Sa-go-ye-wat-ha response

In 1805 a Christian missionary went to the Seneca Indians to give a speech on God and what he had learned to believ was the truth. He spoke to them in hopes that they would join him in his beliefs. After two hours of the Seneca tribe listening to him give his talk, Sa-go-ye-wat-ha answered back with a talk on their beliefs. He also said how their tribe thought they could trust the white men, until they were attacked and stripped of their land. The Christian man was unhappy and bitterly left. He believed that what his forefathers learned and eventually taught was the truth; however, the Seneca tribe also learned from their forefathers' teachings and believed that was the truth as well. Why would they switch their opinions for the sake of the Christian man?
I thoroughly enjoyed this passage. I liked the way that he spoke. Even though you couldn't hear his voice, you could tell that what he was saying was sincere and spoken with kindness. When he was being honest about not wanting to follow the Christian's religious beliefs, and he knew that the Christian man wouldn't like his answer, he still was sympathetic. I agreed with most of what he was saying in the passage. At the beginning they all were very accepting of the white men and welcomed them with open arms. Later, the white men started to take advantage of that and they began to treat the Natives like animals. It wasn't fair to the Natives. It almost seemed that the white men thought they were better than the Natives so the Natives should believe and think and act as they do. I found this passage pretty moving because I never realized how accepting they were and the white men totally took over, giving the Natives no say whatsoever. And then at the end, to actually have the Christian man think that they would follow his religious beliefs because he said so? Rediculous.