma-De-Ski - Calling For Water
Ah-Ma-Ga-Na-Stuh - Sweetwater
Ah-Ma-Suy-Ah - Mixwater
Ah-Ma-Tah-Hee - Waterkiller
Ah-Mer-Too-Quak - Tah-Cheas
Ah-Muh-Ah-Chun-Nuh - Backwater
Ah-Ni-Hi Noxie- Trixie Starr
Ah-Ni-Wake - Charlotte Ann Towers and/or Mrs. Anna Conner
Ah-Quah-Ta-Kee - Fields
Ah-senos-te - Genius
Ah-Stah-Wut-Tih - Chair
Ah-Su-To-Yah - Pike
Ah-Te-Tle-Daw-He - Runabout
Ah-Way - Deer
Ah-Wee-Ah-Nee-Ta - Youngdeer
Ah-Whay-Qua - Elk
Ah-Wih-Guh-Gah - Deer In The Water
Ah-Won-Kee - Delaware
Ah-Yn-Tak-Ke - John Procter
Ai-Tsi - Emily (Cochran) Bird
All Bones - Caw-Lah-Hah
Al-Le-Teek - Runner
A-Luh-Quah - Big Dollar
Ama-Ye-Kah - Sinking Water
Ana-Nee-Yes-Kee - Soldier
Ancoowah - Big Pigeon
An-Ne-Ye-Lee - Crier
A-Qua-Take - Walker
Aquo-Tague - Little Turkey's Son
Ar-Dar-Lar-Tee-Ski - Lewis Locust
Ar-Het-E - Carried
Ar-Ne-Le-Kah-Yah - Amy Scattered
Arrow Keeper - Cun-Su-Wa-Yih
Ar-Sto-Ta-Ta - William Baldridge
Ar-Ya-Le-No-No-Yah-Kee - Middlestriker
Ar-Yor-Cah - Delilah Nevins
As-Too-Gar-To-Ge - Standing In The Door
Atowayne - William Spencer Walkley
Augona - William Penn Adair
Au-Nah-Hee - Fannie Myrtle (Keys) Leforce
Ay-Ne-Rosa Jane Henry
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Backwater - Ah-Muh-Ah-Chun-Nuh or Ah-Ma-Ah-Chu-Chu
Badge - Ah-Kum-Ne or Long Tom
Badger - James Trott
Baldridge, Captain - Gah-Now-Saw-Ski
Baldridge, George - Oo-Wa-Tee-Ske
Baldridge, William - Ar-Sto-Ta-Ta
Bark - Oo-Hul-Loo-Ke or Chu-Hu-Le-Ka
Barton, Edwin Harley - Oonodet
Bean - Do-Yah or Tu-Yah
Bean Bread - George W. Crittenden
Bear - Yah-Na or Yo-Nah
Bear Cover - Ya-Na-Oo-Noo-Wih
Beard - Char-Char
Bear Meat - Yah-Choo-Hoo-Me-Yuh or Yah-Na-Wa-Caw
Bear Paw - Ya-Na-Wa
Beaumont - Yona-Quah
Beaver - Da-You-Ne-Ta or Da-Yih
Beck, Martha - Cha-Wa-Yoo-Gah Beck
Bell - Chee-Naw-Yuh-Kih or Hooley or Charley Mills
Benge, Patsy - White Girl or Ga-Ha-Yuh-Ga
Berry - Kwa-Ye
Big Acorn - Koo-La-Quah
Big Chu-Ee - Chu-Ee-E-Quah or John Brown
Big Dollar - A-Luh-Quah or Ah-Day-Luh-A-Quah
Big Drum - Oo-La-Gah
Big Drum, Joe - Joe Three Killer
Big Feather - Gah-Dah-La-Nuh
Big Feather, Jennie - A-Chin-Nih Ga-Da-La-Nuh
Big Knee - Te-Guh-Ne-Guh-La-Na
Big Mush - Un-Stah-Wah or El-Sta-Quah
Big Steer - Con-Ala-Que
Big Thighs - William Boling or Oo-Kee-Se-Neet-Tee
Big Witch - Te-Tun-Nus-Ke
Bird - Chee-Squaw
Bird Chopper, Moses *BCW - Buffalo White Killer *ACW
Bird, Emily (Cochran) - Ai-Tsi
Biter (The) - Oo-Skal-Kee
Black Bat - Guh-Ne-Ga-Ye
Black Fox - E-Nor-Le
Black Haw - Cah-Nee-Gah
Black Watt - Walter Adair
Blanket - Oo-Na-Guh-Hah
Blind - Ah-Cay-We
Blossom - Oo-Cheel-Daw-Suh
Blue - O-See or Say-Go-Nee-Gay
Blue Eye - Choo-Ta-Gee-Ta-Lih
Boat Splitter or Boss - Guh-Nee-Duh
Bold Eagle - Richard Henry Crittenden
Bolin, Jackson *ACW - Choo-Da-Gee-Da *BCW
Boling, William - Big William or Oo-Kee-Se-Neet-Tee
Boss, James - Oo-Wa-Hos-Eh
Boudinot, Elias - Buck Deer or Gul-La-Gee-Nah
Boudinot, Frank Josiah - Colonah or Kaw-La-Nah or Raven
Brains - Oo-Nar-Che-Ta
Brewer - Chalagatee
Broken Canoe - Che-You-De-Gah-Law-Ski
Brown, John - Chu-Ee-E-Qua or Big Chu-ee
Brown, John W. - Scoy
Brown, Martin R. - Tuxie
Buck - Ga-Lee-Ge-Nah
Buck Deer - Elias Boudinot
Buck Rabbit - Te-Nan-Le-Skee
Buckskin - Oo-Chaw-Way-Duh or Oo-Juh-Wa-Dih or George Waters
Buffington, John Ross - Cooweescoowee
Bug - Scoy-Yuh
Bug Tucker - Charlie Tucker or Ta-You-Ne-Se
Bullette, George - Pendoxey
Bull Frog - Ca-Noo-Nuh or Dun-A-Waws
Bunch - Ah-Har-Ner
Bunch Of Arrows - Con-Nut-See
