"In 1851 Seattle, chief of the Suquamish and other Indian tribes around
Washington's Puget Sound, delivered what is considered to be one of the most
beautiful and profound environmental statements ever made. The city of
Seattle is named for the chief, whose speech was in response to a proposed
treaty under which the Indians were persuaded to sell two million acres of
land for $150,000." -- Buckminster Fuller in Critical Path.
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