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Show III! I I I III I IIIWMMII1BWWM1 Ml MtM j Qtoriesof j 9 UGREAT j 1 INDIANS j 1 C By ELMO SCOTT WATSON k ' II Votiyrlthl, lull, WUrn Nwppr union. JH SEQUOYAH, THE CADMUS OP H THE CHEROKEES Wtk 'XMIIS Is the story of m Indian wn H rose to famo not as warrior nor a B3 orator, but us the Inventor of an at- H phabct for his peoptu which enabled H them to write and read their own km- M gunge. Sequoyah (Hlkwayl) ot tlw jfl Chcrokeca was born hi Tennessee ha H 1700. The boy grew up among the In- H dlnns unacquainted with the wkltft H man's tongue or any of Ids arts. H Aniuccldent :cnilo him a cripple jH for life nnd ho becamu a craftsmen H In sllvcrvvork nnd a skilled mechanic M He nlso made ptctographs showing the jfl great deeds of the Cherokee on the H warpath. In 1809, Impressed by the 'H value of the white man's -talking H leaves" (books), Sequoyah conceived M a system of writing, suitable to the AH Cherokee tongue. Undismayed by MM ridicule, ho persisted In Ida studies fjfl nntll convinced that the Cherokee JJJJ had 80 to Halites, which In various com- H blnntlons constituted their vocabulary. H His next problem wns to design sjm- iH hols for each syllable, and that belna; flJJJ done, he tnught his six-ycarold daiigh- ter to build words from these symbols. ! In 1821 Sequoyah demanded a trial SJ for his alphabet, and In a HtbMc (eat flH be proved Its worth. The chiefs en- SJ dorscd his Invention and Cherokee of SJ all ages teamed the alphabet with en- H tbuslusm, The next year he left hie flJJJ village In Georgia to visit the Cbero- pjjj kees In Arkansas ami carry Ms even- alflj tloti to them. Agsln he was meres-' HIlJ ful. Two years later parts ef the 1H- pJJJ ble were printed In Clterekee. In 1838, HJ Uie Cherokee Photnlx, the first period- jpjfl leal ever printed In nay Indian late fl gunge, was published as a weekly at New Echota, On. JH When Sequoyah's tribeemeti were H rimoved to Indian Territory he wae H th great leader In organising the re- HJ united nation. But he was HtUe later- eeted In politics. Aoene; hie-people HJ was the tradltlou et a left Cherokee HJ tribe that had wandered west before ! Hie devolution. fiLi Although Sequoyah was thee more allj than eighty yearn eld, he resetted te aJJJ rry hfs meseage of edecatlen to, the HJ lost tribe. Ills quest led Wa Into Mex- pJJJ Ico and there, In August, IMS, week- HJ encd by privation, he Med. Ue V-as) plH burlei In an unknown grave, bet M yllj was to have 'a grander Bsemorlal then H .any 4ionumetit et stone. When the J big irces of Callfernle were dieter- H rei It was decided to call these giant Ha redwoods secjuolas, an evei lftWleg trlb- nlV nte to nn Indian who gave his people pjSj a printed Inngunge of Uielr own. Hj CHIEF BLACK HAWK. THE PA- H . TRIOT QF THE SACS , Mj WHEN the KlKhty-slxth 'dWMoa M went overseas In 1918, they jB bore mi the left shoulder ot their wii forms luslgnln showing a black hawk H rampant on a shield of red. Thus the MB "Black Hawk Division" carried late jjB bnttle once more the emblem of one et H tlic greatest fighting men from their nntlvo soil Chief Black Hawk (MaV IB-I kjtuwlmeshcka'kna) of the Sees ahfl( Foxes. Illinois pioneers, grandfathers ' H of some of these men, had called him a "bloodthirsty savage," but his own Hfl people looked upon him as a patriot' HE who defended bis country again un- 9B Just aggression. LS Black Hawk's war In 18S2 wrb niiB J by a dispute over the terms off mm a treaty removing Uie Sacs and Kexeey Hi to n reservation In Iowa. When the fffiff government fulled te keep Its agree JrtBaf, ment to prcivlde them with corn In Iffin place of the crops they bad abandoned 9iff In Illinois, Black Hawk recrosurd the WBm Mississippi to "steal corn from our IlW own fields," as the old cldef said, hit- jKH terly, aOm Governor Ileynolds called out the flH mllltln to repel these "Invaders" and SDH Inter federal troos were sent to sub- j&K due tho Sacs. After several Serce jjR buttles the Indian resistance was brok- wBl en and Black Hawk's warrlora scat- flD ered, The chief fled to the Wlnne- BW bugos for refuge. On August 27, lWr WW he walked Into General Street's head- BanW quarters at Prairie du Chkn, WIs te WHm surrender. 9BR Tare well my nntlonl" said Black m&R Hawk as he gave himself up. "Blade SSIf Huwk frleil to save yen and avenr ftMKl your wrongs. He drank the Wood e hQII some of the whites, he has leea taktat ffW prisoner and his plane stopped'. He jffly con do no tmire. Hie aun Is setting BgJBj, und will rise ae more, farewell to- R1J1 Ulark. Hawkl" Wm He was held Cor two months a prle. um oner of war at Kortrens Monroe, V, WW und then wits returned to hf people Ip Wm low There another bumlllutlot, Hfi uwulted him. Keokuk, his bitterest ItV enemy und (lie leader of the peace H fuctliiti of the BacH, hqd ten elevutcd WlM to tho head chieftainship. Black l Hawk's prHid H-.urt was broken by IH this blow.. ffil He died Oot!r 3, IKW. lint even WmM then the whiles did not ullow him to ffiP? rest in peure A doctor desecnteil his Wmm grave ami i.irrk'd the skeleton Iwck Wmui to Illinois. Uvx-utuolly the hones o WSm the grent chief were reotoren to hie flLfill sous ami they placed hem fur hufe- UBI'li Jieepjug In the collections of tin Iowa flRgffi hrHtorl-ul museum, 'in1 1W6 rlr din B 1 trped the building, leaving to ids B- I M'opie noihhjj: but the memui or their Hi 1 ttxu itiKf wK: 1 is fi II J f ml Hal |