XVIL Campfire Stories or Glimpses 

 of Indian Character 



The Teachings of Winnemucca 



Chief of the Piutes 



About 1800 



WINNEMUCCA was one of the famous old Chiefs 

 who stood for valor, goodness, and courtesy; 

 and was in himself a noble example of all his 

 own doctrines. 



Gen. O. O. Howard, who knew his people well, has 

 recorded the teachings of Winnemucca. He ceaselessly 

 exhorted his people: 



"To love peace and make constant effort to keep it; 

 always to be kind, one to another; always to tell the 

 truth; and never to take for one's self what belonged to 

 another; to treat old people with tender regard; to care 

 for and help the helpless; to be affectionate in families, 

 and show real respect to women, particularly to mothers." 

 ("Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known," p. 208-9, O- O- 

 Howard, U. S. A., Century Co., N. Y. 1908.) 



THE TEACHINGS OF WABASHA I. 



In the day of his strength no man is fat. Fat is good in a 

 beast, but in a man it is disease and comes only of an evil life. 



No man will eat three times each sun if he would keep 

 his body strong and his mind unclouded. 



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