No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

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He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

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

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

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At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.

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

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

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Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

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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.

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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.

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