Sitting Bull Argument Essay

Sitting Bull used many tools in his speach to his fellow Natives. He spoke of the land and what it means to them, and he spoke of their ancestors. The most effective tool the Sitting Bull used, however, is his comparisons of the people, the animals, and the land they roam.

Animals were an incredibly important aspect of the natives lives. They provided food, and most other things that the natives used in their every day lives. They only took what they needed and did not waste any part of the animals. Sitting bull speaks of "...yeild[ing] to our neighbors, even our animal neighbors, the right to inhabit this vast land" (Sitting Bull). In this, he is explaining that all creatures have the right to the land and he is setting the natives equal to themselves. He also reminds his fellow natives that "seven years ago we made a treaty...the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also." (Sitting Bull). Sitting bull is referencing a …show more content…
Moreover, he refernences what the white men plan on doing to the land. He states, "They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings..." (Sitting Bull). He continues on to say, "They compel her to produce out of season...she is made to take medicine in order to produce again." (Sitting Bull). He is referencing the practices of the white men. Instead of living on the land with no titles or borders, he references the need of the white men to possess a title, set boundaries, and take from the land. He is using an emotional apeal to stir in his fellow natives anger that the white men are poisoning the land that they grew up on. He also shows his emotional connection to the land by saying "...say to them: 'First kill me, before you can take possesion of my fatherland!'" (Sitting Bull). This shows that he would rather die than see his land taken from him and