The Indian tribes who have a right to those lands, are quietly to enjoy them, hunting, planting, and dwelling thereon. . . . [B]ut when those tribes. . . shall . . . sell their lands they are to be sold only to the United States; and until such sale, the United States will protect all the said Indian tribes . . . against all citizens of the United States. . . .”
—from the Treaty of Greenville, 1795
What were Native Americans promised in this document?
A: the rights of citizenship
B: protection until their land was sold
C: Permanent ownership of their land
D: profits from the sale of their lands