Burns, Etta - Si-Hs-Sli
Bushyhead - Oo-Notota
Butler, Tom - Ot-Sah
Butter - Go-Kla-Nah
Buzzard - Suh-Le or Oo-La-Na-Ste-Ske
Buzzard Flopper - Te-Saw-Wis-Ke
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Ca-Ga-A-Les-Ke - Walkabout
Cah-Ka-Tah - Heavy
Cah-La-Lo-Tie - High Beaver
Cah-Na-See-Nee - Conseene
Cah-Na-Soo-Tuh *BCW - Tom Wilson *ACW
Cah-Na-Soo-Yah - Fishinghawk
Cah-Nee-Gah - Black Haw
Cah-Ski-La or Gah-Ski-La - Chair
Cah-Stah-Yees-Tee - Whiplash
Ca-La-Chih - Wickett
Calling For Water - Ah-Ma-De-Ski
Ca-Na-Ski-Ski - Stealy or Wiley
Can-Des-Ke - Triplett
Can't Do It - Chu-No-Las-Ka
Cany - Kal-Say-Ge
Ca-Noo-Nuh - Bull Frog
Canought, George *HR - Ut-Ta-Gees-Kili *CR
Car-Tah - Dirt
Cardwell, Rachel - E-No-Li
Car-No-Ske-Sky - Stealer
Carried - Ar-Het-E
Cat - Way-Saw
Catawba Killer - Dah-Quah-Te-Hee
Catch A Coon - De-Ga-Ne-Ski
Catcher - De-He-Te-Ga-Ne-Ski
Catt, James - Te-Ca-Se-Na-Geh
Cauquelehanah - Thigh
Caw-Ca-Lees-Ky *BCW - Henry Walkabout *ACW
Caw-Dee-Ski - Spade
Caw-Lah-Hah - All Bones
Caw-Luh-Nah - Raven
Chair - Ah-Stah-Wut-Tih or Cah-Ski-La
Chalagatee - Brewer
Cha-La-Ge or Ja-La-Ge - Cherokee
Chamberlain, Arthur Fanshaw - Sequoyah
Chamberlain, Dolly Edith - Oo-Loo-Tsa
Chamberlain, Nelson B. - See-Yah
Chamberlain, Wm. Clifford Su-Sen-Kee
Cha-Nee-Da-Wih - John Towih
Char-Char - Beard
Char-De-Hee - Threekiller
Cha-Ta-Gah - Chicken
Chauouke - Nettie (Smith) Hutchins
Cha-Wa-Ke - Sarah Emily (Welch) Tell
Cha-Wa-Yoo-Gah, Beck - Martha Beck
Cheater - Ga-La-Noo-Has-Ske
Cheating Blue - Ga-La-Noo-He-Ske
Chee-Ah-Ca-Nee-Ski - Otter Sitter
Chee-Naw-Yuh-Kih - Bell
Chee-Squaw - Bird
Chee-Squah-Ah-Ne-Te - Youngbird
Chee-Squaw-Gee-Gah-Ga - Redbird
Cherry - Ge-Tah-Yah
Chees-Too-Ga-La-Kee - Climbing Rabbit
Chee-Ta-Ke - Thrower
Chenaseh Weely - Margaret Nofire
Che-Oo-La - Weaver
Cherokee - Cha-La-Ge or Ja-La-Ge
Cherokee Woman - Sandi Garrett
Che-Squah - Samuel Smith
Chesquah-Teleana - Yellow Bird
Che-Squal-Lan-Ta - Knob or Chicksaw
Che-Tah-Guh-Ah-Chuh-Yuh - Chicken Rooster
Che-Tah-Guh-Ne-Duh - Young Chicken
Che-Yah - Otter
Che-You-De-Gah-Law-Ski - Broken Canoe or Boat Splitter
Chia-Kineskie - Otter Lifter
Chickasaw - Knob or Che-Squal-Lan-Ta
Chickasaw-Tehee - Chickasaw Killer
Chicken - Cha-Ta-Gah
Chicken Rooster - Che-Tah-Guh-Ah-Chuh-Yuh
Chiouke - Eliza Ann (Daniel) Journeycake
Chisgau-Kyah - Thomas Fox Thompson
Chn-No-Ya-Kee - Long Foot
Choo-Chi-Lah-Dish - Rider
Choo-Cow-Wa-Loo-Skee - Mellowbug
Choo-Da-Gee-Da *BCW - Jackson Bolin
Choo-He-Sut-Tah - Dew
Choo-Kah-Wal-Sti - Price
Choo-Kee-Osk - Getting Away
Choo-Noo-La-Husky - Janalusky
Choon-Sut-La - Thicket
Choo-Ta-Gee-Ta-Lih - Blue Eyes
Christie - Guh-Lay-We-Ski
Chu-Cloe - Martin or Clu-Clu
Chucalate, Wesley - Water Falling
Chuconsene - Dragging Canoe
Chu-Ee - John Brown or Chu-Ee-E-Quah
Chu-Estoo-E - Tobacco Smokes
Chuh-Suh-Woh-Lah - Johnson Spade
Chu-Hu-Le-Ka - Bark
Chu-Lah - Fox
Chu-Lau-Darda-Gee - Cornsucker
Chul-Cul-La - Daugherty
Chu-Le-Gih-Sih - Ned Welch
Chuleoah - Boots
Chu-Na-Noo - Lizzard
Chu-Na-Yuh-Gih - Rattler
Chu-Ne-Yan-Gee - Hatchet
Chu-Nokla - Smoke
Chu-No-La-Gee - Rising Smoke
Chu-No-Las-Ka - Can't Do It
Chu-Ta-Na - John Fox
Chuquahlatague - Doublehead
Chutlow - Kingfisher
Chu-Wall-See - Joe Welch
Chu-Wa-Lu-Kee - Robert Falling
Cla-Noo-Sih - Leach
Clanteestah - The Pheasant or Clon-Te-Sta
Clark, Johnson - Johnson Henson
Clark, W. H. - Oo-Law-Hut
Clay - Ga-Da-Quah-Lih
Cler-Nor-Ter - Playing Before The Fire
Climbing Rabbit - Chees-Too-Ga-La-Kee
