- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Sequoyah, Gordon County, Georgia]
- Date of Original:
- 1800/1994
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Georgia--Gordon County
Portraits--Georgia--Gordon County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Sequoyah was born in 1770? in the Indian town of Taskigi, Tennessee. His mother was of mixed Indian blood. His father, a white trader, may have been a Nathaniel Gist. He abandoned the mother before the son was born. Sequoyah was sometimes known to the white man as George Gist, Guess or Guest. He was a hunter and trader until a hunting accident left him crippled. He also learned various crafts. Around 1809 he realized his people were at a tremendous disadvantage by not having the means to communicate their ideas through a written language. He began work on devising an Indian alphabet which he completed in 1821. In 1822 he went west. He died in August 1843 somewhere in the southwest, possibly Mexico.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gor170
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gor170
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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