Tecumseh's Speech Analysis

Red Jacket’s speech to Jacob Cram is very different compared to Tecumseh’s speech to the Osages. Red Jacket’s speech is delivered to Jacob Cram, a missionary while Tecumseh’s speech is delivered to the Osages, a fellow Indian Tribe. However, both of the speech talks about the activity of the whites and the cause toward the Indians. Red Jacket’s letter is talking about how the whites are taking the land, but how whites are also pushing religion to Indians while Tecumseh’s letter is talking about how the Indians need to stay together as a family and fight against the whites to survive. Red Jacket’s is more of “Let’s talk this out” toward the whites while Tecumseh’s is more of “Let’s group up and fight” against the whites. Both of the speech are …show more content…
Tecumseh speaks to the Osages to make his point across that the Indians should stay together and fight against the white as a group and family. Just like Red Jacket, he addresses his audience by using the affirmative term, ‘Brothers’. However, the term, ‘Brothers’, in Tecumseh’s speech is different compared to Red Jacket’s. Red Jacket called Jacob Cram to respect Cram and wishes to Cram to understand his point. Tecumseh’s calls the Indians as ‘Brothers’ to make the Indians feel like they are like a family and calls for the unity between the tribes. Unlike Red Jacket who at least try to accept the whites, Tecumseh does not consider the whites as friends. He even compares the whites as poisonous serpents. He makes his argument to the Osages saying how the Great Spirit gave the land to the red children and why the Indians should reclaim the lands. To make his audience does not worry about losing, Tecumseh ensures that his brave warriors will win against the whites as long as other tribes help. Tecumseh also ensures to his audience that the Great Spirit will give them victory, in which Great Spirit will destroy the enemies. He is asking the Indians to fight for the survival but also for the Great