Chief Seattle was the head chief of the Squamish, Samahmish, Duwamish, and three other small tribes of the Pudget Sound Indians. He was born in 1786 and died June 7, 1886. Seattle had a daughter named Kick-es-om-la with his first wife and five children with his second. The city of Seattle, Washington was named after him and each year boy scouts have a memorial celebration at his tomb in Washington.

After the Indians won the battle against their enemy the Muckleshoots Chief Seattle made a speech. " We won the battle because we all fought together . Now let us all join together as one great tribe. Then other Indians will fear to make war with us. We can have peace forever."

Chief Seattle and his father were friends with the whites and willing to help them. In the 1830's Seattle was converted by white catholic missionaries and taught his tribe about this new religion. Seattle was the first to sign the Port Elliot Treaty in 1855, by which Washington tribes were given a reservation. Chief Seattle hoped that the white men and the red man could live in peace. Even after the treaty was signed there was still problems between the two peoples. Eventually peace did come and Chief Seattle is still considered a great peacemaker of his time.

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