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Attached: 1 image TIL Sequoyah, an illiterate warrior of the Cherokee Nation, observed the "talking leaves" (writing) of the white man in 1813. He thought it was military advantage and created a syllabary for Cherokee from scratch in 1821. It caught on quickly and Cherokee literacy surpassed 90% just 9 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah#Syllabary_and_Cherokee_literacy #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1iqaznt/til_sequoyah_an_illiterate_warrior_of_the/