The following is the full text of a speech which was given by Seneca Chief Sagoyewatha, who was born around 1757 and died in 1830 in Buffalo, New York. He was later re-interred, despite his wish that "no white man dig me up for re-burial." His nickname of Red Jacket came from his alliance with the British against the Colonists during the American Revolution, during which time he took to wearing the coat of a British Officer.
This speech was made before a Council of Confederated Chiefs after they had heard from a white missionary who had arrived and begun to preach to the Natives. I had never heard this speech before, I ran across it in the library today. There is a whole wealth of information about Red Jacket on-line. Wikipedia is always a good place to start, so here's a link to that, followed by the full text of the speech itself. It is majestic.
This speech was made before a Council of Confederated Chiefs after they had heard from a white missionary who had arrived and begun to preach to the Natives. I had never heard this speech before, I ran across it in the library today. There is a whole wealth of information about Red Jacket on-line. Wikipedia is always a good place to start, so here's a link to that, followed by the full text of the speech itself. It is majestic.
