Hey guys... Please give me the summary of the first paragraph of chief Seattle speech....the paragraph starts with "Yonder sky that has wept the years of compassion............"
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Chief Seattle—a well known figure
Chief Seattle, who belonged to Suquamish tribe, delivered this speech at Washington in 1854. He was a reputed and a prominent figure among his tribal people. In his impressive speech, he pursued the path of accommodation to white settlers in the U.S. state of Washington. In his speech, he gave powerful arguments in favour of ecological responsibility and respect of Native American’s land rights.
He thanks the White Chief for acknowledging his greetings of friendship and goodwill. He praises the kindness and greatness of the White Chief. He says that though he wishes to buy their land, he is willing to allow them liberty to live comfortably. He calls it a gesture of generosity.
Chief Seattle’s Speech Summary
Hostilities
He recollects the time when the white man began to push their forefathers westward. There were hostilities between them. He wishes that those hostilities may never return. The young men would like to take revenge but the old tribal people are wise and would never like to resume the hostilities towards the whites. He hopes that their good father in Washington would protect them and his brave warriors would prove to be a great wall of strength against their ancient enemies who frightened their women, children and the old men. Then in reality he would be their father and they would be his children.
The White Man and the Tribal People
But he feels sceptical about one thing. He feels that the God of the white people loves his own people and hates the tribal people (the Red Children) and therefore cannot be their God. He has abandoned his Red Children. He, then, refers to his own God, the great spirit, who also seems to have abandoned them. He complains that the God of the white people does not love his people and therefore does not protect them. They feel like orphans who can look nowhere for help. It is in this context that he remarks that they are two distinct races with separate origins and separate destinies. There is little in common between them.
The religion of the White Man
He, then, says that the white man’s religion was written upon tablets of stone by the iron fingers of their God so that they could not forget. The Red Man could never comprehend or remember it. But their religion is the traditions of their ancestors. It constitutes the dreams of their old men and is written in the hearts of their people. He further remarks that their dead cease to love them and the land of their nativity. But, on the other hand, the dead of his race never forget their beautiful world that gave them their being.
He says that the Red Man has always fled the approach of the White Man. But the White Man’s proposition seems fair and he thinks that his people will accept it. He hopes that then they will dwell apart in peace. For a while he mourns over the graves of his powerful people. But then he philosophises that tribe follows tribe and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea.
It is the order of nature and the regret is useless.
Chief Seattle’s decision
He, then, remarks that they will ponder over their proposition and convey to them their decision. But before the decision he puts a condition. The condition is that they will be free to visit the ‘tombs of their ancestors, friends and children at any time. Every part of this soil is sacred to them. The dead people of his race will love these sombre solitudes. He thinks that when the last Red Man shall have perished, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of his tribe. In all the earth there is no place dedicated to solitude. At night the deserted streets will be thronged with the returning hosts that once filled them and still love this beautiful land
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