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Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Sagoyewatha [Keeper Awake] Sa-go-ye-wa-tha as an adult because of his oratorical skills) (c.

red jacket meaning	Biography: Born Otetiani, he changed his name to Sagoyewatha upon becoming a chief of the Seneca Nation.
seneca history	Red Jacket was a Seneca chief whose magnificent oratory masked his schemes to maintain his position despite double-dealing against his people’s interests.
red jacket speech summary	Original name: Otetiani ; Also called: Sagoyewatha ; Born: 1758?, Canoga, New York [U.S.] ; Died: January 20, 1830, Seneca Village, Buffalo, New.

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Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Sagoyewatha [Keeper Awake] Sa-go-ye-wa-tha as an adult because of his oratorical skills) (c.

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Red Jacket was born at either Canoga or Ganundasaga (near Geneva, N.Y.).

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Red Jacket was a Seneca chief whose magnificent oratory masked his schemes to maintain his position despite double-dealing against his people’s interests.

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Red Jacket (known as Otetiani [Always Ready] [1] in his youth and Sagoyewatha [Keeper Awake] Sa-go-ye-wa-tha as an adult because of his oratorical skills) (c.

In 1830 Red Jacket, the most famous Seneca orator, died in New York at the age of 74. Seneca writer, historian, and archaeologist Arthur Caswell Parker described the deathbed scene this way:

“He murmured that his old comrades were around him, some chiding him for his mistakes and urging him to see that there was a task ahead.”

Red Jacket was born to the Wolf Clan (since the Seneca are matrilineal he belonged to his mother’s clan) and was given the name Otetiani (“He is Prepared”) and took the name Sagoyewatha (“He Causes them to be Awake”) when he became a chief. His English name, Red Jacket, came from the scarlet coat given to him by the English for fighting on their side during the Revolutionary War.

At the beginning of the Revolutionary War Red Jacket argued for neutrality, but the Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, and Cayuga-all part of the larger Iroquois Confederacy-decided to support England. He served with the British forces

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Red Jacket (known as Otetiani [Always Ready] [1] in his youth and Sagoyewatha [Keeper Awake] Sa-go-ye-wa-tha as an adult because of his oratorical skills) (c.

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Red Jacket was a Seneca chief.