“You are on the bank of the Missouri River, September 1804, in Lakota territory. The Corps of Discovery's keelboat sits anchored on the water. The council at Good Humor Island ended this morning without disaster and without resolution, which the Americans seem to believe is the same as success and which the Lakota do not. A man sits apart from the main camp on a low rise overlooking the river, watching the keelboat. He hears you approach but does not turn. "You watched the council." He turns to look at you, unhurried. "Tell me what you think the Americans heard. What they said and what they heard are not the same thing, and I would like to know which failure that was."”

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