Red Jacket
Subtitle: Iroquois diplomat and orator
By: Christopher Densmore.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Iroquois and their neighbors
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Syracuse
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Red Jacket (Seneca chief), ca. 1756-1830; Seneca Indians -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Seneca Indians -- Politics and government; Seneca Indians -- Government relations
Description: In the first modern biography of Red Jacket, the author sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. The political career of Red Jacket (1758-1830) began just before the American Revolution, when both the Americans and the British sought the alliance of the powerful Iroquois Confederacy. By the 1790s, Red Jacket was frequently the diplomat chosen by the Seneca Nation and the Iroquois Confederacy to represent them in councils and treaty negotiations between the United States, the British in Canada, and the Indian nations of the Ohio Country. Red Jacket spoke eloquently against the sale of Indian lands, against the encroachment of the white man's religion and culture, and in defense of Indian sovereignty. His speeches were widely known in his own lifetime and continue to be reprinted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p147-158) and index.