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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 16, 2015
Caption: Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket)
Additional Description: This 1868 painting by Thomas Hicks after one by Robert Walter Weir hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.

“In the American Revolution, Seneca chief Sagoye­watha fought for the British, who gave him the name ‘Red Jacket’ because he wore their red coat. In his dealings with the new American republic, he excelled as a negotiator for his tribe. George Washington presented him with a peace medal, which can be seen in many of his portraits. Sagoyewatha convinced the Seneca Indians in New York to fight on the American side in the War of 1812. Although in his sixties, he fought bravely at the battles of Fort George and Chippawa, clearing his reputation of earlier charges of cowardice dur­ing the Revolutionary War. The heavy Indian casual­ties on both sides at Chippawa led Sagoyewatha to negotiate with Seneca and Iroquois chiefs, leading to the withdrawal of both tribes from the conflict.” — National Portrait Gallery
Submitted: June 27, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p386887
File Size: 2.035 Megabytes

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