- Leader | 1786 - 1866
To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.
Chief Seattle
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Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
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My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain.
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Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.
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Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.
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