Editing Red Jacket (section)

==Later life==
His later adult name, ''Sagoyewatha'', which roughly translates as "he keeps them awake", was given by the Seneca about 1780 in recognition of his oratory skill. When in 1805 Jacob Cram, a New England [[missionary]], asked to do mission work among the Seneca, Red Jacket responded by saying that the Seneca had suffered much at the hands of Europeans. His speech, "Religion for the White Man and the Red", expressed his profound belief that Native American religion was fitting and sufficient for Seneca and Native American culture. It has been documented and preserved as one of the best examples of North American oratory.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/268/8/3.html#txt1 "Red Jacket on Religion for the White Man and the Red"], Bartleby Website, accessed May 22, 2011.</ref>

Red Jacket developed a [[American Indian alcoholism|problem with]] [[Alcoholism|alcohol]] and deeply regretted having taken his first drink (see following quote). When asked if he had children, the chief, who had lost most of his offspring to illness, said:

<blockquote>Red Jacket was once a great man, and in favor with the [[Great Spirit]]. He was a lofty pine among the smaller trees of the forest. But, after years of glory, he degraded himself by drinking the [[Alcoholic beverages|firewater]] of the white man. The Great Spirit has looked upon him in anger, and his lightning has stripped the pine of its branches.<ref name=Lossing>{{Cite book | last = Lossing | first = Benson J. | title = A Centennial Edition of the History of the United States | publisher = T. Belknap | year = 1876 | location = Hartford | pages = 26 | isbn = 9781177937429 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U0kDkgAACAAJ&q=Red+Jacket}}</ref></blockquote>

In his later years, ''Sagoyewatha'' lived in [[Buffalo, New York]]. In his last public speech titled ‘I am an aged tree and can stand no longer’ from 1829, Red Jacket foresaw his death.<ref> Blaisdell, 2000. Pg. 48</ref> He stated that he was like an old tree whose leaves had fallen, branches withered, and that he had been shaken by every breeze. Although he was about to be joined with the spirits of his ancestors, it made him uneasy to think about the Senecas, who, as he rightfully predicted, were soon to be scattered and forgotten.<ref> Blaisdell, 2000. Pg. 48.</ref> On his death, his remains were buried in an Indian cemetery (now within Seneca Indian Park in South Buffalo, New York). In 1876, the politician William C. Bryant presented a plan to the Council of the Seneca Nation to reinter Red Jacket's remains in [[Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)|Forest Lawn Cemetery]] in Buffalo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_week_2008/red_jacket_grave/red_jacket_grave.htm|title=The Graves of Red Jacket|publisher=wnyheritagepress.org|access-date=June 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727000007/http://wnyheritagepress.org/photos_week_2008/red_jacket_grave/red_jacket_grave.htm|archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> This was carried out on October 9, 1884. The proceedings, with papers documenting speeches given by [[Horatio Hale]], General [[Ely S. Parker]] (Red Jacket's nephew's grandson, known as a "clan grandson," who inherited the famous medal<ref>{{cite book|last1=Armstrong|first1=William H.|title=Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker|url=https://archive.org/details/warriorintwocamp0000arms|url-access=registration|date=1978|publisher=Syracuse Univ. Press|isbn=0-8156-2495-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/warriorintwocamp0000arms/page/204 204]}}</ref>), and others, were published (Buffalo, 1884).<ref name="appletons"/> A memorial to Red Jacket, sculpted by [[James G. C. Hamilton]], still stands within Seneca Indian Park.

According to ''[[Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography]]'', "Several portraits were made of him. [[George Catlin]] painted him twice, [[Henry Inman (painter)|Henry Inman]] once, and [[Robert W. Weir]] did his portrait in 1828, when Red Jacket was on a visit to [[New York City]]. [[Fitz-Greene Halleck]] has celebrated him in song."<ref name=appletons/>