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Biography of Red JacketName: Red JacketBirth Date: 1758 Death Date: January 30, 1830 Place of Birth: New York, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: tribal leader Red Jacket Red Jacket (1758-1830) was a Seneca Tribal Commander who lent support to the British during the Revolutionary War. He also fought to prevent conversions to Christianity among the Iroquios.Red Jacket (1758-1830) supported the British during the American Revolution (1777-83) and later became a spokesman for his people in negotiations with the U.S. government. Red Jacket was also a staunch opponent of Christianity and worked to prevent Iroquois conversions to Christianity.Although Red Jacket eventually allied himself with other Indian nations in support of the British during the American Revolution, he was originally hesitant about the affiliation. This ambivalence perhaps explains why he did little fighting during the conflict. According to a number of accounts, Red Jacket's reluctance to fight was perceived as cowardice by some Iroquois war leaders such as Cornplanter and Joseph Brant.After the war, Red Jacket became a principal spokesman for the Seneca people. He was present at …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…they were ultimately reconciled. He was once again commonly believed to be drinking heavily. He died on January 20, 1830, at his tribal village near Buffalo. His wife had him buried in a Christian cemetery following a Christian religious service, neither of which he would have approved. In 1884, his remains, along with those of other Seneca tribal leaders, were reinterred in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, where a memorial now stands. Further Reading booksDockstader, Frederick J., Great North American Indians: Profiles in Life and Leadership, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977; 234-235.Handbook of American Indians, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, 2 volumes, Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907-1910; vol. 2, 360-363.Parker, Arthur C., Red Jacket: Last of the Seneca, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1952.Stone, William L., Life and Times of Red-Jacket, or Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, New York and London, Wiley and Putnam, 1841. Wallace, Anthony F. C., The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca, New York, Knopf, 1969. |