You come here to tell us lies, but we don't want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say.

As recorded by reporters covering a speech made by Sitting Bull to U.S. military officers at a conference between the military and the Sioux who had retreated to Canada. Published in Utley, Robert M. The Lance and the Shield. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1993. p. 196.