, 1870-10-23

heard Ut its Ltiug printed peshaps it never
will te. ili= in,pe1ial colleague, Id ho once
Mit'ily styled Napoleon. has pied usAuy form.
since tlu +Hinnrr- opened. and Moltke has
bsrn n.aail s history 20 fart lh,t even thu
lElt.sl;;-fiAu Pen of the greatest Of storT
scllr1s fa4Ic.. in competition.
Sc.siuo-ynh, a3e Gnvcnf0r OF tl.c
Cherokee Afrhnbrt-
St-auo-yall lrst exercised Lis genius in
E.akinE 81 improved kind OF wooden milk
psEn and sailnmels for lis mother. Theu he
bSill her milk 1ousc, with all etlit1bla con-
vtnie.'ces, OH one et those grand spriuSA that
gurglr FROM tho mountains Of the old Cicero
kce Nation. ~ u climax, he even heipel her
10 milk her cows: and he cleared adiliio,lr to
! her fel1e. and worked on them with hsr. She
contr.red 70 get petty stock OF goods, aud
Se-quo-yah 10 BIT good judge Of tuis. lie
| would go on expeditions with tic hunters,
| ard would select a,lcl skiEs as he wanted for
his mother before they returned: It
il not wonderful that Se-Juo-yah'a machan-
| ic:1 Geuins led lin into the hisi,e.t branches
Of art known to Ills people, and that be he
came their greateet silver1uith. His a.ticles
OF silyerwaru c1celied all similar manu- tarturea
among his couutrymen.
lie next conceived the idea Of becoming
blacksmith. Iie visited the Shops Of white
men froc4 time to timo- He never asked to
bs taught the trade. Hc had eyes in his head,
and hantIs; and, when he bought tho neces-
sary material aud Hsut to wt,rk. 1t is charac-
teristic that his flret pclfor1us s1ce WIS to make
his bellows and his tools: aud those who
afterward cav them told nc they were very
| well made.
After he had grown 10 mans ettatc, ha
learned 10 draw. His sketches, At firse rude.
at last acquired considerable merit He lad
been taught no rules Of perspective; hut,
while Ills rerhpec,ivc differed FROM that Of 4
I 1t1t} mol II La fhh
nese. He had nov vcry comfortable hewe1-
leg residence, we'll furnished with such arti-
cles al we're common With the better class OF
white settlers At that time, many Of them:
however, made ly himself.
Between 1907 and 1921, whi:h latter vls hia
was accomplished The general
theory viii, mans Indians was, that tie writ
ten epeecll Of tile white man was oae OF the
mysterious gifts the Great Spirit. se-quo-
yah boldly ayowed i: to be mere ingenious
contrivanen, that the red man cou1a master II
le would Try.
1serea.el diac,,seion on this poiat at length
fully tnr'cd his thoughts III t,ia new chanpol.
llo seems to have dietaalncd tho requirement
Of the EngI,sh 1angun4,e. Perhaps he sas-
10 completed lis task. thar the Cherokee LAM
EusEa has certalu nlceaeities aud psculiarit:es
Of its own- IL i. almost impossible to write
Indian words and tameb correctly in Eugli.h,
Inc Eheish a,2naoet nAs nct eapaelty lot ass
write tho vnI3s an 1Eaian uttered, the proba-
Lities are that ope-saif Ut them would write
them differently from the other half. 1t is
ealE snsn nas ~ ~ soGn fnu.eas con1ualu.l ~ !.
- lAasan d'ctlonalns. fnf 1nstance' We write
tas "v1u .o1 .e .t.us Aao sne .es.s
guaee- To-da: Cherokee always rronounces
il fala1ue, tic pronunciation between tina.
and SbaIakle. On these pecu1iarities It Is no.
!he tutl"'sG ~ uns u.te4e " eutes, Hht n'ssel
~ ueosEe s:is!' nr9's1'n5 over "n''on ian
, | enaFe !e1 Ill" People.
