All were factors that contributed to the standoff and fighting in the Battle of Wounded Knee except?

A$.$ Crazy Horse escaped from the Pine Ridge Reservation and sought protection at the Wounded Knee Reservation after killing Gen. Nelson Miles

B$.$ Custer's unit, the $7$th Cavalry, encircled and attacked Big Foot's band of Miniconjous, killing approximately $150$ people

C$.$ Sitting Bull was killed in a short battle with Indian police who believed he was the source of the growing tension on the reservations

D$.$ the Ghost Dance introduced by Paiute mystic Wovoka, was seen by the army as the beginning of an Indian uprising