What can be inferred from this statement? (Select to read the adapted text of "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper)

A) The soldiers of the king's army felt superior to the colonists fighting alongside them.
B) The colonists were not as willing to fight as the soldiers of the king's army were.
C) The colonists felt great admiration for the soldiers of the king's army.
D) The soldiers of the king's army had not practiced marching as often as the colonists had.