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Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
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Chief Seattle
Age: 80 †
Born: 1786
Born: January 1
Died: 1866
Died: June 7
Slaveholder
Tribal Chief
Evergreen State
Si'ahl
Sealth
Seathl
See-ahth
Chief Si'ahl
Chief Sealth
Chief Seathl
Chief See-ahth
Seattle
si?al
Chief si?al
Noah
Chief Noah
Contaminate
Suffocate
Bed
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