Thirteen years after American settlers founded the city
named for him, Chief Seattle died in a nearby village of
his people.
Born sometime around 1790, Seattle (Seathl) was a chief
of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes who lived around
the Pacific Coast bay that is today called Puget Sound.
He was the son of a Suquamish father and a Duwamish
mother, a lineage that allowed him to gain influence in
both tribes.
Jesuit missionaries introduced Chief Seattle to Catholicism,
and he became a devout believer. He died in 1866 at the
approximate age of 77.
James Wehn’s Chief Sealth statue near the Space Needle.
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