LIS frst ctsaE Was natural enough. lie t'lc<
70 invent y moois 70 fetleeshi Mof1a: insst
, ! ne soolcttniss cot NJ OF o1IA Win MS A1!!te
nut Geneta1ly wrote OF rathee drew. WIZ
| snse y uools he ~on1u cA1s On consefsa
non WIN : person ~ anothef apartment
\ fealt!a1ly AID W"n.leIinlis' Tue lndi*z
laueuekCs nte t'eu III tae1t creative POKER
, 1sy ns.ts pieces u "eii-sn'xn words tia
Z eonla!E' the prominent iaca, double or COM
. pound Tcnls arc freely made: This has eee'
< called. ~ Hn'eIs tteauss rms aao1eet, th
n PotysSnihetic. u y. III 1as9, lumotnG 9
= sentences tn'o Nos1t. y aeefeMa!ioa, tn
\ onnlteu PafIs " "osus "sMs .arnsu ol ",
a GeFstoou. 4nets Is o1e et.lotsA11 1aGt "Alsl
! vii merely l'ale mere ~: IS senefaAs over
/. ioohca' intse eo.,l"'uuuea aoeus' ~ AiNs
{ eatent; 1epsesens 'ns 'n'sM.,se ,. or hasope' u
!, itea. The names 'hc Indians gaEs many .
the Euroreah tn.use were naeae ueu2tu2ns 3.
. rncn rs 1ME hnNss. o's' CctS!o1A1s tne
:. mace oAsn Al we tene1 " Enee!ssn soAna
n ss IN the Nosu. 4ehseen loI EIsl'sn. Nn'e !.
j 3as nnals oeen eef'ap's'o III oa3 sAasa'te
= 1ahkees. &C.,, .-,, ..
:: u course sa A,teu'pt .. uesa sSnoo@ 10 .
/ Notoa WE Ao ul.nalIs eAFessue11. ~ ~ 4a' =.
b suase one t.oiueut s.su. ~, - 49, -, =
= as' =, - na,,t.,nSai nI ,rn-,,. pe.;Js ~;
na;.st- ~ w., i.n..,.1s c.n he ,,,,,h, .nrces,
= 5nItx tG ne.,'e x a,ctionsrv nn,,l tIs In
10 aus ~ ,;.os y. ,.a.., u.,. '1T h.s ~
d nAn nII.o.s po aequ.ss is.o.G i ~ -a;.1,.
.. r: ~ ~ ss.r,ni. ~ ,;.,, sithorTE
"a I.s y. S 1n,;ss.. ~ an., ~ 49,,
u hut his labor gero noi lost. Through tn,
ie heroic. u1aiied utruccle he gained the tirs
g. ttue Riimrrc into the elerarnts Of iaucu,ce.
ID il = ssartlloe fact. tlat an uneducafsd ms,
,e If rseo w Ira n,e,.ed sncalt h.,
It h,,;,ns stt,;n.a IN ,em rs,r. rithont honl
i nr tntofs. vbat w.. deysio,exi fhronch ~
is ersl ACES Of Phnnicisn. Ertn;:an. ma Grre
ID nirtlym.
Ut Se-ouo-@ah discovered that the lsnr,1ai
III voss,,sse ei ce,ta,n nus,cl sounds. snc,, =.
\ soeais .,1 t,-;.;;,,e, ..n,.1" ,H1.5 ~
co~.on.n,. In t,e,c11n;,,nrr n;s rocsi. ,
a. s,-;a,, ,tn%,n- .hc nT,c-ass ~ II. H. sora,;a
ae hrt fi,,aIIx st;tied On fi,e eis-a a. j. ~ n n,
N ,n,Sra9 vone .o,,,,';n. :1e i;son =; M, ~
70 ~ 80. ~ at'!s' Inv o.,a1' ;., :,
u. excen,,on NJ tho rn,tnra, Hc nex, Gems;
d. rr.6 h;s cnnxnnnn,a nr iiyitinr .nnrds =,
of Sst;,r..sd ths nnrssr ~ n;;,i';n.,,on. ~
ze ,hS.s thst wnn1d rirn II, tha sornds rcnn;,
D. 70 n,.ta words IN t,'sir M T Isurnsre IL 4.
is n1o,,ie5 fifteen for The .liTIinr sonnis Il
ke settled On twelve primary, the : aud / bel,
ar i,tst- i Three maS b. renrssentcts Mn in = fEncI; M
lis ~ - i. / NJ. n. on. I. c1 ar II t. =.
ily ,.;,, H. asr H., - ,sn. 80, = - NV,
- ~ H m 10 ~ ecu ;1 taat - 'neee ~, .nsse % a'
og sie Combinations or ssllabl, would be se1en
nj .Mo a ~ y :x,' 1 1I ''Hv, T,hsr souoas ,a Hu'
,al ,tro;.:,,. m.s ~ Hc,xarS- % ~ aa,,nr.i Huuu
ry sen,I ~ = in nnr ,'oes ~. ns s,,S..r u. .,,o
~ no,,,,;n. EsScn sSert.as.
ey We ~. e , ~
20 ,;ssinc u. ls sounl Of @ en,esei ie't1si inso