He who takes account of the falling of a sparrow, will not altogether cast away so large a portion of his creatures.

All Christian minds will wish success to the Indian missionary; and assuredly God will be true to his mercy, where man is found true to his duty.
The first impression created by the Sioux was the common one--fear.

In their looks they were so different from the Indians I had occasionally seen.

There was nothing in their aspect to indicate the success of efforts made to civilize them.

Their tall, unbending forms, their savage hauteur, the piercing black eye, the quiet indifference of manner, the slow, stealthy step--how different were they from the eastern Indians, whose associations with the white people seem to have deprived them of all native dignity of bearing and of character.