Object Record
Metadata
Accession number |
P6 |
Title |
The Old Testament, translated into Cherokee.Genesis or the First Book of Moses |
Date |
1856 |
Notes |
The Cherokees are the second largest group of Indians in the United States, after the Navajos. They occupied an area from North Carolina to Georgia, but after 1827 were forcibly removed to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Cherokee is the only American Indian language with a syllabary devised by one of its own people. Its inventor was Sequoya, a Tennessee Cherokee, in whose honor the species of redwood tree is named. He devised eight-six symbols for sounds in the Cherokee language. This new written language was completed in 1825, after twelve years' labor. A special type font was cast for the syllabic characters. Parts of the new Testament were printed as early as 1829, although the complete New Testament was not published until 1860. Two books of the Old Testament were printed, Exodus in 1853 and Genesis in 1856. The translators were S.A. Worcester and S. Foreman. |
Collection |
Framed Bible Leaves |
Subjects |
Bible Leaves Bible History Native American |