...s in printed reviews-without prior permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Prologue 1855 PACIFIC NORTHWEST TERRITOR... ...inted reviews-without prior permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America Prologue 1855 PACIFIC NORTHWEST TERRITORY PUGE... ... voice: " We are here to mark and witness a day of reconciliation be­ tween the United States and the Suquamish Indians. A day that marks the beginn... ... " We are here to mark and witness a day of reconciliation be­ tween the United States and the Suquamish Indians. A day that marks the beginning of ... ...eaning of the pattern. Have you ever seen anything like it before?" "Don't get testy. I've only looked at it for a few minutes. But I can tell you ... ...had been trying for months to get that damn money out of Washington," she said, testily. "I tried for the next several days to phone and thank her, ... ...or punched the intercom button, "Alice, get me the Medical Examiner at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland." A moment later. "Dr. Henry Chadsworth i... ...ansport. The military plane landed at nineteen-hundred hours Seattle time. The pilot had radioed ahead and arranged for a Forest Ranger to meet Bre... ...secured the retrieval team in the rear of the heli­ copter, and then ordered the pilot of the team to fly to the rendezvous point. The team was hand-...

...red balance of life. Upon the next day's passing, Seattle signs the Port Eliot treaty relinquishing ownership of Suquamish ancestral lands to the United States government in favor of a small reservation to the North. He sees that a war would ultimately prove futile and wishes instead to preserve his people's lifeblood through appeasement. In a final speech, Seattle exp...