Sitting Bull did all he could to defeat the treaty, and the signing disgusted him. In the end, even his old ally Gall had defected. When a reporter asked Sitting Bull what the opening of the reservation would mean for the Indians, the old leader replied bitterly: “Don’t talk to me about Indians; there are no Indians left except those in my band. They are all dead, and those still wearing the clothes of warriors are only squaws. I am sorry for my followers, who have been defeated and their land taken from them.”30
