There are some animals, birds and fishes, that an Indian venerates; and the creature thus sacred, he dare neither kill nor eat.

The selection is usually a bear, buffalo, deer, otter, eagle, hawk or snake.

One will not eat the right wing of a bird; another dare not eat the left: nor are the women allowed to eat any part that is considered sacred.
The Sioux say it is lawful to take revenge, but otherwise it is not right to murder.

When murder is committed, it is an injury to the deceased; not a sin against the Great Spirit.

Some of their wise men say that the Great Spirit has nothing to do with their affairs, present or future.