Red Jacket: Seneca Chief

by Arthur Caswell Parker

Book Overview

This is the story of the famous and controversial Seneca chief and orator Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha, ca. 1750-1830), whose passionate and articulate defense of the old ways won the admiration of many but also earned him the enmity of Chiefs Joseph Brant and Cornplanter. Red Jacket received a medal from George Washington as a token of friendship. He is remembered as a vocal and persistent opponent of foreign encroachment on the Iroquois, protesting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803287550
• ISBN13: 9780803287556
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"