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Which of the following might help explain why Indian representatives signed the Walla Walla Treaty?

a). The white representatives had threatened to annihilate the native people
b). The Indian chiefs wanted access to new hunting lands
c). The native people wanted their homelands preserved
d). Most Indians wanted to cooperate with the white settlers

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c). The native people wanted their homelands preserved

The Walla Walla treaty ensures the protection of lands to the natives. Signed in 1855, the document secured 51,000 reserve acres, northwest of Oregon.


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