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.

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

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

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

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

The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.