1869 Cherokee West Census Native Language Names

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Roberta Estes

I wasn’t quite certain what to do with the list of Native language names in the 1869 Cherokee West census. I have not included them in the Native Names project because they are not a surname that someone would hunt for. Someone commented recently that they were looking for a Native name found in some family correspondence. I realized that even though these names don’t fit the criteria for the Native Names project, indeed, they need to be available someplace, so I have decided to post them here.

These are the names that are entirely Native. As European names were introduced, these names were either abandoned or assimilated somehow, often as either a literal translation to English by making the Native word into something that sounded less Native and more European.

1869 Cherokee Nation West Census

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MD-AfricaAmer/2002-04/1018152204

Dist	#	Name1	Name2	Womn	Male Childrn	Fem Childrn	Notes
Sa	236		A-cheh-naw-ski-tee	1	1	1
Ta	388		Ah-ha-dar-skie
Sa	190		Ah-le-teh-skir	1	1	2
Il	562		Ah-na-tee-na-kee	1	1	3
GS	149	Nelly	Ah-ner-wee-sky	1
De	727		Ah-tah-cah-pow-eigh-que	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Il	564		Ah-tah-wan-skie	1
Ta	480		Ah-tow-la-lee	1	3	1
Il	551	Ummer	Ah-yar-her	1	2
Il	331		Ah-yun-ta-kee	1	1	1
Ta	386		Ak-tee-yer	1	2	2
Ta	170		A-me-kie	1	1	1
Ta	150		Amer-soo-yah	1	3
Ta	369		A-nee-kee
Il	593		Ar-bi-cah-lo-yo-hola	1	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
GS	189		Ar-kil-lau-he	1
FL	25		Arly-oo-le-ner-wee	1
Ta	5		Arna-tes-ke	1	2	4
Ta	144		Ar-ne-wa-ke	1	2
FL	271		Ar-quar-sah	1	1	2
Ta	146		Ar-qur-le	1	2	1
De	626		Ar-see-nee	1	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Il	549		A-tuu-hee	1	2
Ca	23		Cah-hah-koo-yer	1	1	3
De	336		Cah-law-nee-ha-skie	1	2	4
Sa	49		Cah-leh-chu
Sa	282		Cah-na-saw-he	1	1
Co	101		Cah-sah-he-leu	1	1
Ca	29		Cah-su-tau-tee
SE	38		Ca-na-he	1	2
FL	248		Car-nar-loo-ky	1
De	321		Car-sut-te-sky	1	1	2
GS	211		Cau-di-che	1	3
FL	181		Cha-cow-wa-Liver	1	1	1
Sa	271		Cha-la-ka-te-he	1	2	2
Sa	256		Che-aw-ka	1	2
FL	198		Che-ca-le	1	1
SE	36		Che-cheo	1	2	2
De	59		Chee-stoo-ty	1	1	3
FL	299		Che-gou-nun-tah	1
Ta	76		Che-lar-cey
FL	277		Che-ne-lus-ky
Ta	241		Che-ne-que	1	3
Ta	496		Che-noo-qua	1	3	1
SE	133		Che-now-ee	1	1
Sa	182		Che-see	1	1	4
Sa	277		Che-ti-a-ga	3	1
FL	242		Chin-nar-cee	1	2
De	590		Chi-poo-she	1	2	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Ta	172		Cho-all-lu-chee	1	2	1
