The central idea of the paragraph is:
C. The tribes want to share the money given to them by the US government with the poor settlers.
Read the second paragraph from "Money to Us Is of No
Value."
We know that these settlers are poor, or they would
never have ventured to live in a country which has
been in continual trouble ever since they crossed the
Ohio. Divide, therefore, this large sum of money which
you have offered us among these people: give to each
also a proportion of what you say you would give to us
annually (over and above this very large sum of
money), and we are persuaded they would most readily
accept of it in lieu of the lands you sold them. If you
add, also, the great sums you must expend in raising
and paying armies with a view to force us to yield you
our country, you will certainly have more than sufficient
for the purpose of repaying these settlers for all their
labor and their improvements.
Which is the central idea of this paragraph?
A. The white settlers are poor and in need of US
government assistance.
B. The US government should pay the settlers for their
service in the military.
C. The tribes want to share the money given to them
by the US government with the poor settlers.
D. The US government should pay the settlers to move
elsewhere, not the tribes.
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