Which quotation best expresses a major theme of this speech?
(the speech is "Surrender Speech by Black Hawk")

A. "'We went to our great father. We were encouraged. His great council gave us fair words and big promises, but we got no satisfaction.'"

B. "'I saw my evil day at hand. The sun rose dim on us in the morning, and at night is sunk in a dark cloud, and looked like a ball of fire.'"

C. "'We told them to let us alone; but they followed on and beset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us like the snake.'"

D. "'I am much grieved, for I expected, if I did not defeat you, to hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before I surrendered.'"