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They [Sitting Bull's people] would not have anything of the white man…

Quote byCharles Eastman · 1858–1939

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Sitting Bull as Remembered by Charles A. Eastman" (1918).

English (original)

They [Sitting Bull's people] would not have anything of the white man except his hatchet, gun, and knife. They utterly refused to cede their lands; and as for the rest, they were willing to let him alone as long as he did not interfere with their life and customs, which was not long.

— Charles Eastman

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