There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

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

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.

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

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

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.

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