Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

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

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

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

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

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