About Tahlequah
The name, according to legend, derives from the Cherokee word “Ta’ligwu” meaning “just two,” or “two is enough.” The “two” refers to a meeting between elders that presumably took place shortly after the Trail of Tears. Three tribal elders had planned to meet to determine the location of the Cherokee Nation’s permanent capital. Two elders arrived and waited for the third. As dusk approached, they decided that “two is enough.”
A more likely origin for the name is that it is named for an ancient eastern Cherokee town of Great Tellico, the English spelling of Cherokee Talikwa, the meaning of which is lost, according to James Mooney, although some trace it to the word tel-i-quah which is interpreted as “plains”.
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