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

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

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

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

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.

Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!

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.