<P> In 1993 Nancy Zussy, a librarian at Washington State University, analyzed the versions of Chief Seattle's speech (or "letter") which were then in circulation . She identified four major textual variants, which she ascribed to four authors as follows: </P> <Ul> <Li> "Version 1", the Smith version </Li> <Li> "Version 2", the Arrowsmith version </Li> <Li> "Version 3", the Perry / Stevens version </Li> <Li> "Version 4", a shortened version of the Perry / Stevens version--no known author </Li> </Ul> <Li> "Version 1", the Smith version </Li> <Li> "Version 2", the Arrowsmith version </Li>

Authentic text of chief seattle's treaty oration 1854