When Chief Seattle refers several times to the angry young men in his tribe, he is trying to convince his audience to be more peaceable.
The correct answer is C. The winter months produced less food.
Explanation
The fragment talks about the importance of storing food in different conditions depending on the characteristics of the food, for example, foods such as bread in a pantry. Text also talks about the preservation processes that were done to food for the winter season, suggesting that during this season there was less food production by saying that "Meat should be seethed in summer to keep it fresh ... Most yeomen will have vats and presses for making cheeses — a valuable source of protein in the long winter season. " According to the above, the correct answer is C. The winter months produced less food.
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