Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle's speech felt like a roller coaster of emotions. In the beginning he was praising the "Great White Chief" and his son and was grateful for the offer of land. Towards the middle of the speech, Seattle's tone changed from grateful to anger and disbelief. He said that God protected the white people and hated the Native Americans. Seattle claims that the two races could never be brothers and should be kept apart due to their differences. Then, his tone becomes sad because the white people do not honor their dead properly, and their ancestors' memories would fade away. At the very end, Seattle embraced the fact that the Native American tribes would one day become extinct, but their ghosts and spirits would roam the land and white people will never be alone.

In my opinion, Chief Seattle sounded like an elderly man who just wanted to live his life out in peace and was willing to accept the terms of the white settlers in order to avoid more bloodshed. However, during his speech, it sounded as if Seattle gained some of his young warrior past back when he expressed his anger about God and accepting the white men as his "brothers." At the end of his speech, he sounded a little threatening by saying the ghost of his people will forever walk among the living. Personally, I think his last "threat" is just desserts for the white settlers that drove them away and forever changed their lives.