Chief Seattle, American tribal chief (born 1780)

Chief Seattle

Suquamish and Duwamish chief (1790–1866)

Seattle was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with Doc Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him. A…