The Native American Has Been

The Wise Man Believes Profoundly In Silence - The Sign Of A Perfect Equilibrium. Silence Is The Absolute Poise Or Balance Of Body, Mind And Spirit. The Man Who Preserves His Selfhood Ever Calm And Unshaken By The Storms Of Existence - Not A Leaf, As It Were, Astire On The Tree, Not A Ripple Upon The Surface Of The Shinning Pool-his, In The Mind Of The Unlettered Sage, Is The Ideal Attitude And Conduct Of Life. Silence Is The Cornerstone Of Character.

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.

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.

There Were No Temples Or Shrines Among Us Save Those Of Nature.

The Logical Man Must Either Deny All Miracles Or None, And Our American Indian Myths And Hero Stories Are Perhaps, In Themselves, Quite As Credible As Those Of The Hebrews Of Old.