No^^liT^" ^^^' "^^^ WAHNENAUBI MANUSCRIPT — KILPATRICK 211 



Immediately on their arrival, preparations were made and a Com- 

 pany organized and sent with the men to convey the remains home. 

 They did not find even the place where they had left him. Thus 

 Sequoyah, the Indian who most deserves the respect and gratitude 

 of his people, sleeps in his last resting-place with no Monument to 

 mark the spot. 



Every true-hearted Cherokee will ever hold his Memory dear, 

 and will speak with pride of their gifted Brother. 



AU men, whatever their Nationality, whether friend or foe to the 

 Indian, will acknowledge the wonderful genius of Sequoyah, he who 

 gave to his people their written Language. [^^ 



George Lowrey continued to be a ruling spirit among his people- — 

 their trusted Friend and Adviser. He rejoiced with his people in the 

 peace and security which assured prosperity to them; and in the 

 steady progress they had made toward Civilization. 



His own individual peace was soon to be disturbed by a great 

 sorrow. 



He was called home from the National Coimcil by the sickness of 

 his wife, whose death occured in October the 20th 1846. 



Five years later Lowrey was declared too old to perform the duties 

 of a Chief, and a yoimger man was placed in the office so long and 

 ably filled by him. 



Old, very old he was- — his formerly erect frame bowed with the 

 weight of years, yet he possessed all his native energy of mind. De- 

 clining to retire from Active Service, he was assigned an office in the 

 Executive Committee; [^^] a position of high trust. 



Death foimd him at his post, faithfully discharging the duties of 

 his office, He was compelled, by his own sickness, to leave the 

 Council. 



Six years after his wife's death:— Oct. 20th 1852, George Lowrey 

 entered into that "Rest" prepared for the people of God. 



His remains were followed to their last resting place, in the Ceme- 

 tary at Tahlequah, by a multitude. 



Besides his immediate relatives and friends, there marched in the 

 long procession, all the Members of the National Council, headed by 

 the Chiefs and the two remaining members of the Executive Com- 



«7 There is much In Cherokee oral tradition and not a little In untranslated manuscripts that, were it 

 available to scholarship, would surely enrich our knowledge of Sequoyah. It Is indeed strange that al- 

 though Sequoyah methodically kept journals, as Wahnenauhi and Grant Foreman (1938, p. 37) inform 

 us, none of them have come to light. Incidentally, the name of this distinguished Cherokee, aU etymological 

 conjecture to the contrary, is apparently not of Cherokee origin {see Kilpatrick, 1962, p. 41). 



•9 In the government of the Cherokee Nation, the Executive Committee corresponded somewhat to the 

 Cabinet of the President of the United States. 



