because the web oil -- whippoorwill is rarely seen in the region he was in. buffalo was probably never seen there. the slaughter of the buffalo didn't start until the late 1860's. seattle allegedly refers to people shooting bison from trains. that had not happened yet. the first transcontinental railroad is not completed until 1868. none of this could have happened yet. where did this come from? it came from a speech writer, a screenwriter. his name was ted perry. he later taught at middlebury college. he wrote a screenplay for a film about ecology, in 1972. and hecalled "home," essentially made up or invented what seattle said. his speech was further embellished and became a letter in a aident pierce -- in a a children's book. phyllis fogelman, the president of the press that publish this, when told about the inauthenticity about this version of this each said, "for want of a tape recorder, maybe we have a book that will change children's is about the environment." the creator of the illustration of the book said, "i don't know what he said the native americ

his translation of the speech has none of these references to the buffalo or the whippoorwill.f you look at other speeches written down, they are rather mundane things, hoping the united states will hold onto its treaty organizations. it is not surprising he would mention these things. the buffalo was probably never seen there. the slaughter of the buffalo didn't start until the late 1860's. allegedly refers to people shooting bison from trains. that had not happened yet. the first transcontinental railroad is not completed until 1868. where did this come from? it came from a speech writer, a screenwriter. he taught at middlebury college. he wrote a screenplay for a film about ecology. he essentially made up or invented what seattle said. his speech was further .mbellished and became a letter it became a children's book. fogelman, the president of the press that publish this, when told about the , for wantcity, said of a cheap -- tape recorder, maybe we have a book that will change children's views about the environment. the creator of the illustration of the book said i don't