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n
g
t
h
e
nor
th
wall,
six
t
o
p,
f
a
n
back
bo
o
t
h
s
of
poli
s
h
e
d
ch
e
rr
y
,
u
ph
o
lstered
i
n
a
Nati
v
e
A
m
erican
pri
n
t of
go
l
d,
plu
m
,
tu
rq
uoise
a
n
d tang
e
rine
ch
e
v
ro
ns,
sat
up
on
a
sli
g
htly raised
plat
fo
r
m
.
M
atching tabletops
o
f
s
o
l
id
ch
e
rry
c
o
m
p
leted
t
h
e
s
i
x
-
p
e
rs
o
n b
a
n
q
uettes.
Each
seating
area
was
lit
b
y a
s
m
a
ll
i
m
it
a
t
io
n r
u
sh
l
i
gh
t
,
set
u
p
o
n a s
h
elf,
w
h
ich
ran
the
len
g
th
o
f t
h
e ro
o
m
,
t
h
e e
x
q
u
isite
bowls
car
v
e
d
fr
o
m catli
n
ite,
o
r
p
i
p
esto
n
e,
h
i
gh
l
y
p
rized
b
y Nati
v
e
A
m
erica
n
s for
car
v
ing peace
pipe
s
.
Cons
i
d
er
e
d
a
sacred
sto
n
e,
it
oft
e
n
repres
e
n
ted
the
blood of t
h
e
earth
o
r
t
h
e
blo
o
d
o
f
The
People.
Ill
u
m
inated
by
a
s
m
all,
flickering bu
l
b,
t
h
e
r
e
dd
i
sh-a
m
b
er
r
e
fl
e
cti
v
e
stone
g
a
ve
a
feeli
n
g
of
warm
candle light.
Han
g
ing
fr
o
m
t
h
e
ceili
n
g
in
t
h
e
ce
n
ter
o
f
the
ro
o
m were
th
ree
fo
u
r
-
up
lig
h
t
r
i
ng
cha
nd
eliers, re
p
e
ati
n
g
t
h
e
catli
n
ite
b
o
wls
in
a sli
gh
tly
lar
g
er size.
Filling
the
g
e
nerous
space
b
e
neath
the
fixtures,
w
e
re
four
top
a
n
d
t
wo
t
o
p
c
h
e
rr
y
t
ab
l
es
w
it
h
m
a
t
ch
i
ng
l
a
d
d
er
ba
c
k
c
h
a
i
rs,
ea
c
h
ta
b
l
e dres
s
ed
with
a
single
daisy
p
l
aced
in
a
cre
a
m
-colored,
c
e
ra
m
ic
bud
vas
e
.
A selecti
o
n
o
f c
o
n
d
i
m
e
n
ts:
m
u
star
d
, catsup
and
T
a
basco
sauce,
a
waited h
un
g
ry
pat
r
o
n
s
w
h
o
wo
u
l
d
so
on
ho
n
o
r
Ce
d
a
r Wo
m
an’s
tabl
e.
The
f
l
o
o
r
in
g was
o
f
g
l
ea
mi
ng
c
o
r
k
i
n
t
wo
s
h
a
d
es.
T
h
e
m
a
i
n exp
a
nse
was
t
h
e
co
l
o
r
of
honey.
Marking
t
h
e
f
o
ur
c
o
r
n
ers
o
f
t
h
e
m
ain dini
n
g
ar
e
a
w
as
t
h
e
La
k
o
ta
Sio
u
x
holy
s
y
m
bol
for
t
h
e
earth
a
n
d
f
o
ur
winds
that
blow,
a
si
m
p
le
square
w
ith
a
line
radiating
from
each
corn
e
r,
sy
m
bolizing
t
h
e
bl
o
wi
n
g w
in
d
s.
Re
p
res
e
n
ted
in
ri
c
h
sie
n
na,
t
h
e
s
y
m
bols
h
el
p
ed
to
d
e
fine t
h
e
m
ain
seati
n
g
area
o
f t
h
e
flo
o
r
space.
Lena
c
h
ose co
r
k
f
loo
r
i
ng f
o
r
s
e
v
e
ral
reas
o
n
s:
i
t
was env
i
r
o
n
m
ental
l
y
frie
n
dl
y
.
The
c
or
k
o
a
k
t
r
ee
did
not
die
wh
e
n
its
b
a
rk was
h
a
r
v
ested e
v
ery
n
i
n
e yea
r
s. In
d
eed, some
o
a
k
s li
v
ed
well
p
ast
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