“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.”
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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.
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.