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.

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

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

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.

Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.