In a Recurring Example of Cross-Cultural Misunderstanding,white Emigrants on the Oregon

In a recurring example of cross-cultural misunderstanding,white emigrants on the Oregon Trail often believed they were under imminent attack by Native Americans when

A) Native groups were actually approaching the wagon trains to demand money and food.
B) Native groups were in fact attempting to guide white settlers past more hostile Native groups.
C) the emigrants saw columns of smoke on the horizon, which they assumed to be signs of homes being burned.
D) the emigrants imagined that herds of buffalo were accompanied by hunting bands of Native Americans.