LC control no. | n 79072794 |
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Personal name heading | Sequoyah, 1770?-1843 |
Variant(s) | Sequoya, 1770?-1843 Gist, George, 1770?-1843 Guess, George, 1770?-1843 Sogwili, 1770?-1843 Sequoia, 1770?-1843 Sikwayi, 1770?-1843 S-si-quo-ya, 1770?-1843 Guest, George, 1770?-1843 Sogwali, 1770?-1843 |
Found in | Snow, D. J. Sequoyah ... 1960. Indigenous peoples literature Web site, viewed July 29, 2008 (Sequoya, or George Guess, b. ca. 1760, d. Aug. 1843, buried in Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico; Sequoya, Sequoia, Sikwayi) Wikipedia, July 29, 2008 (Sequoyah (S-si-quo-ya in Cherokee) (ca. 1767-1843), known as George Guess, Guest or Gist, was a Cherokee silversmith who invented the Cherokee syllabary; exact place and date of Sequoyah's birth are unknown; the names Sequoyah or Sequoia are both spellings given by missionaries, said to be as corruptions of the Cherokee name Sogwali or Sikwâ'yǐ) Britannica online, July 29, 2008 (Sequoyah; b. c. 1760, /1770, Taskigi, North Carolina colony; d. Aug. 1843, near San Fernando, Mex.; also spelled Sequoya, or Sequoia, Cherokee Sikwayi, also called George Gist, or George Guess; creator of the Cherokee writing system; probably the son of a British trader named Nathaniel Gist; reared by his Cherokee mother in the Tennessee country, he never learned to speak, read, or write English) S9.com Biographical dictionary, via WWW, July 29, 2008 (Sequoyah (Sequoya; George Guess); b. 1776 AD; d. 1843 AD; sometimes known by his English name, George Gist or Guess, a legacy from his white father) American national biography, via WWW, July 29, 2008 (Sequoyah (1770?-Aug. 1843?); sometimes referred to as George Guess, or Gist) |