Clogase - William Henry Martin
Clon-Te-Sta - Clanteestah or The Pheasant
Cloud - Oo-Law-Gill
Clu-Clu - Martin or Chu-Cloe
Cluh-Dutch - Panther
Clun-Tee-Sta - Monroe Amory Keys
Cochran, William Penn - Coluna
Cold - Cun-Ne-Wa-Geh
Col-Lo-Ne-Hees-Kee - Deceiver
Colonah - Frank Josiah Boudinot
Colston, Richard - Teal-Too-Ta-Ke
Coluna - Willie Penn (Adair) (Martin) Cochran
Coming Deer - Ho-Wee-Te-Yo-He
Con-A-La-Que - Big Steer
Conaluga - Nannie E. Lipe
Con-Na-Suh-Ta - Trash
Conner, Anna - Ahiwake
Con-No-Sa-Skee - Trash Picker
Con-Nut-See - Bunch of Arrows
Conseene - Cah-Na-See-Nee or Harry Hughes
Consene, John - Quh-La-Net or Quh-La-Lut
Coo-Hee, Lewis - John Ross
Coo-Kah - The Crow
Coon - Ker-Kee or Kun-Lih
Coo-Wah-Ne-Dah - Little Mulberry
Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee - Ross or John Ross Buffington or Chief John Ross
Cornatzer, Cyrus Cicero - See-Ta-Way-See-Cah
Cornshucker - Ju-Lo-Da-De-Gy
Cornsilk - Oo-Na-Noo-Te
Cornsucker - Chu-Lau-Darda-Gee
Corntassel - Te-Cah-Ne-Ye-Skee
Cot-Sut-Te-Hee - Creek Killer
Cowana - Juliette Melvina (Shrimsher) Robison
Crack Skin - Shin Striker or Weavels or Oo-Wa-Neh
Crane - Ta-Gu-Ka-Lar
Creek Killer - Cot-Sut-Te-Hee
Crier - An-Ne-Ye-Lee
Crittenden, George W. - Bean Bread or Tickanooly
Crittenden, Richard Henry - Bold Eagle or Wahala
Crow (The) - Coo-Kah
Crowell, Mary Elizabeth - Ka-Ha-Yu-Ka
Cuh-Wa-Noo-Nee-Te - Youngduck
Cul-Sti-Ih - Sally Wolfe
Cummings - Sequichy
Cun-De-Sta-Chih - Wasp
Cunneheet, John - Ten-La-Whis-Tah
Cun-Ne-Wa-Gih - Cold
Cun-Su-Wa-Yih - Arrow Keeper
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Da-Da-Con-Tah - Looking
Da-Ga-Da - Wind or Whirlwind
Da-Go-Do-Go - John Kenneth Glass
Da-Goo-Dah - Dirt Thrower
Da-Gwan-Se-Nih - Glory
Dah-Gusy-Noo-Chuh-Lu-Kuh - Sweetbee
Dah-Quah-Te-Hee - Catawba Killer
Dah-Wih-Suh-Ne-Lih - Feeling
Da-Ka-Do-Ga - Suagee
Da-La-Ke-Tee-Yah - Money Watcher
Da-Ma-Ga - Horsefly
Daniel, Eliza Ann - Chiouke
Dar-Ki - Eli or Dorcas (Foreman) Tadpole
Daugherty - Chul-Cul-La
Davis - Da-We-Sih
Davis, Jemima Winnie - Walleah
Da-We-Sih - Davis
Daw-Ser - Towser
Da-Yee-Ski - Mellowbuh or Mellowbug
Da-You-Ne-Ta - Beaver or Young Beaver
Deceiver - Col-Lo-Ne-Hees-Kee
De-Da-Chee-Na - Sled
De-Dah-You-Hih - Dodging or Going Around
Deep Creek Bass - Wo-Seh-Hih
Deer - Ah-Way
Deer In The Water - Oo-Dah-Ne-Yuh-Duh
Dee-Say-Es-Kee - Pulling
De-Ga-Daw - Mary Stand
De-Ga-Ees-Ky - Swimmer
De-Ga-Le-Sar-Duh-Ske - Hitcher
De-Ga-Ne-Ski - Catch A Coon
De-Ga-Saw-Da-Gih - Kick Up
De-Ga-Yuh-Gis - Sam Patrick
De-Hi-Te-Ga-Ne-Ski - Catcher
De-Ka-Hoo-Sky - Watermelon
De-Lan-Dee-Ske - Starting
Delaware - Ah-Won-Ke
De-Soo-Gaw-Sky - Scraper
De-Soo-Lass-Ke - Washing Hands
De-Squa-Da-Na-Ga-You-Le - Wrinklesides
De-Sta-Dah-Gee - Jumper
De-Suh-Doo-Huh-Skee - Muskrat
Dew - Choo-He-Sut-Tah
Digging A Hole Deeper - Te-Ga-Nuh-Way-De-Ske
Dirt - Whisk-Ta or Car-Tah
Dirteater - Gah-Duh-Gee-Skih or Ga-Nee-Yah-Ih
Dirt Thrower - Da-Goo-Dah or Ga-Do-Dah-Geh
Dobson - Oo-Le-Stoo-Hit
Dodging or Going Around - De-Dah-You-Hih
Do-Nah-Na-Luh - Vann
Downing - Tah-Ga-Nee-See or Oo-Na-Guh-Hah
Downing, Soull - Oo-Te-Ska-Lee
Do-Yah - Bean
Dragger or Dragging - Cun-See-Nee or Conseene
Dragging Canoe - Gee-You-Gah-Nuh-See-Nih
Drinker - Ah-Dee-Tus-Kee
Drivear - Ka-Ta-Ta
Dropping - Oo-Wa-Ha-Sa-Hih
Drowning Bear - Thigh
Drum - Ta-Ka-Klu-Ka
Drum Thrower - Tobacco
Dry For Water - Oo-Ta-Da-Ge-Ski
Dry Water - Oo-Ta-De-Gee-Ske
Duck - Kah-Woh-Nuh
Duh-Na-Way-Lan-Choo-Da-Cuh - Wright Acorn
