Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha was an enjoyable read that really beckons the reader to understand the "red man's" plight. I agree with what Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha is speaking about. I thought it to be very profound for him to mention the irony of the white man leaving England because of religious oppression though they seek to oppress the Indians' religious beliefs, and for me this was the notion that should have opened the white people's eyes. I just do not understand how the Christian Missionoary could have been so cold as to essentially call Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha and the rest of the Indian population devil worshippers especially when they know very little of their religion except for a few facets such as not having a written text akin to the Bible. This mass ignorance led to much disaster much like how all ignorance ends up. It is just baffling especially since (it appears) they believe in the same god that the Indians happen to call the Great Spirit.
This speech really portrays the innocence of the Indians and how they were essentially taken advantage of. Indians gave them food and the white man gave rum, something they knew was not good for the body and mind. It the white man would have stayed and behaved the same as they did initially, there would probably be more Indians among us. The selfishness, ignorance, and overall indecency the white man expressed to the "red man" is atrocious.
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Anthony I agree with your comments about the selfishness and ignorance of the white man. I felt that the ideas expressed in Sa-go-ye-wat-ha’s speech were open-minded compared to the Evangelicals. Sa-go-ye-wat-ha’s speech could have been more aggressive considering the white man’s comments contradicted his own beliefs. You would think that the parallels of the Evangelicals having to come to America to escape religious oppression and the Native American’s being oppressed for their religious views would open the white man’s eyes, sadly it does not. The white men fail to see the hypocrisy in their ways.
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