In Alan Gribben's _Mark Twain's Library, A Reconstruction_ there is a lengthy entry for the various marginalia Clemens wrote in his copy of Richard Irving Dodge's _Our Wild Indians_ (American Publishing Co. 1883). Among Clemens's comments on the Indians' religion: ~~~~~ We have to keep our God placated with prayers, and even then we are never sure of him -- how much higher and finer is the Indian's God. Our illogical God is all-powerful in name, but impotent in fact; the Great Spirit is not all-powerful, but does the very best he can for his injun and does it free of charge. ~~~~~ On a separate angle, is there any authenticity to the yarn that appeared in the Washington Post of Jan. 19, 1895 reprinting a story from the New York Herald -- a story of circus Indians on horseback visiting Clemens in Hartford. Online at: http://users.htcomp.net/bschmidt/twain-indians.jpg Barb