Tecumseh’s Speech to the Osages (Winter 1811-12)
The larger historical context is that there is an ethnic cleansing going on, the white settlers’ invaded territories belonging to the Indians and took their lands. The white people wanted to settle east of Mississippi in the United States and in order to do that they had to get rid of the Indians, any way possible.
Prior to reading this speech I never knew how the white people got the Indians to leave their homes. The white men think they’re superior just because they have weapons and a religion. The Indians have someone they believe in too and they call him the Great Spirit. The white men were so selfish and greedy that instead of staying in their own land they felt the need to take over territories that fed a whole tribe. By taking away the lands the Indians would have to start again, meaning they could starve or die from fatigue or malnutrition by traveling, and hoping others won’t come and do the same.
The bias is that Tecumseh is an Indian himself, he knows...
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