That is the way the Indians said the Great Spirit gave it to the first man, and it was in practice when the white man came into this country. The Great Spirit showed them how to make coverups out of animal skin, called breachcloths, and they were happy. Now the man who was to do the treating found a certain herb that would put him into a coma, so he would build a fire and drink a tea made from this herb and dance around this fire chanting until this herb took effect. Then he would pass out. While in this stage, he would communicate with the Great Spirit which would tell him what to do or what to use or whatever his desire was. Someone asked the medicine man to describe the Great Spirit since he claims he saw him. The medicine man said he would be hard to describe since he has no shape, and yet he has many shapes. “The way I saw him is like a heavy mist. He had no eyes, yet he saw everything. He has no ears, yet he hears everything, even the unspoken word within you. He has no mouth, yet he speaks. You have heard him speak to you within your head, something to not do that is wrong, or he will say do do that that is good. He is watching you always. You cannot hide from his sight no matter where you are or what you are doing.” Now the Indians had no Hell, no Devil. They thought that returning to dirt and not going to the Happy Hunting Ground was the worst thing that could happen to them. It was their code, not religion. They lived by sort of Moses’ law—an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Their chief and councilmen would decide. Now the white man says that they found them worshipping the moon or some stars. True, they knew he was up there somewhere, so some would think he was the man in the moon, and thought he was some bright star. They did not know. Nonetheless, they knew that there was a power stronger than them. They could feel him in their mind. They did not teach fear to their children like they would go to hell. They taught them bravery, to fear no one. As long as they obeyed the Great Spirit, they would be content.