Thank you. A big omission from the original article.

paleotrope 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Amazing "By 1825, the majority of Cherokees could read and write in their newly developed orthography.[5]". It even has a reference so it must be true.

	▲	paleotrope 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Anyway I put in a request to get a copy at my local library so I will update here in a few months when I have a copy of the book.