Question

List all of the reasons Pushmataha believes war will be disastrous.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. He does not want his people to act recklessly.

2. Pushmataha states, It will not only break their treaty and dishonor them. But it will also disgrace the memory of their forefather.

3. The Pale face's land and supplies Greatly surpass theirs. The American Army has become unstoppable.

4. the war will end in the extermination of native Americans.

5. He tells his people. Do not be tricked by false hope, Do not start a war that will be ruinous when they are safe.

Explanation: Here an edited and condense speech by Pushmataha

Before you act hastily in this great matter and consider with yourselves how greatly you will err if you injudiciously approve of and inconsiderately act upon Tecumseh’s advice.

It is besides inconsistent with your national glory and with your honor.

as a people, to violate your solemn treaty, and a disgrace to the memory of your forefathers.

Which you will find if you will examine it carefully and judiciously forbodes nothing but destruction to our entire race.

It is a war against a people whose territories are now larger than our own, and who are far better provided with all necessary implements of war, with men, guns, horses, wealth, far beyond that of all our race combined.

It will be but the beginning of the end that terminates in the destruction of our race.

Be not deceived with illusive hopes. Hear me, O my countrymen.

If you begin this war, it will end in calamities to us from which we are now free and at a distance, and upon whom of us, they will fall, will only be determined by the uncertain and hazardous event.

Many are the schemes, though unadvisedly planned, through the more unreasonable conduct of an enemy, which turn out successfully.

But more numerous are those which, though seemingly founded on mature counsel, draw after them a disgraceful and opposite result.