New Echota, GA - A Virtual Tour
The Worcester House
Reverend Samuel Austin Worcester was a seventh-generation pastor from Vermont who lived from January 19th, 1798 to April 20th, 1859. Samuel was a missionary to the Cherokee, who translated Hymns and the Bible. He was also a blacksmith, carpenter, translator, doctor, town postmaster, and printer for the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper. Samuels name to the Cherokee was Astesnusti which means "the messenger."
While in New England, Worcester met a Cherokee named Gallegina "Buck" Uwati (sometimes spelled Oowatie or Watie) who later changes his name to Elias Boudinot. Together, they established the first Native American newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, which was first published in 1828.
When you compare the Worcester home to those of the middle and lower class Cherokee, you will notice a drastic difference in the quality of life.