Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle's oration of 1854 asserts that his people will forever walk the earth (whether alive or dead) and that although they will move, their spirits will always return. Chief Seattle uses nature imagery and the bible (your god is not our god) to argue that the men whom take over his land must respect the land with dignity because his men will forever be watching over them. Seattle uses the argument of god and how he treats the different men to separate him from the white men. Seattle is directly addressing the white men whom are taking over his land, but indirectly telling his people to accept the inevitable.