Tell them they lie : the Sequoyah myth
Type
Book
Authors
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1971
Publisher
Westernlore Publishers, United States
Pages
148
Subject
Sequoyah -- 1770?-1843
Description
"Little about the true Sequoyah is really known. They tagged "Sequoya" to a fullblood fighting warrior-scribe known to his Cherokee tribesman by his real name, Sogwili, and to the Americans as George Guess. Because he was a non-conformist, because he had mastered a written language unreadable to American politicos and missionaries, because he encouraged his dissident tribesman to flee west, the real Sequoyah, in 1816, was convicted of witchcraft and treason. He and his wife were branded on the forehead and back. Sequoyah's fingers on both hands were chopped off between the first and second joints. His ears were cropped - the mark of a traitor. His real story is one of violence and devotion. And it does not fit the myth." -- Cover.
Number of Copies
1
