Analysis Of Tecumseh's Speech To The Osages

Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.

Chapter 7 of Alan Taylor’s American Revolutions begins by describing the tense state of affairs between American Patriots and Native Indians in 1775. Both sides feared the other and were determined not to let their enemy defeat them. The Patriots were angry with the British for seeking alliance with the Indians, compromising their “racial solidarity”, in order to gain a military advantage. The Natives believed that American independence would be the catalyst for their downfall into slavery and landlessness. The author moves on to say that this was not the case with all tribes. For example, weak bands of Indians in the Carolinas allied with Patriots and fought in their army in hopes for protection after the war. However, the reality was that

As a rule, the Native Americans are perhaps the most overlooked sector of the population of the colonies. This war completely varied their knowledge of their land and its value. “We know our lands have now become more valuable,” (Document B). No more would they be fooled by

When the English settlers began their colonization of America, they were unsure on how to approach the indigenous people. They were not prepared for a war initially, nor did they have all of the supplies required to survive. In chapter one of, Lethal Encounters Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, Albert Cave describes Sir Walter Raleigh’s decisions about the Roanoke colonial and Indian policies. Raleigh instructed the settlers to treat the Natives with ‘kindness and generosity’ (Cave, Lethal Encounters Englishmen and Indians in Colonial Virginia, pg 11). The English settlers recognized the

Chief Joseph, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Frederick Jackson Turner all wrote about how they felt that the government treated them differently from others. They described how their families, land, and tribes were affected by the limitations placed on them at the time. Each of the authors gave reasonable explanations to support their feelings towards this unequal treatment.

“Take up the white man’s burden--send forth the best ye breed--Go bind your sons to exile to serve your captives’ need…” -Rudyard Kipling, The White Man’s Burden, 1897

In Letter from Governor Edmund Ross of New Mexico to President Grover Cleveland, Governor Edmund Ross wrote to President Grover Cleveland regarding the white resident’s reactions towards Geronimo’s escape from military custody and Ross’ attempt to further convince the government to rid and even potentially kill off some of the American Indian tribes surrounding their settlements. Despite their small number, which was had a population of “less than five hundred”[ Kent McGaughy, American Perspectives: Readings in American History, Volume 2 (New York City: Pearson Education, Inc., 2015), Page 80] people, the white settlers felt uneasy about the fact that they lived in such close proximities to the tribes and that if some of the tribes (particularly, the Chiricahua and the Warm Springs bands of the Apaches group) were removed, they would feel safer and that the removal of the tribes would have a positive and tranquil impact on their territories and industries as they believed the American Indians were “at constant war with the white race”[ McGaughy, Page 80] and that those wars and raids hindered the settler’s way of life.

In his transcript, Message to Congress ‘On Indian Removal’, Andrew Jackson is elucidating his excitement and motivation since the Indian tribes’ removal from America was emanating from a “happy consummation (p.1) He underscores the benefits of this removal to the interests of Americans as well as their whole country for future generations. He speaks quite superficially; conversely, ‘Samuel’s Memory’ depicts a very opposing perspective such a removal. Therefore, the two works employ very conflicting languages: Andrew employs complex and compound sentence structures while Michael’s are simple, Andrew uses victorious tone while Michael uses bitter tone and Andrew brings out ceremonial mood while Michael portrays emphatic/sorrowful mood. However, they both show their prowess in diction to achieve their varied tones and pass their respective messages effectively. This essay seeks to explore Michael’s “Samuel’s Memory” and “Andrew’s Message to Congress on ‘Indian Removal’”, compare them on the context of diction and contrast them on the basis of tone, sentence structure, and mood.

. The Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole nations were the only 5 major tribes that were highly affected from the Indian removal acts and were forced into Indian reservations ex. Doc D. The Indians were highly influenced by Tecumseh and gave him immediate obedience and respect for he was an “uncommon genius, which spring up occasionally to produce revolutions or overturn the established order of things” ex Doc. C. Yet due to the want vs. need for land the vicinity of the United States when Tecumseh died in the Battle of Thames from American forces. Tecumseh’s goal of establishing a independent Indian nation were clearly ruined and the recruitment of the 5 nations up towards the east of the Mississippi river.

He would hear stories from his older brother about his father’s courage and fearlessness when he was growing up, and he also saw this bravery from his brother, as he became the father figure he lost when he was younger. They remained close until Chiksika, Tecumseh’s brother, died in 1788 due to the indignation of the white settlers (Edmunds 21). Tecumseh, along with the rest of the Native Americans, valued harmony, unity, valued property, and were organic with their hunting and gathering and agrarianism (Edmunds 2). The white settlers possessed other values such as money, aggression, ambition, and individuality. This means that the white settlers did not think of how they were affecting Indian tribes, which introduced them to diversity for the first time, and only thought about the land they were taking.

I think Tecumseh was one of the great leaders at the time. He stood up for his people and actually had a great idea. All Native American tribes come together and fight for their right to keep the land. Not only did he start a big rebellion against a stronger nation than they were, he got them to join, and he fought himself in battle, and died for his people.He also had a smart idea to help British in the war, as long as they would help them. An alliance you could say, is what Tecumseh formed with the British.

"I been thinkin' a hell of a lot, thinkin' about our people livin' like pigs, an' the good rich lan' layin' fallow, or maybe one fella with a million acres, while a hunderd thousan' good farmers is starvin'. An' I been wonderin' if all our folks got together an' yelled, like them fellas yelled, only a few of 'em at the Hooper ranch…" (536).

“My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain...There was a time when our people covered the land as the waves of a wind-ruffled sea cover its shell-paved floor, but that time long since passed away with the greatness of tribes that are now but a mournful memory.,” Chief Seattle Speech of 1854. The culture of the Native American people has been deteriorating ever since the Europeans arrived in the Americas. The impactful and immense loss of lifestyle that they faced is one that can never be recovered, what the United States has given them are generations of trauma and blatant suffering. However, the U.S. did not stop there, a multitude of cultures have been broken to help keep America pure. For instance, one of the most significant cultures that have been dismantled by the U.S. other than the Natives and their music were the languages and music of the African slaves. The apparent likeness of these two cultures in the ways in which their deconstruction impacted them is in more of an abundance, such as the dominating influence of the Christian religion and the gravely vital role of maintaining what little heritage they could through language. In contrast to this, the two groups had an opposing difference pertaining to how the Natives and slaves tried to compensate the immense loss of their culture through the generations.

?savagery? (Takaki, 44). The natives were then considered to be an unimprovable race. They were incapable of being changed, their traits were inherent and their descent caused them to be this way. The thinking of the Americans was that the Indians had to removed off their lands. One of the leaders in this movement was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was a man who pushed for the advancement of his

History impacts the aspect of our lives in a variety of ways, it consists of vast amount of knowledge that’s been collected and stored for centuries in which is passed down as our story and or past as humans. Our lives as people, our customs, cultures, and how everything occurred to this day. The many significant figures in our lives as well and why they are important and how they made an influence to our lives and why they are discussed and relevant to our own education. There are many people who leave an impression in this world because; there cause was worth fighting for. Tecumseh was a powerful warrior and a powerful man. He was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy in which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. Tecumseh had great morals and values and in which he deeply believed in and it led him and his people into the strive to believe what was right and morally correct for his own tribes and the others as well and how he would not tolerate the mass killing of his people for the sake of the land in which was being taken from them. He was like any other individual except with a purpose to defend his people and to be able to work together and live as one between the tribes and oppose the seizure of the land in which was their homes.