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

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

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.

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

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person.

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