Duh-Nee-Suh-Nih - John Murphy
Dum Boy - Tune-To-Eseh
Dun-A-Waws or Ca-Noo-Nuh - Bullfrog
Duncan, John Ellis - Red Cloud
Duncan, Mary Elizabeth - Ka-Ha-Yu-Ke
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Ecullah - Meridian
E-Da-Gus-Tah - Bill Mills
Edmondson, Augustus Van - Kluntutchy or Lion
Edmondson, Buelah Benton - Indian Princess
Edmondson, Florence - Calela
Eh-Se-Ke - Isaac
E-Ju-La-Ha - Goody
E-La-Que - Snail
Elk - Ah-Whay-Qua or How-A-Quah
Elliot, James E. - Oo-Cha-La-Ta
Ellis, Dave - David Longfoot
El-Sta-Quah - Big Mush or Un-Stah-Wa
E-Nah-Gay-E - Forrest or Forest
E-No-Li - Hrbert Worchester Hicks or Rachel (Cardwell) Hicks
E-Nor-Le - Black Fox
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Falling - Chu-Wa-Lu-Ke- or Ga-Le-Ga-La-Ski
Falling Blossom - Ad-Se-Le-Ta-Ski or Oo-Ne-Cha-Da-Saw or Ah-Che-Loo-Te-Ski
Feather - Se-Le-Wo-Yah
Fedder - Se-Le-War-Yah
Feeling - Dah-Yuh-Suh-Ne-Lih
Fence - Ga-Da-Guh
Field - Ah-Quah-Ta-Kee
Fields, John - Chu-Ta-Na
Fish - Ah-Chu-Te
Fishinghawk - Cah-Na-Soo-Yah
Five Killer - Heski-Tee-Hee
Flee - Soo-Guh
Floating - Oo-Wa-Wah-Se-Dih
Floating Down The Stream - Oo-Wa-Huh-Ti
Floating Ice - Te-Cah-Na-Se-Na
Flying - Guar-Nor-He-Le
Fodder - Sal-A-Wo-Ya
Fogg - Oo-Cur-Har-Ter
Foreman, Dorcus - Dar-Ki
Forest or Forrest - E-Nah-Gay-E
Fox - Chu-Lah
Fox, John - Nar-Ya-Hee
Fox Squirrel - Saw-La-Le-Wah-De
French - Gar-Ler-Gi
Frog - Te-Sas-Ke or War-Loo-Se
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Ga-Da-Guh - Fence
Ga-Da-Qual-Lih - Clay
Ga-De-Quah-Skee - Sunday
Ga-Do-La-Skuh - Land Track
Ga-Doo-Dah-Gih or Da-Goo-Dah - Dirt Thrower
Ga-Ha-Yuh-Ga - White Girl or Patsy Benge
Gah-Dah-La-Nuh - Big Feather
Gah-Duh-Gee-Skih - Dirteater
Gah-Lee-Stoo-Huh-Skee - Kingfisher (Will)
Gah-Na-Loo-Ge-Eh - Spiker
Gah-Na-Skees-Ke - Stealer
Gah-Noo-Ta-Ya-Hih - Rope Twister
Gah-Now-Saw-Ski - Captain Baldridge
Gah-Ski-La or Cah-Ski-La - Chair
Ga-La-Ne-Da - God
Ga-La-Noo-Has-Kee - Cheater or Cheating Blue
Ga-Lee-Ge-Nah - Buck
Ga-Le-Ga-La-Ski - Falling
Galela - Mrs. Florence Edmondson
Ga-Lo-Huh-Sky - Watie, John
Ga-Lo-Nu-Skee - Jennie Tucker
Gal-Quah-Ge-Ke-Lih-Uh-Ne-Te - Seven Puppies or Seven Fields
Ga-Luh-Duh - Lane
Ga-Lun-Dih - Jack High
Ga-Na-He-La-Gih - Hunting
Ga-Na-He-Lee - Jackson Killer
Ga-Na-Na-De-Ski - Hogshooter
Ga-Ne-Da - Long Life
Ga-Nee-Yah-Ih - Dirteater
Gar-Ler-Gi - French
Garrett, Forrest - E-Nah-Gay-E
Garrett, Robert Bruce - Oochalata
Garrett, Sandi - Cherokee Woman
Garrett, Susan Frances - Khawk
Ga-So-Ge-Sky - John Hardbarger
Ga-Te-Tolo-Eh - Hail
Ga-Ye-Go-Gih - Story
Gay-Yah-Taw-Yih - Going Astray
Gee-Stah- Rabbit
Gee-You-Gah-Nuh-See-Nih - Dragging Canoe
Ge-Ga-Gay - Red
George, Nancy - Ah-Koo-Yah
Genius - Ah-Se-Nos-Te
Ge-Tah-Yah - Cherry
Getting Away - Choo-Kee-Osk
Gist, George - Sequoyah or George Guess
Glass, John Kenneth - Da-Go-Do-Gah
Glory - Da-Gwan-Se-Nih
Glu-Kuh - John Martin
Go Around - Ah-Da-Yo-Hih or Jar-Wa-Gar
God - Ga-La-Ne-Da
Go-He-Na-Ee - Grape
Going Around or Dodging - De-Dah-You-Hih
Going Astray - Gay-Yah-Taw-Yih
Going Back - Oo-Se-Nah
Going Down - Oo-Wa-Huh-Ti
Going Starr - Nok-Se-Ah-Nah
Go-Kla-Nah - Butter or Budder
Goody - E-Ju-La-Ha
Goose - Sah-Sah
Gourd String - Koo-Koot-Lour
Gow-Sun-Nees-Tee - Whip
Grape - Go-He-Na-Ee
Grasshopper - Wah-Chech-Ah
Grease, Ned - Stinking Fat
Griffen, Eliza - Lesi-Saluaya
Grimmett, William - William Triplett
Gritts - Na-Wat
Groundhog - O-Gah-Nuh
Groundhog In The Hole - Ah-Gu-Na-Yuh-Gih
