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Select the correct answer.Read the excerpt from the passage where the Oregon settler argues that Chief Joseph was a helpful and kind man.(6) One early Oregon settler told of his encounter with Chief Joseph:(7) Why I got lost once, an' I came right on [Chief Joseph's] camp before I knowed it't was night, 'n' I was kind o' creepin' along cautious, an' the first thing I knew there was an Injun had me on each side, an' they jest marched me up to Jo's tent, to know what they should do with me.(8) Well, Jo, he took up a torch, a pine knot he had burnin', and he held it close't up to my face, and looked me up an' down, an' down an' up; an' I never flinched; I jest looked him up an' down 's good 's he did me; 'n' then he set the knot down, 'n' told the men it was all right, I was`tum tum;' that meant I was good heart; 'n' they gave me all I could eat, 'n' a guide to show me my way, next day, 'n' I could n't make Jo nor any of 'em take one cent. I had a kind o' comforter o' red yarn, I wore round my neck; an' at last I got Jo to take that, jest as a kind o' momento.Which sentence best explains the reasoning for the Oregon settler's argument that Chief Joseph is a fair and kind man? A. The settler's reasoning is valid because he provides a secondhand account. B. The settler's reasoning is invalid because the evidence is irrelevant. C. The settler's reasoning is invalid because the evidence is insufficient. D. The settler's reasoning is valid because he provides a firsthand account.