Sequoia's winters were
sixteen, silent tongue spirit clean
He walked at his father's side
Across the smoking battle ground where red and white men lay all
around
So many here had died
The wind had scattered around snow white leaves upon the
ground
Not leaves like leaves from trees
Sequoia said what can this be what's the strange thing here I
see
From where come leaves like these
Sequoia turned to his father's eyes and he said father you' are
wise
From where come such snow white leaves
With such strange marks upon these squares
Not even the wise owl could put them there
So strange these snow white leaves
His father shielding his concern resenting the knowledge Sequoia
yearned
Crumbled the snow white leaves
He said when I explain then it's done these are talking leaves my
son
The white men's talking leaves
The white man takes a berry of black and red
And an eagle's feather from the eagle's bed
And he makes bird track marks
And the marks on the leaves they say carry messages to his brother
far away
And his brother knows what's in his heart
They see these marks and they understand the truth in the heart of
the far off man
The enemies can't hear them
Said Sequoia's father son they weave bad medicine on these talking
leaves
Leave such things to them
Then Sequoia walking lightly followed his father quietly but so
amazed was he
If the white man talks on leaves why not the Cherokee
Vanished from his father's face Sequoia went from place to
place
But he could not forget
Year after year he worked on and on till finally he cut into
stone
The Cherokee alphabet
Sequoia's hair by now was white his eyes began to lose their
light
But he taught all who would believe
That the Indian's thoughts could be written down
Just as the white men's there on the ground and he left us these
talking leaves
u-yv-tlv-i
nv-gi tso-i hi-s-gi
ta-li go-s-da-yi zero sa-quu-i
sa-quu-i
u-sv-hi-yi
ga-li-quo-gi so-ne-la sa-quu-i
nv-gi go-s-da-yi so-ne-la nv-gi
ga-li-quo-gi
ha-ga-ta e-qua
nv-yu
ha-ga-ta nv-gi tsa-li-gu
gv-do-di yo-ne-ga a-s-ga-ya u-do-we-lv
gv-do-di
ga-so-hi di-ga-te-le-gi
tsa-li-gu a-i-sv tsu-ga-na-wv
s-go-hi a-la-s-gv-da
ha-ga-ta wo-ni
u-ta-lo-tsa
The
Cache
Posted coordinates are for
the trailhead.
How to find the cache is
included in the the description above.
If searching for this cache
in the dark, take a light and exercise
caution.
Portions of the trail skirt
a very steep ravine.
Please take note of the
code in the log book.
It will be needed to find a
mystery cache to be published at a future date.
Included in the cache is a
Letterbox Stamp Kit. Do not remove!!!!