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. The first one was not so wise. When I saw that I could not beat you by Indian fighting, I determined to rush on you, and fight you face to face. I fought hard. But your guns were well aimed. The bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind through the trees in the winter. My warriors fell around me; it began to look dismal. I saw my evil day at hand. The sun rose dim on us in the morning, and at night it sunk in a dark cloud, and looked like a ball of fire. That was the last sun that shone on Black Hawk. His heart is dead, and no longer beats quick in his bosom. He is now a prisoner to the white men; they will do with him as they wish. But he can stand torture, and is not afraid of death. He is no coward. Black Hawk is an Indian.

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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. The first one was not so wise. When I saw that I could not beat you by Indian fighting, I determined to rush on you, and fight you face to face. I fought hard. But your guns were well aimed. The bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind through the trees in the winter. My warriors fell around me; it began to look dismal. I saw my evil day at hand. The sun rose dim on us in the morning, and at night it sunk in a dark cloud, and looked like a ball of fire. That was the last sun that shone on Black Hawk. His heart is dead, and no longer beats quick in his bosom. He is now a prisoner to the white men; they will do with him as they wish. But he can stand torture, and is not afraid of death. He is no coward. Black Hawk is an Indian.

In this paragraph, Black Hawk draws a distinction between
Responses

A the last war, and the coming war.the last war, and the coming war.

B the Indian and the white man.the Indian and the white man.

C the most recent general of the U.S. army, and his predecessor. the most recent general of the U.S. army, and his predecessor.

D his own heart and the heart of his warriors.

Answer 1

B the Indian and the white man.

Answer 2

Black Hawk is reflecting on his defeat to the white men and how they were able to outsmart and overpower him and his warriors. He specifically mentions the distinction between his own people, who are the Indians, and the white men who are the enemy. Therefore, he draws a distinction between the Indian and the white man.

Answer 3

The distinction that Black Hawk draws in this paragraph is between the Indian and the white man. He mentions that he expected to give the white men more trouble and explains how he attempted to defeat them using Indian fighting techniques. However, he acknowledges that the last general they faced understood Indian fighting, indicating that there is a difference in understanding and tactics between the Indian warriors and the white men. Therefore, the correct answer is B) the Indian and the white man.

B the Indian and the white man.

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