He believed in - all powerful Great Spirit, in the immortality of the soul, in a life everlasting, and in the fraternity of life.
With an Iroquis a thankful heart was a prayer. He did not seek to instruct the Great Creator what to do on Earth or in the celestial world, for he had faith that in His wisdom God knew what was right and best.
He believed that it was natural to be honorable and truthful, and cowardly to lie. His promise was absolutely binding. He hated and despised a liar and held all falsehood to be a weakness.
He believed in reverence for his parents, and in old age supported them, even as he expected his children to support him. He honored his Father and Mother and their fathers before them.
He believed in peace. The sentiment of universal brotherhood was always his policy.
He believed in a forgiving spirit, preferring atonement to revenge - in converting enemies to friends.
Hospitality was a prime virtue among the Iroquis. No people were more generous.
He did not believe in tyranny and he treated his wards with justice, tolerance and restraint.
He had no caste system, believing in democracy, equality and brotherhood.
he coveted no titles but believed all men were equal.
He believed in cleanliness of body and purity of morals. Chastity was an established principle with him.
He believed that the Earth was the Mother of All Things and therefore, that no one owned the soil and no one had more title than another. His whole policy was averse to the concentration of power in the hands of any individual, but inclined to the opposite principle of division among a number of equals.
He believed in the equality of women, giving them far more rights than did European peoples.
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