The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

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

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

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.

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!