Read the following passage and answer the question.
Commanding General Nelson A. Miles
"During the night Colonel Forsyth joined the command with reinforcements of several troops of the 7th Calvary. The next morning he stationed his troops around the camp, placed two pieces of artillery in position, and demanded the surrender the arms of the warriors. this was complied with by the warriors going out from the camp and placing the arms on the ground where they were directed. Chief Big Foot, an old man, sick at the time and unable to walk, was taken out of a wagon and laid on the ground.
Joseph Horn Cloud
Lakota
" While this was going on, the same officers said to the Indians, 'I want you all to stand in a rank before the officers . . . I want the same number of soldiers to stand in front of the Indians and take the cartridges out of the guns and [then] aim at their foreheads and pull the triggers. after this you will be free.' Some of the Indians were getting wild at such talk and some said,'Now he sees that we have nothing in our hands, so he talks this way.' Other said, 'We are not children to be talked to like this.' A man cried out:'"Take courage! Take courage!' Big Foot spoke up,'Yes, take courage. There are too many children and old people."
Q: What did Big Foot mean when he said "take courage. There are too many children and old people."?
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