Sequoyah
Biography at gardenofpraise.com

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Across
1. the basis for Sequoyah's written language
4. Sequoyah's daughter
6. a person who makes articles of silver
7. the number of years he worked on the language
9. the name Sequoyah took for his own
Down
1. made of bronze and placed in Hall of Fame
2. a worker who shapes iron
3. pages with English writing on them
5. the number of symbols in his alphabet
8. Sequoyah's mother
WORD BANK:  SILVERSMITH, BLACKSMITH, WUTTEH, GEORGE GUESS, SYLLABLES
SPEAKING LEAVES, EIGHTY FIVE, TWELVE, AHYOKA, STATUE