RED-JACKET
\ɹˈɛdd͡ʒˈakɪt], \ɹˈɛddʒˈakɪt], \ɹ_ˈɛ_d_dʒ_ˈa_k_ɪ_t]\
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(1751-1830), chief of the Wolf tribe of the Senecas, served with the Six Nations against the Americans during the Revolution. In the War of 1812 he assisted the United States. He made an eloquent speech against the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1784. He lacked courage, and was an inverate opponent of Christianity, schools and missionaries, but was a sagacious statesman and an eloquent orator.
By John Franklin Jameson
