Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle (also Sealth or Seathl) of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes, was born around 1786 on Blake Island in Washington state, and died June 7, 1866 on the Suquamish Reservation at Port Madison (now Bainbridge Island, Washington). His father, Schweabe, was a noble of the Suquamish tribe, and his mother was Scholitza of the Duwamish. Seattle, Washington was named after him.

References

• Murray Morgan, Skid Road, 1951, 1960, and other reprints, ISBN 0295958464
• William C. ("Bill") Speidel, Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle, Nettle Creek Publishing Company, Seattle, 1978.
• Chief Seattle's Speech, HistoryLink.org, introduction by Walt Crowley, June 28, 1999, revised by Greg Lange and Priscilla Long, January 12, 2001, accessed July 21, 2005.