Sequoyah

Sequoyah (ca. 1776-1843) was a Cherokee silversmith best known for the syllabary he created to allow the Cherokees to have a written form of their language.

Portrait of Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee syllabary
Print by McKenney and Hall, courtesy of the Birmingham Public Library, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature
Portrait of Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee syllabary