Guar-Nor-He-le - Flying
Guess, George - Sequoyah or George Gist
Guh-Heh - Wild Cat
Guh-Lay-We-Ski - Christie
Gu-Lun-Da-Ski - Road
Gul-Stoo-Hus-Kee - Levi Walkingstick
Gun-Na-Ah-Guh-Nuh-Lee - Old Turkey
Gun-Nay - Turkey
Guh-nee-Duh - Boss
Guh-Nee-Ga-Yuh-Lih - Old Turkey
Guh-Ne-Ga-Ye - Black Bat
Guh-Nuh-Dah-Tla-Gih - Ridge
Gul-La-Gee-Nah - Elias Boudinot
H
Hail - Ga-Te-Tlo-Eh
Hamilton, Neppie Leona - Utiya
Hardbarger, John - Ga-So-Ge-Sky
Hart - Naw-Whe
Hatchet - Chu-Ne-You-Gee
Hawk, Alexander - Ta-Wa-Dih
Ha-Yel-Sti-Ga-Nuh-Heat - Long Knife
Hayes, Eliza - Lesi-Saluaya
Head Through - Sco-Oo-Ta-Kee
Heavy - Cah-Ka-Tah
Hendricks, Thomas Jr. - Teeseeyauke
Henry, Rosa Jane - Ay-Ni
Henson, Johnson - Johnson Clark
Heski-Tee-Hee - Fivekiller
Hicks, Herbert Winchester - E-No-Li
Hicks, Rachel - E-No-Li
High Beaver - Cah-La-Lo-Tie
High, Jack - Ga-Lun-Dih
Hildebrand, Lucinda - Luski
Hildebrand, Mike - See-Da-Nah
Hill, Maul - Squal-E-Ta-Ke
Hitchcock, Etta - Si-Hs-Sli
Hitcher - De-Ga-Le
Hitching - Tee-Ga-Saw-Duh-Skee
Hogshooter - Ga-Na-Na-De-Ski or Se-Quah-Ne-Yah
Hogshooter, Skiddie - Oo-La-Cuh-Duh
Hogshooter, Watty *BCW - Wat Squirrel *ACW
Hooley - Bell or Charley Mills
Hooper - Jow-Sun-Nees-Tee
Hornbuckle - Kah-Whe-Lih
Horsefly - Da-Ma-Ga
How-A-Quah - Elk
Ho-We-Te-Yo-He - Coming Deer
Hummingbird - Wa-Lah-La
Hungry - Oo-Ya-Sees-Tuh
Hunting - Ga-Na-He-La-Gih
Hutchins, Nettie - Chauouke
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I-Hu-Ah-Neh - Swimming or Swimmer
Indian Princess - Buelah Benton Edmondson
Isaac - Eh-Se-Ke
Israel - Kah-Sah-Le-Nee or Ka-Sah-La-Wee
Iyuka - Nellie Katherine (McLeod) Ross
J
Jackson, Jim - Te-Nuh-La-He
Jackson Killer - Ga-Na-He-Lee
Ja-La-Ge or Cha-La-Ge - Cherokee
Ja-La-Ju-Hut-Lih - Wofford
Jalalusky - Choo-Noo-La-Husky
Jar-Wa-Gar - Go Around
Joh-Nih-E-Lah-Gih - John Big Dollar
Johnson Spade - Chuh-Suh-Woh-Lah
Journeycake, Eliza Ann - Chiouke
Jow-Sun-Nees-Te - Hooper
Ju-Lo-Da-De-Gy - Cornshucker
Jumper - De-Sta-Dah-Gee
Jumping In The Water - Ah-He-Wa-Ta-Kee
K
Ka-Ha-Yu-Ka - Mary Elizabeth (Duncan) Crowell
Kah-Sah-La-Nee or Ka-Sah-La-Wee - Israel
Kah-Whe-Lih - Hornbuckle
Kah-Woh-Nuh - Duck
Ka-Lous-Kih - Locust
Kal-Say-Ge - Candy
Kaneeda - John Wickliffe
Katahya - John Manchester Taylor
Ka-Ta-Ta - Drivear
Ka-Te-Sah-Te - Wiley, Tom
Kaw-De-Su-Gih - Stinking
Kaw-La-Nah - Frank Josiah Boudinot
Kee-Nar-Tee-Te - Charlie Proctor
Kee-Too-Whi-Gi - Darius Edwin Ward
Ker-Kee - Coon
Ketcher - Tick-En-Eskee
Kettle - Te-Yo-Han-Nuh
Keys, Fannie - Au-Nah-Hee
Keys, Monroe Amory - Clun-Tee-Sta
Keys, William - William Shotpouch
Khawk - Susan Frances Garrett
Ki-A-Me-Che - Willerson Scott
Kick up - De-Ga-Saw-Da-Gih
Killikeenah - Buck Watie
Ki-Na-Lu-Ga - Mrs. Lila Ross
Kingfisher - Gah-Lee-Stoo-Huh-Skee or Oo-Na-Choo-Sti
Kisten, Iwann - Te-Ka-Cos-Ka
Kluntutchy - Augustus Van Edmondson
Knob - Chee-Squah-Lan-Ta or Chickasaw
Koo-Koot-Lour - Gourd String
Koo-La-Quah - Big Acorn
Kul-Lo-Nus-Ke - Engeline Too-Nie
Kunetand - Tonturqui
Kun-Lih - Coon
Kun-Soo-We - Lasley
Kwa-Ye - Berry
L
Land Track - Ga-Do-La-Skuh
Lane - Ga-Luh-Duh
Large Rattlesnake - Ook-Soo-Tee
Lasley - Kun-Soo-We
La-Wan-Na - Robbin or Lowen
Leach - Cla-Noo-Sih
Leaf - Oo-Ga-La-Ga
Leaning - Oo-Clan-Tel-Toe
Leforce, Fannie Myrtle - Au-Nah-Hee
Lesi-Saluaya - Eliza (Griffin) Hayes
Lion - Augustus Van Edmondson
Lipe, Clark Charlesworth - Oolasant
Lipe, John Casper - Tauaneesie
Lipe, Lola Vann - Ahniwake
Lipe, Nannie E. - Conaluga
Little - Oo-Sti
