I want to know the summary of the chief Seattle speech
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Chief Seattle's Speech
Chief Seattle was a leader of a tribe in the Washington territory in the nineteenth century. His speech is considered as a response to Governor Isaac Stevens' proposal of surrendering or selling the native people's land to the White settlers. His speech delineates that Native Americans had a reverence for life and respect for human connection with nature. Seattle begins his speech by saying that nature has sympathized with his people for many centuries. Today it is fair but tomorrow may not be the same, as the great chief in Washington wishes to buy their land. the great chief also sends them word of goodwill and friendship, but he is in little need of their friendship, as his people are strong and powerful as compared to the natives. Seattle also says there was a time when his people were larger in number but now they are nothing more than a mournful memory. he will not mourn over their untimely decay. Youth is impulsive and young men often indulge in revengeful wars. Their impulsive nature has led them into war and destroyed them completely. He then refers George Washington as their "good father" who promises the natives that if they do as he desires then he will protect them. He then talks about how their God has abandoned them and how the God of the paleface is helping them to win. He says if they had a common God then he is partial to his European children. He extols that there is a sacredness associated not only with the ashes of their ancestors but also with his land which is their resting place; but the Whites wander away from the graves of their ancestors. Not a single star of hope hovers above the natives' horizon. The winds moan and grim fate follows them. Their situation is similar to a wounded doe that has being hunted down. In a few more years their race will vanish completely from the face of the earth. However, the common destiny of both the whites and the red Indians will help them. Seattle says that they will accept the Governor's proposal but only if they will be allowed to visit the tomb of their ancestors. He ends his speech by saying that the whites will never be alone. Even when the last native would have been perished. He requests white men to deal kindly with his people as the "dead are not powerless". Seattle by the end states that there is no death, but a change of worlds.
Chief Seattle was a leader of a tribe in the Washington territory in the nineteenth century. His speech is considered as a response to Governor Isaac Stevens' proposal of surrendering or selling the native people's land to the White settlers. His speech delineates that Native Americans had a reverence for life and respect for human connection with nature. Seattle begins his speech by saying that nature has sympathized with his people for many centuries. Today it is fair but tomorrow may not be the same, as the great chief in Washington wishes to buy their land. the great chief also sends them word of goodwill and friendship, but he is in little need of their friendship, as his people are strong and powerful as compared to the natives. Seattle also says there was a time when his people were larger in number but now they are nothing more than a mournful memory. he will not mourn over their untimely decay. Youth is impulsive and young men often indulge in revengeful wars. Their impulsive nature has led them into war and destroyed them completely. He then refers George Washington as their "good father" who promises the natives that if they do as he desires then he will protect them. He then talks about how their God has abandoned them and how the God of the paleface is helping them to win. He says if they had a common God then he is partial to his European children. He extols that there is a sacredness associated not only with the ashes of their ancestors but also with his land which is their resting place; but the Whites wander away from the graves of their ancestors. Not a single star of hope hovers above the natives' horizon. The winds moan and grim fate follows them. Their situation is similar to a wounded doe that has being hunted down. In a few more years their race will vanish completely from the face of the earth. However, the common destiny of both the whites and the red Indians will help them. Seattle says that they will accept the Governor's proposal but only if they will be allowed to visit the tomb of their ancestors. He ends his speech by saying that the whites will never be alone. Even when the last native would have been perished. He requests white men to deal kindly with his people as the "dead are not powerless". Seattle by the end states that there is no death, but a change of worlds.
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