American Indian Men (S-Z)
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Likely born near Tuskegee, Tennessee, in the late 1770s, Sequoyah was born to a Cherokee mother. He was known as George Guess (or Gist) and made his trade as a silversmith. Sequoyah began working to create a writing system for the Cherokee language after his many dealings with the whites. He proved his system before the Cherokee Council in 1821. He moved to Oklahoma in 1829, and the cabin in which he lived still stands near Sallisaw.  |
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