Question

Read this excerpt from Paragraph 1 of the speech.

You have taken me, prisoner, with all my warriors. I am much grieved, for I expected if I did not defeat you, to hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before I surrendered. I tried hard to bring you into ambush, but your last general understands Indian fighting.

How does Black Hawk use rhetoric to advance his purpose in this excerpt?

Answer 1

He appealed to his "capturer" with words that convey his sadness and disappointment at being captured and not being able to triumph over his enemies.