Il	594		Chock-ta-ton-ne-hee	1	1	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
Sa	206		Choo-na-lah-he-skie
Ta	25		Choo-naw-yoo-ski	1	1
Ta	168		Choo-now-you-kee	1	2	1
Ta	167		Choo-squa-loo-ter	1	3
Ta	494		Choo-stoo-ter	1	3	2
SE	117		Chow-cu-ee	1	1	2
FL	237		Chow-e-yo-kah	1	1
De	316		Chow-e-you-ca	2	1
Il	554		Chow-e-you-ca	2	2
FL	7		Chow-e-you-koh	1	1
Sa	27		Chu-he-sut-ta	1	1	2
Ta	201		Chu-ho-sti	1	3	2
De	297		Chu-la-er-lake	1	1
Sa	252		Chu-le-ow-wah	1	2	1
FL	231		Chu-noo-le-hus-ski	1
FL	24		Chu-nu-lucky	1	6	1
De	345		Chu-skah	1
Il	302		Chu-stu-too	1	1	2
FL	80		Chu-te-law-mun-tah	1	2
Il	394		Chu-wa-loo-ky	1	2	1
De	99		Chu-war-nos-kee	1	1	1
Il	548		Chu-wa-stu-ta	1	1
De	315		Clar-noo-sey	1
Ta	215		Clar-sto-noi	1	1	2
Sa	87		Clew-wee	1	2
Sa	232		Con-na-no-lee-skie	1	4	1
Sa	48		Con-ne-tie	1	2
FL	186		Cul-le-sk-wa	1	1
Ta	236		Cullow-noo-ski	1	1	1
Sa	19		Cul-ste-na-ske	1	2	1
De	330		Cul-stie-yah	3	1
Sa	42		Cul-sti-ha-skie	1	1	2
Ca	103		Cul-sti-yah	1
GS	174		Cun-now-ee	1	2
GS	131		Cur-sow-low-ee	1	1	2
Ta	97		Dark-sa-hai-gu	1	2	2
Ta	421		Dee-gar-noo-hee-lee	1	2	1
Ta	499		De-gar-nees-kie	1	1	3
Ta	348		Di-ter-las-kie?	1	1	1
Ta	420		Doo-now-who-las-nee	1	3	2
Sa	263		Elow-y	1
Sa	52		Enaw-le
Sa	71		Enaw-li	1	1
Ta	398		Enow-lee	1	2
FL	252	En-ta-se-na	En-ta-se-na
Co	20		Ew-seeis-red	1
Ta	491		Gar-lar-no-der	1	3	4
Ta	375		Gar-na-hie	3	2
Ta	445		Gaw-les-tee	1	2	2
De	606		Goo-he-ti-se	1	1	2	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Ta	457		He-sar-tes-ske	1	2
Sa	186		He-su-tus-kee	1	3	1
Ta	24		Hoo-loo-da-kee	1
De	14		Ice-yer-ho-ler	1	2	2
Sa	273		Jack-en-na	1	4	1
De	619	Top-pat-tah	Joah-wee-hy	1	2	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Sa	21		Jo-chu-he	1	1	1
Ta	148		Ka-hee-ger	3	2
Sa	221		Ka-le-chee	2	2
Sa	33		Ka-na-su-taw	1	1	2
Ta	227		Ka-noo-ka	1	2
Ta	501		Kar-hee-der	1	2
Ta	326		Kar-soo-ton-die	1	1	3
Ta	475		Kar-toy-yer	1	1	1
Ta	497		Ka-skau-ne-hee	1	3	2
GS	163		Ka-sku-ni	1	1	1
Sa	72		Kee-lee	1	2
Sa	257		Keh-we-se-ta	1	1	1
Sa	216		Ke-na-ka-na	1	1	1
Sa	79		Kie-lee
SE	176		Kil-low-bee	1
Ta	200		Ko-haw-hie	2	3
Ta	28		Kool-ah-noo-skie	1	1	2
Ta	158		Koo-luf-ski	1	3	2
Ta	153		Kos-tee	3	1
Ta	169		Kullow-nes-kie	1	1
Ta	391		Kullow-nus-tes-skie	1	1	1
Ta	21		Kun-se-nee	1	1	4
Sa	119		Ma-chi-net	1	1	1
Il	638		May-krau-shu-ber	1	White	Citizens
De	729		Che-yo-hus-kie	Mexican	Indians
Il	608		Mico-war-mee	1	4	Creeks,	not	citizens
Il	602		Muck-nah	1	1	5	Creeks,	not	citizens
Ta	69		Nar-hoo-nee	1	1
De	333		Naw-hawl	1	1
Ta	390		Nee-koo-die	1	2	1
Sa	265		Ne-gah-wa	1	1	2
De	69		Nick-kar-car-char	1	4	2
