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What was Sequoyah's great invention and perhaps most outstanding achievement?

Cherokee Alphabet.

What English name did Sequoyah go by?

George Gist. His mother was sister to the white man, Nathaniel Gist, a friend of George Washington, thus Sequoyah's English names.

A county in what state is now named for Sequoyah?

Oklahoma.

In what state can you find Sequoia National Park, also named for Sequoyah?

California & CA.

In 1842, Sequoyah left on an ill-fated search for a legendary lost Cherokee tribe. In what country did he end up dying?

Mexico. He died in San Fernando, Mexico, never having reached his goal of finding the lost tribe.