Before 1871, the federal government showed little understanding of the needs of Indians. In negotiations with tribes, the government usually:
a. made straightforward promises and lived up to those promises
b. pressured a tribe into accepting a treaty, and if that failed, negotiated with dissident Indians
c. accepted the proposals of important chiefs as a starting point, then worked out a compromise treaty
d. poisoned the first negotiator sent from the tribe
B
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