De	670		Nigh-ne-we-aught-qua	1	1	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Ta	235		Noo-doo-wee-you	1	2	1
Sa	63		Noo-neh	1	1	2
De	647		Oh-yea	1	1	2	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Sa	55		Oo-cha-lee	1	2
Sa	274		Oo-do-le-ta-ny	1
Ta	393		Oo-how-dlew-hee	1
Sa	132		Ook-si-ah
De	225		Oo-lar-ne-yun-ter	1	2
GS	143		Oo-le-sto	1	2	3
Sa	266		Ool-skah-nu	5	1
De	339		Oo-nau-la	1	2	1
FL	247		Oo-ne-na-tee-mit	1	1	1
Ta	136		Oo-nor-ley	1
De	328	Ooo-nee-culler	Ooo-che-loo-hi
Ta	98		Oo-qua-ya-sta	1	4	2
FL	171		Oo-root-wole	1	1	1
Ta	379		Oos-kel-a-teter	1	3	1
FL	106		Oo-squr-loo-kah	1	1	2
Sa	201		Oo-ta-la-tee	2
Ta	23		Oo-too-cor-ton	1	2	1
De	596		Oo-wah-le-ner	1	3	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Ca	68		Oo-wa-loo-ky	1	2
FL	147		Oo-wa-loo-ste-steler	1	2
Ta	72		Oo-war-ga
Ta	353		Oo-water	1	2
Ta	134		Oo-wee-you	1	1	2
Sa	136		Oo-ya-tee	2	3
Sa	281		Oo-yu-sah-ta	1	2
GS	247		Otuck-too-noo-wee	1
Ta	467	Kar-de	O-you-tow-tse	1	3	3
De	631		Pet-se-pough-ke-se	1	3	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
De	605		Puck-wah	3	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
De	628		Qua-ne-show	1	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
De	247		Quar-la-ter-gee-skie	1	1	1
De	640		Sah-ka-tie	1	1	3	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
FL	204		San-ta-ke	1	1	2
Ta	366		Sar-how-ie
Ta	152		Sar-me-yos-kee	1	1	1
De	636		Sea-que-noh	1	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Il	550		See-tee-ler	1	2	2
Il	341		Sil-iw-wa-ke	1
Co	12		Skah-yah-too-her	1	3
De	589		Son-o-ve-ster	1	3	2	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
SE	168	Saw-nee	Soo-mor-nu	1	2
FL	257		Sop-sucker-soap	1
Sa	28		So-wa-kee	1	1
Sa	215		Squa-ta-leech	1	3	2
Ta	394		Squll-les-ske	1	1	2
Sa	43		Squl-ta-kee	1	2
Sa	51		Squt-a-le-chu	1	1	2
Sa	56		Ste-nee	1	2
Il	610		Su-char-luc-tee	1	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
Co	211		Sul-tee-skie	1	4
GS	167		Sul-tee-sky	1	1	1
Il	496		Sul-tee-sky	1	3
FL	105		Sultie-skee	1	2	2
Ta	95		Sul-tul-ske	1	1
Co	119		Sun-ne-cow-ie	1	2	2
FL	253		Sus-tus-sky	1	2
De	627		Sut-cul-lah-nah	1	2	3	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Ta	365		Sutta-wa-kee	1	4	2
De	325		Sut-te-yee	1
SE	180	Su-wa-kee	Su-wa-kee
Sa	207		Su-ya-tah	1	1
De	685		Tah-pee-can	1	1	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Il	597		Tah-see-yee	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
GS	194		Tah-yer-lu-sky	1	2	3
Sa	68		Ta-ka-naw-he-le	1	2	1
GS	168		Tal-lau-lee	1	1
Ta	99		Tar-che-che	1	1	1
