Identify this person: Born about 1752 and dying in 1830, thi…

Identify this person: Born about 1752 and dying in 1830, this Seneca chief served on the American side in the War of 1812. He was known by a gift of clothing given to him by a British officer during the American Revolution. He was a gifted orator who used logic and reason to try to get the point of the Native Americans across to the whites. He rationally defended the Native American spirituality against encroachment by Europeans.

Identify the author: I traveled the world as a sailor on wha…

Identify the author: I traveled the world as a sailor on whaling ships. My adventures took me to the South Pacific, which influenced my writing. When I died, I was not respected as an author; however, the twentieth century has elevated me to a high position in American literature. My work often speaks of my abhorrence of the darkness of human deeds and the evil seemingly inherent in nature itself. In my poetry, my verses anticipated twentieth and twenty-first century techniques. I wrote one of the classic novels in American Literature about the chase of a creature of nature.

Give the title for the following excerpt: .   .   . That ech…

Give the title for the following excerpt: .   .   . That echoed to many a parting groan             And natural prayer       Of dying foemen mingled there— Foemen at morn, but friends at eve—       Fame or country least their care: (What like a bullet can undeceive!)       But now they lie low, .  .  .