C O N T E N T S
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
I. THE SOUL OF THE REDMAN
His Spirituality
Religion
The Indian Sunday
The Chief and the Missionary
The Indian Creed
The Twelve Commandments
A Mystic and an Occultist
The Indian Silence
The Daily Worship
Indian Prayers
The Omaha Tribal Prayer
Hymn to Tirawa (God)
Burial and Hope for the Dead
Death Songs
II. THE ANCIENT WAY
A Successful Socialist
Fundamental Laws
Marriage and Divorce
The Children
Status of Women
Chastity
As Seen by the Missionaries
As Seen by the Soldiers
As Seen by Our Wise Men
Witchcraft Is Crime
Medicine Men or Shamans
Punishments for Crime
Dog Soldiers
Torture of Prisoners and Scalping
III. BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM
Physique
Cleanliness
Bravery
Cheerfulness
Honesty
Kindness
Concept of Peace
Exhortations of an Aztec Father to his Son
Love for Country
IV. WABASHA
The Teachings of Wabasha
Laws of the Lodge
V. THE WISDOM OF THE OLD MEN
In the Beginning
Genesis
The Quiché's Myth of Creation
Clean Fatherhood
Omaha Proverbs
Sayings of the Ancients
To the Dead Deer
The Old Onion Seller
The Lessons of Lone-Chief
Tecumseh's Speech
Red Jacket's Reply
Sitting Bull's Appeal
The Death of Nocona
VI. PROPHETS OF THE RED RACE
Hiawatha
Powhatan
Metacomet
Wabasha
Pontiac
Tecumseh
Black Hawk
Sequoya
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Smohalla
Geronimo or Goyathlay
Wovoka
VII. WHITE EXPRESSION OF INDIANIC THOUGHT
By Mary Austin
Heart's Friend
Song for the Passing of a Beautiful Woman
Song for the Newborn
Prayer to the Mountain Spirit
Lament of a Man for His Son
By Hartley Burr Alexander
The Last Song
God's Drum
By Lilian White Spencer
Shoes of Death
By Alfred Wooler
There Is No Unbelief
VIII. WHITHER?
The Vision
EPILOGUE
The Redman's Message