C. It makes the skull sound like a toy ball, adding to the grandfathers casual view of the deaths caused by the battle.
A is not correct because if it was unavoidable, he would have said something different to describe the forgotten skull.
B. Is not correct because if it brought sad memories, he would not have brought it up, sad memories hurt.
D is not correct because he would have described much worse if he wanted to frighten the children
They stopped at a better location with grazing for cattle and shops for wagon repairs.
They planned on going to Fort Laramie but decided to stop at Fort Bernard instead (10 miles east of Fort Laramie) because they were warned that Indians were fighting ahead, the grazing for cattle was poor at Fort Laramie, and they could get wagon repairs at Fort Bernard.
<h3>The answer is:</h3><h2>Profanity/Offensive language</h2><h2 />
Strong language means to curse. It is coarse and offensive. Therefore, it often means profanity, cursing, offensive language; whatever floats your boat!