Read the following speech and then answer the question.

Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech
Delivered at the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana Territory—October 5, 1877.

I am tired of fighting.

Our chiefs are killed; Looking-glass is dead. Too-hul-hul-suit is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men, now, who say yes or no [that is, vote in council]. He who led on the young men [Joseph's brother, Ollicut] is dead.

It is cold, and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people—some of them—have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are—perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find; maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever!

Historic Context: Chief Joseph was the leader of the Nez Perce tribe. His tribe fled from their native lands in Eastern Oregon to try to make it to Canada instead of being relocated to a reservation in Idaho. They traveled about 1,700 miles from June 1877 to September 1877. General Nelson A. Miles and his army followed them, and eventually, Chief Joseph and his people were stopped only 40 miles from the Canadian border. That is when Chief Joseph delivered his Surrender Speech.

What impact does the historic context have on your understanding of the speech?

A. It explains why General Nelson A. Miles pursued the Nez Perce.
B. It shows the trials the Nez Perce went through before the surrender.
C. It details the conditions of the tribe's home in Oregon before they fled.
D. It explains why the Nex Perce were being relocated to Idaho.