Sequoyah learned the fur trade		"speaking leaves".
In addition to trading fur, Sequoyah		create a written language for his people.
He signed his silver works		was to draw pictures.
After his mother died		actually a syllabary.
The Indians called the English books		was also a silversmith.
Sequoyah decided to		a written symbol for each syllable.
His first attempt at written language		from his mother.
Sequoyah's alphabet is		Sequoyah lived recklessly.
A syllabary has		tribesmen he had written their language.
His daughter helped him convince his		in about a week.
He could teach people to read		with the name George Guess.
To honor him the Cherokee General Council		gave him a silver medal.