Sequoyah's talking leaves.

Appleseeds | November 1, 2004| | Copyright

Imagine creating a whole writing system by yourself. It seems like an enormous job for one person. But a Cherokee Indian named Sequoyah did it.

Sequoyah was born around 1780 in what is now Tennessee. A quiet boy who liked to draw, he grew up to be an artistic man who made things from silver. He was also concerned about the future of his people, the Cherokee Indians.

The Cherokees lived in the southeastern part of what became the United States. In the early 1800s, the Cherokees lost much of their land to white settlers. When Sequoyah tried to understand why, ...

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