Gavin Adams Timeline:SEQUOYAH,The gift of writing

  • Birth

    1.Some time in 1773, a cherokee woman named Wuh-Teh gave birth to Sequoyah
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    War of 1812

    2.In 1812, Sequoyah joined the U.S soldiors.
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    Finishing education

    3.After 12 long years, Sequoyah finished the alphabet.
  • Traveling to teach

    4.Sequoyah traveled to cherokee towns to teach it.
  • First Constitution

    5.The cherokee Nation drafted a constitution.
  • Trail of death

    6.The U.S government planned to move cherokee and other Nation.
  • Leaving home

    7.Sequoyah got moved to Oklahoma.
  • Still teaching

    8.Sequoyah traveled to Mexico to teach the Cherokee alphabet.
  • Death

    9.By then, Sequoyah was an old man. He became sick and died.