While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
D- North
Carolina Indian Villages, Towns and
Settlements
A complete listing of all the Indian villages,
towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico.
Dasamonquepeuc. An Algonquian village on the coast of
Dare co., N. C., opposite Roanpke id., in 1587.
Dulastunyi (Dulastûñ′yĭ,
potsherd place ). A former Cherokee settlement on Nottely r., Cherokee co., N.
C., near the Georgia line. A half-breed (Cherokee ball captain who formerly
lived there, John Butler, or Tsanugásita
(Sour John) , having been defeated in a ball game, said, in contempt of his men,
that they were of no more use than broken pots. Mooney in 19th Rep. B. A. E.,
406, 1900.
Dustayalunyi (Dústǎyalûñ′yĭ,
where it made a noise, as of thunder or shooting, apparently referring to a
lightning stroke). A former Cherokee settlement about the mouth of Shooting cr.,
an affluent of Hiwassee r., near Hayesville, Clay co., N. C. Mooney in 19th
Rep. B. A. E., 517, 1900.
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Frederick Webb Hodge, 1906
