It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return.

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

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

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.

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

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old.

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.