The correct answers is D) Onondaga.
After reading the descrption, the tribe or nation that was thought to the toughest in battle is the Ondonaga.
The description says abour the Ondonaga: “you are the people sitting under the shadow of the great tree, whose branches spread far and wide, and whose roots sink Deep into the earth. You shall be the first nation because you are warlike and mighty”.
Those words, “warlike” and “mighty” refers in a symbolic way to a nation that likes to wage war and knows how to battle. A nation thta is strong and has fierce Warriors. The Ondonaga people was a tribe that belongued to the Iroquois. They inhabited in the Northeast region of North America.