C. Southerners believed that neither territory should become a state,
Answer:
This passage means that the Indians are imitating the missionaries and are doing what the missionaries are doing because they like the honor and respect that is given to the missionaries.
They have begun calling themselves by the title of Patriarch and are even seen hearing confessions from their fellow Indians like they have seen the Reverends among the missionaries do and the writer finds this behavior distasteful
<u>Broad Context:</u> The "Big Picture" is that the US is trying to annex the Republic of Texas as part of their states, and that Texas already <em>shared many common traits </em>(why? part) with the US, and should join as a state of their choosing, (which means slave or free) (How? part).
<u>Other Context:<em> </em></u><em> </em>The adding of Texas into the US (eventually as a slave state) offsetted the balance between the slaves and free states, and so California (gained after the Mexican-American War) was turned into a free state. Texas was the cause of the Texas Revolution & later on the (already named) Mexican-American War. The adding of Texas, and later the Gadsen Purchase, help create today's US southern border that is shared with Mexico.
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