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brought letters from Arkansas. Written y Cherokee whom he had taught, in the native character; and when he emigrated to Arkansas he took back answers of the same description; and when the Indians found they were thus able to talk from a distance, their astonishment and delight were great than ever. | brought letters from Arkansas. Written y Cherokee whom he had taught, in the native character; and when he emigrated to Arkansas he took back answers of the same description; and when the Indians found they were thus able to talk from a distance, their astonishment and delight were great than ever. In his early silver work, Gist took especial pride in manufacturing high ornamented buckles of silver and silver plates for the martingales of horses. The first characters which he invented resembled german text. Few or none of these were retained. At the house of Mike Waters, he was struck with the "Bible Book" as Waters called it, of Sally Waters, his wife. He was then studying for characters to make use of in print. He copied out some of the letters and said those would do for print of the old ones for writing. Before he went to [[?anta]] or somewhere about the time he went thither, and made the Bellows and planned the Blacksmith's [[?]], the only anvil he had was the small one he used for his silver work. This he found sufficient to assist him in | ||
In his early silver work, Gist took especial pride in manufacturing high ornamented buckles of silver and silver plates for the martingales of horses. | |||
The first characters which he invented resembled german text. Few or none of these were retained. At the house of Mike Waters, he was struck with the "Bible Book" as Waters called it, of Sally Waters, his wife. He was then studying for characters to make use of in print. He copied out some of the letters and said those would do for print of the old ones for writing. | |||
Before he went to [[?anta]] or somewhere about the time he went thither, and made the Bellows and planned the Blacksmith's [[?]], the only anvil he had was the small one he used for his silver work. This he found sufficient to assist him in | |||
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brought letters from Arkansas. Written y Cherokee whom he had taught, in the native character; and when he emigrated to Arkansas he took back answers of the same description; and when the Indians found they were thus able to talk from a distance, their astonishment and delight were great than ever. In his early silver work, Gist took especial pride in manufacturing high ornamented buckles of silver and silver plates for the martingales of horses. The first characters which he invented resembled german text. Few or none of these were retained. At the house of Mike Waters, he was struck with the "Bible Book" as Waters called it, of Sally Waters, his wife. He was then studying for characters to make use of in print. He copied out some of the letters and said those would do for print of the old ones for writing. Before he went to ?anta or somewhere about the time he went thither, and made the Bellows and planned the Blacksmith's ?, the only anvil he had was the small one he used for his silver work. This he found sufficient to assist him in