 Whites asserted that the Point Elliott Treaty required the Dwamish who were living in what became metropolitan Seattle to move onto reservations established for other tribes, most of whom (with the exception of the "Dkhw'Suqw'Absh" [Suquamish from c. 1855]) were long-time competitors if not rivals.The Duwamish tribe maintains that the terms of the treaty require a Duwamish reservation—explicitly blocked at local behest in 1866, in contravention of the superseding and precedent treaty.Some followed "si'ab" Si'ahl to the Suquamish reservation at Port Madison.