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Quotes from Statement on surrendering tribal lands to Isaac Stevens, governor of Washington Territory — Chief Seattle

1780–1866 United States

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At night when the streets of your cities and villages are silent and you think them deserted, they will throng with the returning hosts that once filled them and still love this beautiful land. The white man will never be alone.

Statement on surrendering tribal lands to Isaac Stevens, governor of Washington Territory (1855)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chief Seattle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.