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In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
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.
At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.
He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
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.
Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
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 American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
Nearness to nature ... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!
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.
The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.
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.
