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The only known photograph of Chief Seattle, taken in 1864. Chief Seattle's speech is one that Chief Seattle probably gave in 1854 to an audience including the first Governor of Washington Territory, the militaristic Isaac Stevens. Though the speech itself is lost to history, many putative versions exist, none of which is particularly reliable.
Seattle (c. 1780~86 – June 7, 1866; Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]; usually styled as Chief Seattle) was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with Doc Maynard .
Henry A. Smith (1830 – August 16, 1915) was a physician, poet, legislator and early settler of Seattle, best known today for his flowery translation of a speech by Chief Seattle (or Sealth or Si'ahl) that is still in print.
The words attributed to Chief Seattle, read by Campbell in the fourth episode of the series, were actually written by Ted Perry for a 1972 ecology film called Home. Perry adapted the text from newspaper accounts that were, in turn, published years after Chief Seattle delivered the actual speech. [5] [6]
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Plaque near the location of the signing of the Treaty of Point Elliott, Mukilteo, Washington. The Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855, or the Point Elliott Treaty, [1] —also known as the Treaty of Point Elliot / Point Elliot Treaty [2] —is the lands settlement treaty between the United States government and the Native American tribes of the greater Puget Sound region in the recently formed ...
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