Why did U.S. negotiate treaties with various Plains Indian groups in the 1850s?
A) to secure the rights of whites to hunt bison
B) to confine the Indians to reservations
C) to guarantee safe passage of whites through Indian lands
D) to recognize the Indian nations as sovereign and independent
C
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