Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.

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

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized.

The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.

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.

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