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Present Day TaskigiSequoyah was born, though exact date is unknown, in Taskigi, on the Tennessee River. He got the name Sikwo-yi, "pig's foot" in Cherokee, probably from the fact he was lame in the left leg.
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Sequoyah learns tthe trade of making crafing and making things.
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Sequoyah marries Utiyu, with whom he has three children.
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Sequoyah learns the word "CAT" at a Tellico schoolhouse, the way to say it and to spell it. This, in Cherokee, is "wesa". It is his first learning of English letters.
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Robert Steven paints a portrait of Sequoyah. When Steven signs the painting, he decides it would be good to dign his silverwork, too.
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When suggested to sign his silverwork, Sequoyah choses his English name to put on the silverwork: George Guess (Gist).
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Sequoyah serves at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Creek.
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The National Council in New Echota, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, observe Sequoyah's alphabet.
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"The Cherokee Phoenix", the first newspaper to use Sequoyah's alphabet, was publlished in New Echota.
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Seqoyah dies, aged 65-70. Burial place is unknown, but is supposed to be in either Mexico (there he took a journey with the annuity given to him by the Chrokee Council), Texas, or Oklahoma.
