Cedar Woman (49 page)

His
s
o
ul
was
e
n
cas
e
d
in
a
b
o
dy
t
h
at
w
o
uld not
re
sp
o
n
d,
y
et
his
soul was
free,
an
d
his
accept
a
nce
of
his
c
o
n
d
ition,
and
faith
that
he
wou
l
d
be

res
to
red
t
o h
i
s
f
o
r
m
er
se
l
f,
n
e
ver f
l
a
g
g
e
d.

H
i
s
c
o
nce
r
n
w
as
f
o
r
h
i
s
fa
m
i
l
y and
n
o
t h
im
self,
so he
w
o
r
k
ed
e
v
e
n
h
ar
d
er to re
g
ain
h
i
s stren
g
t
h
,
to
wa
l
k
,
t
o
talk, to
b
e
t
h
e
h
u
sba
n
d and fat
h
er he
h
a
d
been
before
the
accident.
Finally,
his
gratitude
for
De
a
n
and Nellie
C
o
u
n
tr
y
m
a
n
,
Dea
n
’s
b
r
o
t
h
e
r Gar
y
,
and
t
h
e frie
nd
s who
came t
og
et
h
er
to
help
h
is
s
m
all
fa
m
i
ly,
filled
h
is
h
eart
in
e
v
ery wa
k
i
ng
m
o
m
e
n
t.

Lena
s
to
od ba
c
k
m
en
t
ally
and
conte
m
p
l
ated
her
fa
t
h
e
r
,
and she
was filled
with won
d
er.

C
h
apter
S
e
v
e
n

Lak
o
t
a
I
n
str
u
cti
on
s
f
o
r
Li
v
ing

Friend do
it t
h
i
s way
- t
h
at is, w
h
ate
v
er you
d
o in
life,

do t
h
e v
e
ry be
s
t
y
ou
c
a
n w
it
h
bo
t
h
you
r
h
ea
r
t
an
d
m
i
nd
.

A
n
d
i
f
you do
i
t t
h
at
w
ay, the
Pow
e
r
of
T
h
e
Un
i
v
erse will c
o
m
e to
y
o
ur assista
n
ce,

if yo
u
r
h
eart and
m
i
n
d
are in U
n
ity.

W
h
en o
n
e sits
in
t
h
e
H
o
op Of T
h
e Pe
op
le, one
m
u
st be
r
e
sp
o
n
s
i
b
l
e,
bec
a
use

all
o
f
C
r
eati
o
n
is relate
d
,

a
n
d t
h
e
h
u
rt
o
f
on
e
is t
h
e h
u
rt
o
f all, a
n
d t
h
e
h
o
nor
o
f o
n
e is
t
h
e
h
o
nor
o
f
all,

and whatev
e
r we
do effects
e
v
er
yt
h
i
ng
i
n
t
h
e
u
n
i
v
e
rse.

If
y
o
u do
it t
h
at way - t
h
at is,

if
you
tr
u
ly j
o
i
n
your
h
ea
r
t and
m
i
n
d as one
-
what
e
v
er you a
s
k
for, t
h
at's t
h
e way
i
t
's
go
i
ng
to
b
e
.

Passed down fr
o
m
W
h
ite Buf
f
alo
Calf W
o
m
an

“
T
h
is
in
j
u
n
is
g
on
n
a
k
ill
m
e!”
Vic
k
i
cried e
xp
l
od
i
n
g
t
h
rou
g
h
t
h
e
fro
n
t d
oo
r,
ha
n
d
s
w
av
in
g
a
b
o
v
e
h
er
he
a
d
.
P
r
o
c
eedi
n
g
i
n
t
o
t
h
e
res
t
a
u
ran
t
,
s
h
e pla
y
fully
b
u
m
p
ed
h
e
r
h
i
p
ag
ainst
Len
a
’s
a
s
she
pass
e
d
t
h
e
c
o
u
n
ter
an
d conti
n
u
e
d
her
way to
t
h
e ba
c
k of t
h
e
est
a
blish
m
ent.

Nic
k
ie
q
u
esti
on
e
d
with
a raised
eyebrow
as
Lena
laughingly explain
e
d,

“
I gue
s
s last
m
on
t
h’s
f
i
g
u
res
were
go
o
d
.”

Nic
k
ie allowed
h
e
rself a
t
w
i
rl on
t
h
e swi
v
el st
oo
l on w
h
ich
s
h
e sat
a
n
d
q
u
e
r
ie
d
: