He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

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.

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

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

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person.