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(8) He believed in cleanliness of body. 



(9) He beKeved in purity of morals. 



(10) He believed in speaking the truth, and nothing but 

 the truth. His promise was absolutely binding. He hated 

 and despised a Uar, and held all falsehood to be an abomi- 

 nation. 



(11) He believed in beautifying aU things in his Hfe. 

 He had a song for every occasion — a beautiful prayer 



for every stress. His garments were made beautiful with 

 painted patterns, feathers, and quill-work. He had dances 

 for every fireside. He has led the world in the making of 

 beautiful baskets, blankets, and canoes; while the deco- 

 rations he put on lodges, weapons, clothes, dishes, and 

 dwellings, beds, cradles, or grave-boards, were among the 

 countless evidences of his pleasure in the beautiful, as he 

 understood it. 



(12) He believed in the simple life. 



He held, first, that land belonged to the tribe, not to the 

 individual; next, that the accumulation of property was the 

 beginning of greed that grew into monstrous crime. 



(13) ' He believed in peace and the sacred obligations of 

 hospitality. 



(14) He beheved that the noblest of virtues was cour- 

 age, and that, above all other qualities, he worshipped and 

 prayed for. So also he beheved that the most shameful of 

 crimes was being afraid. 



(is) He believed that he should so Hve his life that the 

 fear of death could never enter into his heart; that when the 

 last call came he should put on the paint and honors of a 

 hero going home, then sing his death song and meet the 

 end in triumph. 



If we measure this great pagan by our Ten Command- 

 ments, we shall find that he accepted and obeyed them, all 



