Indians to Isaac Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory. He expressed his animosity

towards the white man before signing a treaty which redistibuted his land to white settlers.

Chief Seattle compares the deceased Indians to the deceased whites. By using

comparisons about the deceased he illustrates the difference in morals. He also uses

similes and metaphors to express his love of nature. To detail the differences between the

lives of Indians and the lives of whites he uses hyperbolas, similes and metaphors.

Indians’ and whites’ beliefs about the deceased vary drastically. Chief Seattle

contrasts the Indians love of the land and the whites ignorance of the land by saying,

“Your dead cease to love you and the land of their nativity as soon as they pass the portals

of the tomb and wander way beyond the stars. Our dead never forget the beautiful wor

saying the Indians lifestyle which went unchanged for centuries may now change due to

the streets of your cities and villages are silent and you think them deserted, they will

treated. Chief Seattle uses many similes and metaphors and hyperbolas in contrasting the

the sympathetic touch.”. He loves the land, but realizes he must prepare to sign the land

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