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