The Collected Speeches of Sagoyewatha, or Red JacketGranville Ganter In the first complete collection of a Native American orator’s speeches, Granville Ganter presents the speeches of Red Jacket or Sagoyewatha (Shay-gó-ye-wátha), a formidable diplomat and one of the most famous Native American orators of the nineteenth century. As a representative of the Seneca and the Six Nations, Red Jacket negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson, establishing a legacy that continues to influence discussions of native sovereignty and cultural identity. In speeches spanning over forty years, he eloquently voiced the rights of Native Americans, opposing the encroachment of white man’s religion and culture and the sale of native lands. Presenting more than fifty speeches of Red Jacket, some previously unpublished and others revised using modern standards of textual editing, this volume encourages a wider readership of Red Jacket’s work. Ganter’s accompanying essays offer a detailed historical framework, presenting archival research about the interpreters and the circumstances of each speech. The great majority of Red Jacket’s speeches were interpreted by reliable translators who were often chosen by the Senecas for their accuracy. This edition spans Red Jacket’s political career from 1790 to 1830 and includes major addresses to Presidents Washington, Adams, and Monroe. Additionally, it contains original versions of his speeches to evangelical missionaries and land speculators, which circulated for nearly 150 years after Red Jacket’s death. This book will stand as the definitive critical edition of Red Jacket’s speeches and as a remarkable record of Native American political history. It will be of crucial interest to historians and literary scholars of Native American studies. |
Contents
The Council of Tioga Point | 1 |
Colonel Thomas Proctors Embassy West | 16 |
Council of Newtown PointPainted Post | 22 |
Diplomacy in Philadelphia | 33 |
Indian Council at the Glaize | 45 |
Council with Butler at Fort Erie | 56 |
October 19November 12 1794 | 61 |
Council at Fort Niagara | 77 |
Insulting the Wyandots and Delawares at Brownstown | 159 |
To Erastus Granger on War with Britain | 169 |
Protesting Delayed Annuities | 183 |
Petition for Protection to Governor Clinton | 196 |
Variant Texts of the Reply to Ogden | 220 |
Petition to the Governor to Evict White Settlers and Black Coats | 227 |
On Separate Races and Religions | 241 |
On Coercion and Bribery at the Ogden Council of 1826 | 254 |
To Joseph Ellicott and Capt Chapin on Dissatisfaction with | 95 |
The Trial of Red Jacket | 110 |
To Chapin on Annuities Husbandry and Proposal to Sell | 115 |
To Rev Elkanah Holmes at Buffalo Creek | 129 |
A Variant Text of the Reply to Cram | 144 |
Request for a Teacher from the New York Quakers | 272 |
Biographical Glossary | 279 |
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