Little Mulberry - Coo-Wah-Ne-Duh
Liver - Oo-Wah-Lah
Lizzard - Cla-Na-Noo
Locust - Ka-Lous-Kih
Locust, Lewis - Ar-Dar-Lar-Tee-Ski
Long Fellow - Tuskeegeeteehee
Long Foot - Chn-No-Ya-Kee
Long Foot, David - Dave Ellis
Long Knife - Ha-Yel-Sti-Ga-Nuh-Heat
Long Life - Ga-Ne-Da
Long Tom - Badge or Ah-Kum-Ne
Looking - Da-Da-Con-Tah or Ta-Dee-Cun-Tah
Low Cutter - Oo-Lo-Cut
Lowen - Robbin or La-Wan-Na
Lowery, Andrew Nave - Wahyaneet
Low-We-Nee - Robin
Lu-Ie-Us-Te-Na - Marble Lewis Payne
Luski - Lucinda Hildrerbrand
M
Martin - Clu-Clu
Martin, John - Glu-Kuh
Martin, William Henry - Clogase
Martin, William Penn - Coluna
Mayes, George Washington - Tou-Uneet or Young Beaver
Mayes, Samuel Houston - Sa-Moo-Sti
Mayes, Walter Adair - Oganostota
McCoy, Nannie Rider - Walliah
McCracken, William - We-Le-Ska-Wal-Te
McDaniel, George - George Redbird
McIntosh, Maria L. - Waleeah
McLeod, Nellie Katherine - Iyuka
Mellowbug - Choo-Cow-Wa-Loo-Skee or Da-Yee-Ski
Meridian - Ecullah
Middlestricker - Ar-Ya-Le-No-No-Yah-Kee
Midnite, Mike - Mike Teehee
Miller, Jack *CNW - Jack Souann *CNE
Mills, Bill - E-Da-Gus-Tah
Mills, Charley - Hooley or Bell
Mills, Jumper - Tes-Tah-Taki
Mitchell, Robert Lee - Quaqua
Mixedwater - Ah-ma-Cho-Yah
Mixing - Nuh-Soo-Ya-Duh
Mixwater - Ah-Ma-Suy-Ah
Money Watcher - Da-La-Ke-Tee-Yah
Mouse - Chees-Ti-Sh-Che or Che-Sta-Chee
Murphy, John - Duh-Nee-Suh-Nih
Muskrat - Sa-Luh-Ka-Squah or De-Suh-Doo-Huh-Skee
N
Nah-We-He-Le-Sky - Moses Otterlifter
Nar-Ya-Hee - John Fields
Na-Wat - Gritts
Naw-Whe - Hart
Ned Welch - Chu-Le-Gish-Sih
Neugin - Noo-Chee
Nevins, Delilah - Ar-Yor-Cah
Nighthawk, Jesse - Roy Rogers
Nofire, Margaret - Chenasah Weely
Noisy Wa-Lu-Kee
Noisywater - Ah-Ma-Nee-Yuh-Gee
No Killer - Noo-Ta-Hit
Nok-Se-Ah-Nah - Going Starr
Nolachucky Jack - John Rogers
Noo-Chee - Neugin
Noo-Ta-Hit - No Killer
Noxie - Richard John Scott
Nuy-Soo-Ya-Duh - Mixing
Nuh-Yo-He - Rocky
O
O-Gah-Nuh - Groundhog
Oganostota - Walter Adair Mayes
Oh-Lick-Ah - Sucker
Okewat - Arabella Schrimsher
Oldfields - Te-Goo-Huh-Skee
Ole Turkey - Gun-Nee-Ga-Yuh-Lih- or Gun-Nah-Ah-Guh-Nuh-Lee
Oochalata - Robert Bruce Garrett or Charles Thompson or James E. Elliott
Oo-Chaw-Way-Duh or Oo-Juh-Wa-Dih - Buckskin
Oo-Cheel-Daw-Suh - Blossom
Oo-Clan-Tel-Toe - Leaning
Oo-Cum-Ma - Soup
Oo-Cur-Har-ter - Fogg
Oo-Da-Hi - George Vann
Oo-Dah-Ne-Yuh-Duh - Deer In The Water
Oo-Dary-Co-Le - Take Away
Oo-Ga-La-Ga - Leaf
Oo-Ga-Se-Ta - Sour John
Oo-Ge-Yah - Worm
Oo-Gee-Yah - Tom Pritchett
Oo-Goo-Coo-Hoo - Owl
Oo-Ha-Sih - Andy Ute
Oo-Hul-Loo-Ke - Bark or Chu-Hu-Le-Ka
Oo-Kee-Se-Nut-Tee - Big William or William Boling
Ook-Soo-Tee - Large Rattlesnake
Oo-La-Cuh-Duh - Skiddee Hogshooter
Oo-La-Gah - Big DrumVOo-La-Ne-Ste-Ske - Buzzard
Oolasant - Clark Charlesworth Lipe
Oo-Law-Gill - Cloud
Oo-Law-Hut - W. H. Clark
Oo-Lee-Stoo-Hit - Dobson
Oo-Le-So-Te - Poorboy
Oo-Lo-Cut - Low Cutter
Oo-Loo-Tsa - Dolly Edith Chamerlain
Oo-Na-Choo-Ste - Kingfisher
Oo-Na-Guh-Huh - Blanket or Downing
Oo-Na-Noo-Te - Cornsilk
Oo-Nar-Che-Ta - Brains
Oo-Nar-Sta-Cha - Rut
Oo-No-Det - Edwin Harley Barton
Oo-No-Dut - John Stuart
Oonotatah - Wool or Oo-Wa-Nah
Oo-Notota - Bushyhead
Oo-Se-Nah - Going Back
Oo-Si-Nan-Di - Jim Vann
Oo-Skal-Kee - The Biter
Oo-Sti - Little
Oo-Ta-Da-Gee-Ski - Dry For Water or Thirsty
Oo-Ta-De-Gee-Ske - Dry Water
Oo-Tah-Sah-Te - Toss
Oo-Ta-La-Noo-Ski - Walkingstick
Oo-Ta-Tes-Kee - Pot Killer
Oo-Ta-We-Ta - The Stump
Oo-Ta-We-Ta - The Stump
Oo-Te-Ska-Lee - Soul Downing
