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

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

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.

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

We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.

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

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.