How could someone best determine if the speaker is telling the truth about his people? (5 points)Īsk the young men of the tribe their opinion.įind the people and determine their condition.ĭespite our best efforts as parents, we will always make mistakes in raising our children.

What does the speaker want most for his audience to feel? (5 points)įrustration with the slow process of Indian removal From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever. Hear me, my Chiefs! I am tired my heart is sick and sad. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. No one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. It is cold, and we have no blankets the little children are freezing to death. Our Chiefs are killed Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool Hool Shute is dead. What he told me before, I have it in my heart.

He will convince the people to listen to the young men. His people are in disagreement about the surrender. He will not fight anymore because his way of life is gone. What is the speaker's main argument? (5 points) He is surrendering because his people have been overwhelmed by superior U.S. He is surrendering because his people's lives are more important than their freedom. He is surrendering because so many of his tribe's elders have passed away. He is surrendering because the winter's cold has killed many of his people. What is the speaker's overall point in this passage? (5 points) The speaker's tribe requires that the old always go before the young.īecause of their experience, the old men are now giving the young advice. The old men make the young people blankets and warm clothes.īecause the old men have died, the young have to make decisions. What does the speaker say about the 'old men'? (5 points) Why might Chief Joseph mention 'General Howard' in the first sentence in his speech? (5 points)īecause that is to whom he is surrenderingīecause he fought alongside General Howard

Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech, October 5, 1877

Latin word for freezing to death