 One was Kitsap, who led a coalition of Puget Sound Tribes against the Cowichan Tribes of Vancouver Island around 1825.Another was Seattle (also spelled Si-ahl, Sealth, See-ahth, and Seathl, pronounced ), son of Schweabe, who was a peacekeeper during the turbulent times of the mid-19th century.Martha George served as chairwoman of the Suquamish Tribe from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.