​In Responding to Chief Pontiac's Uprising of Allied Western Indian

​In responding to Chief Pontiac's uprising of allied western Indian tribes, the British   

A) ​engaged in a form of biological warfare against Pontiac and his allies.
B) ​were reluctant to engage in harsh, suppressive tactics that would alienate Pontiac and his Indian allies.
C) ​vacillated between harshly coercive tactics and offering generous terms to accommodate the demands of Pontiac and his allies.
D) ​downplayed the need to stabilize relations with western Indian tribes.
E) failed to appreciate the long-term need to keep regular troops along an increasing restless and dangerous frontier.