There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.

Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.

At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.