Oo-Wa-Ha-Sa-Hih - Dropping
Oo-Wa-Hos-Eh - James Boss
Oo-Wa-Huh-Ti - Going Down or Floating Down The Stream
Oo-Wa-Lah - Liver or Liver Scott
Oo-Wa-Nah - Wool or Oonotatah
Oo-Wa-Neh - Weavels or Shin Striker or Crack Shins
Oo-Wa-So-Toe - Poor Shoat
Oo-Wa-Tee-Ske - George Baldridge
Oo-Wa-Tie - The Ancient
Oo-Wa-Wah-Se-Dih - Floating
Oo-Ya-Sees-Tuh - Hungry
Osceola - James Campbell Trout or James Cicero Trott
O-See - Blue
Ot-Sah - Butler
Otter - Che-Yah
Otterlifter, Moses - Nah-We-He-Le-Sky
Otter Sitter - Chee-Ah-Nee-Ski
Owl - Oo-Goo-Coo-Hoo or Wa-Whoo-Hoo
P
Panther - Clu-Dutch
Panther, John - Tue-Na-Wo-See
Patrick, Sam - De-Ga-Yuh-Gis
Payne, Marble Lewis - Lu-Ie-Us-Te-Na
Peacemaker - Te-Ca-He-Ste-Ge
Pendoxey - George Bullette
Pheasant (The) - Clanteestah or Clon-Te-Sta
Pickup - Te-Goo-Task
Pigeon - Wah-yeh
Pigeon Roost - Wa-You-Kil-La
Pike - Au-Su-To-Yah
Playing Before The Fire - Cler-Nor-ter
Polstrom, Rebecca McNair - Quaitsia
Poor Bear - Ya-Noo-La-Sott
Poorboy - Oo-Le-So-Ta
Poor Shoat - Oo-Wa-So-Toe
Pot Killer - Oo-Ta-Tes-Kee
Price - Choo-Kah-Wal-Sti
Price, Frank - Wolf
Pritchett, Tom - Oo-Gee-Yah
Procter - Ah-Daw-See-Nee
Procter, Charlie - Kee-Nar-Tee-Te
Procter, John - Ah-Yun-Ta-Ke
Pulling - Dee-Say-Es-Kee
Q
Quaitsia - Rebecca McNair (Polstrom) Swain
Quaqua - Robert Lee Mitchell
Quh-La-Net or Quh-La-Lut - John Consene
R
Rabbit - Gee-Stah
Rattler - Chu-Na-Yuh-Gih
Raven - Caw-Luh-Nah or Frank Josiah Boudinot
Rector, Rosa - Ay-Ni
Red - Ge-Ga-Gay
Red Bird - Ta-Che-Squah or Ta-Ju-Wah or Chee-Squah-De-Gah-Ga
Red Bird Big Acorn - Ta-Choo-Wa-Goo-La-Quah
Redbird, George - George McDaniel
Red Cloud - John Ellis Duncan
Red Watt - Walter Scott Adair
Rider - Choon-Cih-Luh-Dih
Rider, Nannie - Walliah
Ridge - Guh-Nuh-Dah-Tla-Gih
Riggs, Juliette S. - Wuti
Riley, Johnson *ACW - Johnson Tassel *BCW
Rising Smoke - Chu-No-La-Gee
Road - Guh-Lun-Da-Ske
Roasting Ear - Te-Yott-Lee
Robertson, Arthur Evans - Wah-La-See
Robbin - Lowen or La-Wan-Na
Robin - Low-We-Nee
Robinson, Juliette Melvina - Cowana
Rock Water - Ah-Ma-Chu-Nee
Rocky - Nuh-Yo-He
Rogers, John - Nolachucky Jack
Rogers, Roy - Jessie Nighthawk
Rope Twister - Gah-Noo-Ta-Ya-Hih
Ross - Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee
Ross, John - Lewis Coo-Hee
Ross, John (Chief) - Coo-Wee-Scoo-Wee
Ross, Lila - Ki-Na-Lu-Ga
Ross, Nellie Katherine - Iyuka
Runabout - Ah-Te-Tle-Daw-He
Runabout Youngpig - Ah-Cle-Daw-He-Se-Quah-Neet
Runner - Al-Le-Teek
Rut - Oo-Nar-Sta-Cha
S
Sah-Law-Lih - Squirrel
Sal-A-Wo-Yah - Fodder
Sa-Le-War-Yak - Fedder
Sal-Lee-Goo-Gih - Turtle
Sa-Luh-Ka-Squah - Muskrat
Sa-Moo-Sti - Samuel Houston Mayes
Sand Hill Crane - Sequoyah
Sah-Sah - Goose
Saw-He-Ga-Da-Guh - Standing Fence
Saw-La-Le-Wah-De - Fox Squirrel
Say-Go-Nee-Gay - Blue
Scalp Eater - Sko-Hi-Has
Scattered, Amy - Ar-Ne-Li-Kah-Yah
Scattered Snow - Wy-Oo-Liah
Schrimsher, Arabella - Okewat
Sco-Oo-Ta-Kee - Head Through
Scott - Skah-Chih
Scott, Liver *ACW - Liver or Oo-Wa-Lah *BCW
Scott, Richard John - Noxie
Scott, Willerson - Ki-A-Me-Che
Scoy - John W. Brown
Scoy-Yuh - Bug
Scraper - De-Soo-Gaw-Sky
Screech Owl - Wah-Hee-Hee
Schrimsher, Juliette Melvina - Cowana
See-Da-Nah - Mike Hildebrand
See-Tah-Way-See-Cah - Cyrus Cicero Cornatzer
See-Yah - Nelson B. Chamberlain
Se-Hah-Yah Noxie - Eldee Starr
Se-Le-Wo-Yah - Feather
Se-Quah-Ne-Yah - Hogshooter
Se-Qua-Ne-Da - Young Pig
Sequichy - Cummings
Sequichy, Maria L. - Waleeah
Sequoyah - Arthur Fanshaw Chamberlain or George Guess or George Gist or Sand
