Black Hawk's Surrender Speech Of 1832

Black Hawk was an Indian warrior who fought hard and long to keep his nation's territory free of white men. When the white men realized that Black Hawk would be a problem when stealing their land, they decided to imprison him. While in prison, Black Hawk wrote his famous Surrender Speech, using ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to those who heard or read it and convince them that the white men were dangerous.

President Harrison’s intended message in his “Report on Wounded Knee Massacre and the Decrease in Indian Land Acreage” is to ensure the people that the massacre was a self-defense act by the soldiers. He said that the natives were “naturally warlike and turbulent” which puts the blame on the massacre on the Natives. Modern American’s can learn a lot from the Wounded Knee Massacre. To Americans, the massacre represents the end of the Indian resistance. Although this massacre is usually not mentioned in history classes today is it defiantly something that should be remembered. American soldiers were violent towards the Indians. While men were trying to flee the American soldiers would shoot them in the back and let their bodies there to freeze.

Throughout the seventeen minutes of the speech, both blacks and whites of all generations were influenced by one man’s words. This purpose of the speech is one of the most vital in analyzing it as a whole because the informative and influential aspects are what directly spoke to the audience.

In 1874, Custer led an army expedition to the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota, a sacred property of the Lakota-Sioux Nation, which was recognized under the Sioux Treaty of 1868. There, Custer and his men found a great amount of gold, and when President Grant and the US administration offered to buy the area, the Lakota-Sioux nation refused to sell due to its holiness in their culture. Two years later, the

The early 1800s were dark times for the United States. Though free of its rule, the newly-formed nation now had to face Britain once again in the War of 1812. Settlers were moving into the Great Plains and to the West, forcing Native American tribes to relocate. Rising tensions between the U.S. and the native tribes, and conflicts among the tribes themselves, made the perfect conditions for another war. In 1813, tensions finally snapped when a faction of the Creek Indians known as the Red Sticks started a civil war against those Creeks who supported the National Council, a war that eventually grew to involve militias from several U.S. states and other Native American tribes. Although the exact cause of the war is uncertain, what the war was, some major battles of the war, and how it relates back to To Kill a Mockingbird are known.

How the argument against the war was used in conjunction with the belief of “Manifest Destiny”, and how that argument is used as a racial motivation against acquiring the

He was prepared to win Civil Rights for African-Americans through whatever means he saw fit. He believed violence and retaliation was the only way to get whites to pay attention to the demands African-Americans and change the unjust, segregated society. He advocated for African-Americans to “cast off the shackles of racism by any means necessary including violence” (Times Herald). He advocated for African-Americans to put aside their religious beliefs and differences so they could be fully united as one. He believed African-Americans needed to stand up to white oppression instead accepting it and keeping their grievances to themselves. In his “Ballot or Bullet” speech, he advised African-Americans to become politically intelligent so as to make good choices as to whom they choose to govern them. He also advised them to stick together and help each other. He did not want the black community to be separated because he believed it would lead to their downfall. He strategy instilled fear among whites because they thought there was going to be a violent and bloody uprising, He advocated for a violent revolution to establish an independent black nation if the whites refused to grant civil rights to African-Americans. He later advocated for a bloodless revolution after he witnessed several

In the late 1800’s the Americans viciously forced many Native Americans off their lands all because the federal government wanted the U.S. to expand and obtain Manifest Destiny. The main Native American and tribe that stood against the federal government was Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux and entire Lakota nation. He led a large amount of Sioux warriors in many battles against the American government that were fought over the rights and lands of the Lakota nation. He was against the American government and the forceful ways that they took over Indian lands, and therefore he used his strong, spiritual leadership abilities to battle against the American government as well as the U.S army. The author of the biography Sitting Bull and the

We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us, and wealth classified us.” – Anonymous. In “Battle Royal” Ralph Ellison, displays that African-Americans being freed from slavery did not bring them equality to the white-superiors using allegory and symbolism. The grandfathers last words, the desperation of the narrator wanting to read his speech, the battle and the nightmare all represent what Ellison is displaying. The narrator opens to the audience explaining his grandfather’s last word to his father. Some of what the grandfather says is, " Live with your head in the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction.” (2) The grandfathers last words show symbolism and appear to the narrator’s life throughout the story. What the grandfather is telling his son is to step on rocks and pebbles while he is with the white people. He is telling him to live with the fact that the whites can end him at any moment and to always say yes and nod at them. To always smile and never show anger for your life could get worse.

The war really started when four Dakota Warriors attacked and killed five white settlers; after the attack, Little Crow decided to declare war on the U.S by attacking the Lower Agency and killing settlers including women and children. As a result,

In the speech "Black Hawk's surrender speech, 1832", it is explained how Black Hawk fought to defend his people. Black Hawk was captured and made prisoner; the white men Black Hawk was captured by used guns instead of Indian fighting. The white men were in advantage by using guns against them. Black Hawk explains his situation by using rhetorical devices such as atmosphere, analogy, and antecedent.

“The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.”John C. Calhoun had said this.The meaning behind this quote is that if you give up the life,surrender,than there is no such thing as inferiority to sink down.This quote shows how even though they had lost the Civil War or any battles before that it does not matter.So John C.Calhoun was an important American Figure because

The whites called for British Troops to evacuate me. In the night I slipped across the river to never return to Illinois. I would not give up, I banded together 1500 followers. In April of 1832 we waged war to take back our home. We followed the river rock course for 50 miles. The war lasted 15 weeks. Two Thirds of my followers were dead.. The war was named the Black Hawk War. I had escaped but then captured six weeks later. I met with President Andrew Jackson and he sent me to Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Little did I know I would be used for entertainment soon. I was taken to tour large cities and crowds of people came to see “Chief Black Hawk and his Warriors.” In the Sauk there were no chiefs only leaders, but there was the american public’s lack of understanding. I returned to Rock Island in 1833. My arch enemy was there, Keokuck. I was released under his custody. By then I was tired, broken and very old. The war was a disaster, and I brought shame to myself. The Americans saw me as famous and admirable but my people saw me a cowardice and disgraced. The next five years I lived along the Iowa River with my wife and children. Today is October 2,

When they found gold it was just a matter of time before things on the Sioux land would become heated. Miners made their way to the Black Hills, moving further and further into the Sioux’s hunting grounds. Ulysses S. Grant who was president during this time tried to honor the Treaty of Fort Laramie (PBS n.d.) but the miners demanded government protection from the Native Americans (Clark n.d.). When Grant gave into the pressure the federal government issued an order requiring all Indians to move onto reservations by January 31, 1876, otherwise they would be considered hostile (PBS n.d.).

The movie, filmed in 2007, depicts the lives of the Sioux Indians as if they were not a people that mattered. In the movie, they say, “the Indians lived like the poorest of whites.” They were pushed around and told repeatedly they could not stay on their own land. This was due to the Westward Expansion in the United States at the time. By 1876, most of the American Indians had already been forcibly relocated to reservation land. Red Cloud, a Sioux leader, settled with some of his tribe on the Sioux Reservation of the Dakota Territory and took the aid of the US government. When this happened, other Sioux leaders, such as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, saw it as a surrender. These leaders refused to assimilate and went on to live life in their traditional way. Unfortunately, this all changed when the US found gold on Sioux land in the Black Hills. The movie tells the story of the Sioux Indians fight to try to remain in control of their own lives and stay on their own land. Then when they no longer can, the movie shows their path to surrendering to the whites and assimilating into the American culture.