Nearness To Nature... Keeps The Spirit Sensitive

Children Must Early Learn The The Beauty Of Generosity. They Are Taught To Give What They Prize Most, That They May Taste The Happiness Of Giving.

If A Child Is Inclined To Be Grasping, Or To Cling To Any Of His Or Her Little Possessions, Legends Are Related About The Contempt And Disgrace Falling Upon The Ungenerous And Mean Person.

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.

It Was Our Belief That The Love Of Possessions Is A Weakness To Be Overcome. . . . Children Must Early Learn The Beauty Of Generosity. They Are Taught To Give What They Prize Most, That They May Taste The Happiness Of Giving. . . . The Indians In Their Simplicity Literally Give Away All That They Have—to Relatives, To Guests Of Other Tribes Or Clans, But Above All To The Poor And The Aged, From Whom They Can Hope For No Return.

Nearness To Nature... Keeps The Spirit Sensitive To Impressions Not Commonly Felt And In Touch With The Unseen Powers.