The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation

THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN An Interpretation By Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) TO MY WIFE ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER EVER-INSPIRING COMPANIONSHIP IN THOUGHT AND WORK AND IN LOVE OF HER MOST INDIAN-LIKE VIRTUES I DEDICATE THIS BOOK I speak for each no-tongued tree That, spring by spring, doth nobler be, And dumbly and most wistfully His mighty prayerful arms outspreads, And his big blessing downward sheds. --SIDNEY LANIER. But there’s a dome of nobler span, A temple given Thy faith, that bigots dare not ban-- Its space is heaven! It’s roof star-pictured Nature’s ceiling, Where, trancing the rapt spirit’s feeling, And God Himself to man revealing, Th’ harmonious sph…

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