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Cherokee Messenger (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)

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“He’s wise; he has something to mention.  Let us call him ‘A-tse-nu-sti,’ the messenger.” That is the tale of Reverend Samuel Austin Worcester (1798-1859), “messenger” and missionary to the Cherokees from 1825 to 1859 under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions (Congregational). One in all Worcester’s earliest accomplishments was once to set Sequoyah’s alphabet in type in order that he and Elias Boudinot could print the bilingual Cherokee Phoenix. After removal to Indian Territory, he helped establish the Cherokee Advocate, edited by William Ross, and issued almanacs, gospels, hymnals, bibles, and other books within the Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw languages. He served the Cherokee in a lot of roles, including those of preacher, teacher, postmaster, legal advisor, doctor, and organizer of temperance societies. His story is the Cherokee story, and within the foreword to this new edition, William L. Anderson discusses Worcester’s life some of the Cherokee.

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