Hill Crane
Seven Fields or Seven Puppies - Gal-Quah-Ge-Ke-Lih-Uh-Ne-Te
Shin Striker - Crack Shin or Weavels or Oo-Wa-Neh
Shotpouch, Frank - Te-Ga-Na-Ju-Lee
Shotpouch, William - William Keys
Si-Hs-Sli - Etta (Hitchcock) Burns
Sinking Water - Ama-Ye-Kah
Six - Soo-Dah-Le
Sixkiller - So-Dah-Le-Tee-Hee
Skah-Chih - Scott
Skinner, Jemima Winnie - Walleah
Skiya - Timothy Meigs Adair
Sko-Hi-Has - Scalp Eater
Sled - De-Da-Chee-Na
Smith, Nettie - Chauouke
Smith, Samuel - Che-Squah
Smoke - Ta-Wa-Dih or Chunokla
Snail - E-La-Que
Soldier - Ana-Nee-Yees-Kee
Sol-O-Nee-Ti - Young Squirrel
Soo-Guh - Flee
So-Sa - Dick Spaniard
Souann, Jack *CNE - Jack Miller *CNW
Soup - Oo-Cum-Ma
Sour John - Oo-Ga-Se-Ta
Sour Kraut - Taw-Wa-Saw
Spade - Caw-Dee-Ski
Spade, Johnson - Chuh-Suh-Woh-Lah
Spaniard, Dick - So-Sa
Spider - Gah-Na-Loo-Ge-Eh
Springfrog - Toos-Too
Squal-E-Ta-Ke - Maul Hill
Squirrel - Sah-Law-Lih
Squirrel, Wat *CW - Watty Hogshooter *BCW
Stand - Tah-Cah-To-Cah
Standing In The Door - AsToo-Gar-To-Ge
Standing Fence - Saw-He-Ga-Da-Guh
Standing On The Bridge - Suh-Clu-Kil-Luh
Standing Wolf - Wa-E-Ya-Ka-To-Kah or Wa-Yah-Ga-Da
Stand, Mary - De-Ga-Daw
Starr - Nok-Se-Ah-Nah
Starr, Bluford West - Yona
Starr, Eldee - Se-Ha-Ya Noxie
Starr, Noxie - Ah-Ni-Hi
Starting - De-Lan-De-Ske
Stealer - Gah-Na-Skees-Ke or Car-No-Ske-Ske
Stealy or Wiley - Ca-Na-Ski-Ski
Stinking - Kaw-De-Su-Gih
Stinking Fat - Ned Grease
Stop - We-Stah
Story - Ga-Ye-Go-Gih
Stuart, Captain - Oo-No-Du-Tu
Stuart, John - Oo-No-Dut
Stump (The) - Oo-Ta-Wee-Ta
Suagee - Da-Ka-Do-Ga
Sucker - Oh-Lick-Ah
Suh-Clu-Kil-Luh - Standing On The Bridge
Suh-Le - Buzzard
Summerfield, Marvin - Blackfox, Marvin
Sunday - Ga-De-Quah-Skee
Su-Sen-Kee - William Clifford Chamberlain
Swain, Rebecca McNair - Quaitsia
Sweetbee - Dah-Gusy-Noo-Chuh-Lu-Kuh
Sweet Water - Ah-Ma-Ga-Na-Stuh
Swimmer or Swimming - De-Ga-Ees-Ky or I Hu-Ah-Neh
T
Ta-Cah-Na-Se-Na - Floating Ice
Ta-Che-Squah - Red Bird
Ta-Choo-Wa-Goo-La-Quah - Red Bird Big Acorn
Tadpole, Dorcas - Dar-Ki
Tadpole, Eli - Dar-Ki
Ta-Gu-Ka-Lar - Crane
Tah-Cah-To-Cah - Stand
Tah-Cheas - Ah-Mer-Too-Quak
Tah-Ga-Nee-See - Downing
Tah-Lah - Woodchuck
Ta-Ju-Wah - Redbird
Ta-Ka-Klu-Ka - Drum
Takatoka - Rollin K. Adair
Take Away - Oo-Dary-Co-Le
Ta-Ke-Ka--He - Went With Drum
Takie - Louisa Tabitha (West) Thompson or Vet Thompson
Taking The Dew Off - Ah-He-Sa-Ta-Skee
Tanner - Te-Cha-Lah
Tassel, Johnson *BCW - Johnson Riley *ACW
Tassell - John Watts
Tauaneesie - John Casper Lipe
Ta-Wa-Die - Smoke or Alexander Hawk
Taw-Wa-Saw - Sour Kraut
Taylor, Jemima Winnie Davis - Walleah
Taylor, John Manchester - Katahya
Taylor, William - We-Lu-Sco-Hah
Ta-You-Ne-Se - Bug Tucker or Charlie Tucker
Teal-Too-Ta-Ke - Richard Colston
Te-Ca-He-Ste-Ge - Peacemaker
Te-Ca-Cul-Luh-Say-Quah - Big Thighs
Te-Cah-Ne-Ye-Skee - Corntassel
Te-Ca-Se-Na-Gih - James Catt
Te-Cha-Lah - Tanner
Te-Cow-Ha-Le-Ser - Writer
Tee-Ha-Lee-To - Driver
Teehee, Mike - Mike Midnite
Teeseeyauke - Thomas Hendricks, JR.
Te-Ga-De-Le-Ge-Ski - Up The Branch
Te-Ga-Na-Ju-Lee - Frank Shotpouch
Te-Ga-Nuh-Way-De-Ski - Digging A Hole Deeper
Te-Ga-Saw-Dah-Skee - Hitching
Te-Goo-Huh-Skee - Oldfields
Te-Goo-Task - Pickup
Te-Guh-Ne-Guh-La-Na - Big Knee
Te-Ka-Cos-Ka - Kisten Iwann
Tell, Sarah Emily - Cha-Wa-Ka
Te-Nah-La-He - Jim Jackson
Te-Nan-Le-Skee - Buck Rabbit
Ten-La-Whis-Tah - John Cunneheet
Te-Sass-Kie - Frog
Te-Saw-Wis-Ke - Buzzard Flopper
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