Sequoyah, whose name in English was George Guess or Gist, was born about 1763 near present day Vonore in Monroe County, Tennessee. He was raised by his mother, Wu-te-he, a full-blooded Cherokee. His ...

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Sequoyah was fascinated by books and letters, enchanted by the way people could divine meaning from ink-stained scribbles on a written page. Born circa the 1760s in what is now Tennessee and trained ...

(Editor's note: This excerpt, edited by Mickey Robbins, from UTC distinguished professor of history James Livingood's "Chattanooga: Illustrated History" focuses on the evolution of Cherokee ways.

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