Fair Park High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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1 I 01, J I N QP, la WX '5 1 f ff K ymff ,Q , , W X f 'W , I V lfzJ,' .,Q' I W ' 1 I 60450 A ff' Seguoyah was born in the Indian town of Taskigi, Tennessee about 1770. He was raised with the Red Paint Clan of the Cherokee tribe. His mother, Wortch, was of mixed Indian blood, her father having been a Shawnee. Seguoyah was raised in the Indian custom, identifying with her clan rather than that of his father's. Nathaniel Gist, a friend of George Washington, is conceded to be the father of the lad. He deserted Wortch before the child's birth. Though Seguoyah had little Cherokee blood he was very proud of being one of the Principal People. The substantiation of the fact that Gist was his father is based upon an entry in the diary of chief Iohn Ross, and by General Ethan Allan Hitchcock's convincing testi- mony after a visit to the Cherokee Nation in l84l, where he met and observed Sequoyah. In addition to this, the Cherokees gave Nathaniel Gist Long Island in the Little Tennessee River as a gift. So intimate was he with them that his loyalty to the whites was called to considerable notice. Gist was cleared of suspicion of aiding the Indians against the whites in l776 when he was made a Colonel in the Continental Army. Through him George Washington sent to the Cherokees for recruits, and seventeen warriors came to Virginia to fight for the Colonies against Great Britain. The Cherokees, who had collections of Sequoyah's writings loaned them to Iames Mooney who has trans- lated them into English. This has given us much of the history of the man as well as his travels during the last years of his life. Grant Foreman of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Iohn Sparks Walker of Chattanooga, Tennessee, have added substantially to the stories about Seguoyah by their research. Elizabeth Cate Coblenz has succeeded in presenting a background of Indian lore and myths in her book Seguoyah which gives greater appreciation of his manner of thinking and doing. Wortch kept a humble home for her son but she was a good provider. His companions were the boys of Taskigi who were near his own age. His cousin, Agi-li, the son of his mothers sister and Old Tassel, leader of the Clan, and a slightly older youth, Charlie I-licks, were his devoted friends. Agi-li was also known as George Lowery. ln later years Charlie Hicks became the first chief of the Principal People. Agi-li became the President of the Eastern Cherokees while George Guess was Presie dent of the Western Cherokees. When a new government patterned after the white man was adopted the two men tContinued on Page l86J