@inthehands @ian O'siyo oginalii, Sequoyah also travelled widely consulting with elders from many dispersed Cherokee communities, including those already in the far west (Cherokee City California, Cherokees then already in Idaho, Cherokees who had fled to Mexico, etc). This is also why while the population became widely dispersed, especially after Indian removal, the language did not diverge much even in these very distant and otherwise often vert isolated communities.