United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Wadley, Ted2002-09-03Encyclopedia article about Sequoyah. Sequoyah, or Sequoia (both spellings were given by missionaries, but in Cherokee the name is closer to Sikwayi or Sogwali), also called George Gist or George Guess, was the legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary.GSE identifier: SS8H4, SS2CG3, SS2H1text/htmlengNew Georgia EncyclopediaForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Cherokee Indians--GeorgiaCherokee language--GeorgiaSequoyah (ca. 1770-ca. 1840)Text