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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 .
Suquamish is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.The population was 4,266 at the 2020 census. [3] Comprising the Port Madison Indian Reservation, it is the burial site of Chief Seattle and was the site of the Suquamish tribe winter longhouse known as the Old Man House.
The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006 and Ibid (27 May 2001). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 2.
Another was Seattle (also spelled Si-ahl, Sealth, See-ahth, and Seathl, pronounced [ˈsiʔaːɬ]), son of Schweabe, who was a peacekeeper during the turbulent times of the mid-19th century. [ 2 ] Martha George served as chairwoman of the Suquamish Tribe from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
Notable battles occurred in present-day Tacoma, Seattle, and even as far east as Walla Walla. On 28 October 1855, a party of natives killed eight settlers in what was later called the White River Massacre. Three children fled on foot to Seattle, but a five-year-old boy was seized and held by the natives for six months before being released. [4]
The name "Seattle" for the city (c. 1853) [34] is an Anglicization of si'áb Si'ahl, the Duwamish and Suquamish chief (si'áb, high status man). [35] The name for the city is attributed to 'Doc' Maynard, a complex figure, who named the city after Chief Seattle, an enigmatic one. [36]
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Years later, Seattle schoolchildren raised money for a headstone. [4] The Chronicle of Holy Names Academy reported: May 29, 1896. With the death of Angeline Seattle died the last of the direct descendants of the great Chief Seattle for whom this city was named. Angeline—Princess Angeline—as she was generally called, was famous all over the ...