Read the passage and answer the question that follows. Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech, October 5, 1877
by Chief Joseph
Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our Chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool
Hool Shute is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no
blankets; the little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where
they are-perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the
dead. Hear me, my Chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.
How could someone best determine if the speaker is telling the truth about his people?
Read local newspapers.
Survey the tribe's elders.
O Ask the young men of the tribe their opinion.
O Find the people and determine their condition.