Sa	172		Tar-ka-naw-yu-ka	1	2	1
Ta	137		Tar-lar-la	1
Ta	155		Tar-li	1	2
GS	228		Tar-ta-tse	1	1	1
De	244		Tau-you-nee-see	1	1	1
Il	566		Tau-you-nee-sie	1
Sa	285		Te-aw-le
Sa	36		Te-cha-we-skie	1	1	3
De	163		Tee-cah-nee-yee-sky	1	1
De	269		Tee-cah-nee-yee-sky	1
De	305		Tee-cah-too-ni	1	2	3
De	68		Tee-ear-hoo-yugs-ky	1	1
Il	606		Tee-mah	1	3	2	Creeks,	not	citizens
Il	316		Tee-saw-sky	1	1	1
De	153		Tee-se-you-kee	1	3
Ta	27		Tee-soo-yor-ge	1	2	1
De	167		Tee-squa-nee	1
De	124		Tee-tur-kee-yur-ske	1
Sa	209		Te-ka-na-ga-wa-ske	2	1
Il	521		Tel-sah-tee-sky	1	2
Sa	279		Te-ne-naw-le	1	2	2
Sa	250		Te-ta-us-kee	1
Ta	370		Tik-lum-nie	1	2	2
Il	601		Tim-cah	1	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
FL	73		Tog-sener	1	1	2
Ta	461		To-les-ski	1	2	1
Co	21		Tolt-se-kee-see	1	2
GS	290		Too-elis-ter	1	3	2
Ta	430		Too-na-sa-lee	1	4	2
Ta	74		Too-qua-da	1
Sa	204		Too-stoo	3	1
De	637		Tot-scio	1	2	2	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Sa	194		To-yu-ne-se	1
Ta	151		Tu-coo-tos-kie	1
Ta	18		Tul-cha-la	1	1	2
De	624		Tup-pe-sick-o	1	2	Delaware	Citizens	of	the	Cherokee	Nation
Sa	220		Tu-se-wa-le-ta	1	2	1
Sa	260		U-chea	1	2	1
Il	555		Ue-te-yer	2	1
De	307		Un-sour-yer	1	2	2
Sa	259		U-sti-eh	1	1
Sa	268		Ut-a-chu-tle	1	3	3
Sa	53		Wah-coo-le
De	335		Wah-las-kie	1	1
Sa	118		Wah-le-see	2
Sa	302		Wal-la	1	3
Sa	75		Wa-loo-kee	1	1
Sa	208		Wa-na-tah	1
De	298		War-hook	1	2	2
Ta	138		War-lee-see	2	3
FL	219		War-le-ne-tah	1	1	1
Ta	412		War-le-yer	2	1
Il	604		War-loo-gee	1	1	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
FL	263		War-lu-nee-ta	1	1	1
De	334	War-hi-ee-ske	War-u-kee	1	1
Ta	165		Wee-koo-die	1
Sa	18		We-law-see	1
Co	85		We-yar-ter	2	1
Il	592		We-ye-wola	1	3	1	Creeks,	not	citizens
Sa	278		Ya-kin-na	1	1	1

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2 Responses to 1869 Cherokee West Census Native Language Names

harold prince says:

November 8, 2012 at 3:08 pm

thanks in advance, my decendents were on the 1835 hendrson roll. john prince and lucy. lucy being cherokee. there is go-about prince in the hilderbrand detatchment and jackson prince full-blood in the 1880 cherokee census, possibily teet-a-skeet was cherokee name. taylor prince, son of jackson was married to jenie bearpaw. where can the 18669 census be seen.

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- robertajestes says:
  
  November 8, 2012 at 3:33 pm
  
  The 1869 census has never been published, which is one of the reasons I have transcribed it into my Native names project.
  
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