All of the following are true statements about Indians who ended up on reservations in the 1870s and 1880s except
a. they were forced to eke out an existence.
b. they became wards of the U.S. government.
c. they were fed meagerly by the U.S. government and not annihilated by the U.S. Army.
d. they felt protected and well-provided for by the U.S. government.
e. many died from diseases.