The Man Who Created a Written Language for the Cherokee Did It So Efficiently and Elegantly, His Peers Thought It Was Magic

Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread

by Andrew Lawler

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/man-created-written-language-cherokee-did-efficiently-elegantly-peers-thought-magic-180988850/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=20261012-daily&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Books about Sequoyah and Cherokee Indians at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1595 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26692

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