Cedar Woman (74 page)

“
I
was
ca
m
ped
by
Tanik
a
w
i
n
Blo
,
⁶⁷
and
a
b
ou
t
ten
y
ards
a
w
ay
from t
h
e
D
a
nce
A
r
b
o
r.
We
h
a
d
j
u
st
g
o
tten
ba
c
k
fr
o
m
chasing
a
t
o
r
n
ado
t
o

G
o
r
do
n
,
N
eb
r
a
ska,
and
E
f
ram
decided
to
cli
m
b
t
h
e
ridge
to
check
o
u
t
t
h
e
d
a
m
a
g
e
to t
h
e
arb
o
r
and powwow
g
r
o
u
nds.
T
h
ere
was
still
a
l
o
t
o
f

li
gh
t
n
ing
h
a
ppe
n
in
g
,
a
l
o
ng
with
a
ra
i
n
bow
t
h
at
en
d
e
d
i
n
a
C
h
o
k
e
C
h
erry

bu
s
h, wh
ic
h
al
l
t
h
e
Nd
Nz
t
h
ou
ght
was
h
i
l
ar
i
ou
s
!"
s
h
e ch
o
r
tl
ed.
“
Of
c
o
urse
,
t
h
e
wasic
u
g
et
a
p
o
t
o
f
g
o
l
d
a
t
t
h
e
e
n
d
o
f
t
h
eirs
,
an
d
u
s
N
d
N
z
g
et a scr
a
ggly
ole
Choke
C
h
erry
bu
s
h!”
J
u
lie guff
a
wed.

"An
y
wa
y
,
we got
t
o
t
a
l
k
in
’
a
bo
u
t
li
gh
tni
ng,
an
d
t
h
e
o
ld
-
t
i
m
e Heyokas,
and
what
t
h
ey
went
through,” Ju
l
ie
c
o
ntinu
e
d,
r
efe
r
r
i
n
g
to
t
h
e fact
that
anyone
who
dre
a
med
of
the
T
h
un
d
er
Bein
g
s
while
o
n t
h
e
i
r Vision Quest
had
to
act
in
a
contr
a
ry
m
a
n
n
e
r
f
or
a
p
r
os
c
r
i
b
e
d
p
eri
o
d
of t
i
m
e.
Their
a
c
ti
ons
were
d
i
ctated
by
t
h
e
v
i
s
io
n
t
h
at
t
h
e
y
had
an
d
wh
a
t t
h
e H
o
ly Man i
n
ter
p
reted from
t
h
e Thu
nd
e
r
b
ein
g
s.

“
I
h
a
d
a
fu
n
n
y
feeling
t
h
at so
m
et
h
ing
w
as
i
m
portant ab
o
u
t
ou
r co
n
v
e
rsation
a
nd
t
h
e
He
yo
k
a
s,
but
c
ou
l
d
n
o
t
put
m
y
fin
g
er
o
n
w
h
at
it was. I
go
t h
o
me t
h
e f
o
llowing M
on
d
ay after
t
h
e
p
o
wwow, a
n
d was d
o
ing
m
y
laundry
a
couple
of
days
later.
I
was
just
getting
re
a
d
y
to
take
t
h
e lau
n
dry
o
u
t
o
f t
h
e
d
r
y
er so t
h
at I
c
ou
l
d dry
a
no
t
her l
o
a
d
.

“
I
h
eard
a
loud
crash,
and
I
can
re
m
e
m
b
er
a
b
rig
h
t
, w
h
ite
li
gh
t
,
li
k
e so
m
eone h
a
d
l
it the place up with a
t
h
ous
a
nd ha
l
og
e
n l
a
m
p
s. I h
a
d
m
y ri
g
h
t h
a
nd
o
n t
h
e
d
o
o
r of
t
h
e
dr
y
e
r
,
a
n
d
m
y left on
t
o
p of
it, wh
e
n
it ha
p
p
e
n
e
d
. I
co
u
l
d feel
t
h
e
po
wer
o
f
t
h
e s
t
r
i
ke,
an
d
i
t
w
as as
i
f
ti
m
e
had sto
p
p
e
d.
I
c
ou
n
ted
t
h
e
m
o
m
ents
in
t
h
e
be
a
ting
of
m
y
heart,
a
n
d
t
h
en
it was over.
I
c
ou
l
d
s
m
ell
ozon
e
,
a
n
d
s
o
m
e
thing
like
a
n
electrical
wire ov
er
h
eati
n
g
.
I kn
e
w
t
h
at so
m
et
h
ing was
v
er
y wr
on
g
,
Yo
u
ever gr
a
b
h
o
ld of
a
li
v
e on
e-t
en
w
i
r
e
?
”
J
u
l
i
e
asked,
l
o
oki
ng
at
Len
a
. “I
m
ag
i
ne
t
h
at
m
ul
ti
p
lied
b
y
a
m
i
l
li
on
,
and
that
will
g
i
v
e
y
o
u
so
m
e
i
d
ea
o
f
t
h
e
p
ain
I felt in
t
h
at insta
n
t!