Things were growing worse. There were no deer in the forest. The opossum and beaver were fled; the springs were drying up, and our squaws and papooses without victuals to keep them from starving; . . . How does Black Hawk use rhetoric to advance his purpose in this excerpt? a) He uses imagery of a barren forest and hungry women and children to show how the white men mistreated his nation. b) He uses imagery of the deer, opossum, and beaver to show that the white men do not respect nature in the same way he does. c) He directly addresses his nation to explain that even though he is surrendering, he understands their plight. d) He directly addresses the white men to evoke a sense of responsibility for their actions toward his people.