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

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

Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.

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

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.

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.