Cedar Woman (30 page)

C
h
apter
Five

May t
h
e sta
r
s ca
rr
y your
sa
d
n
ess a
w
ay, May t
h
e flowers fill yo
u
r
h
e
ar
t
wit
h
b
e
a
u
ty, M
ay h
o
pe f
o
r
e
ver w
i
pe
a
way
y
o
u
r
tear
s
,

A
n
d
,
abo
v
e all,
m
a
y sile
n
ce ma
k
e you stron
g
.

Chief
Dan G
eo
rge

Dean
C
o
u
n
tr
y
m
an
g
r
oan
e
d and
s
t
rai
g
htened,
s
t
ret
c
hi
n
g
his
sp
i
n
e
and r
ub
b
i
n
g
t
h
e
b
a
ck
o
f
his
ne
ck
.
L
o
w
e
ri
n
g
h
i
s
s
h
ovel
t
o
t
h
e
ston
e
-s
t
r
e
wn
g
r
o
u
n
d
,
and
s
l
o
wly
hu
nk
e
ring
to
a
sitting
po
sition
o
n
a
lar
g
e
rock
n
ear t
h
e
cre
e
k b
e
d, he
all
o
wed h
im
self
a
f
e
w
m
o
m
ents
of rest.

He
h
a
d
been
w
o
rk
i
n
g
at
t
h
e
s
o
u
t
h
e
n
d
o
f
t
h
e
pas
tu
re
m
o
st
of
t
h
e da
y
, build
i
n
g a
sweat
l
o
d
g
e
a
n
d fire
pit
f
o
r
M
ary Catcher.

Dean
left
t
h
e
ho
s
p
ital
in
t
h
e
early
m
o
r
n
ing
h
o
urs,
br
ingi
n
g
Le
n
a ho
m
e
to
t
h
e
big,
w
h
ite
far
m
hou
s
e
o
v
erl
oo
k
ing
t
h
e
A
p
pala
c
h
ian
H
i
g
h
way

w
h
ere
h
e
and
Nellie
li
v
e
d
.
Mary
ref
u
sed
to
lea
v
e
Peter,
bu
t
tur
n
ing
t
o

Dea
n
,
h
e
r
be
a
u
ti
ful e
y
es
lumi
nous w
it
h
u
n
s
h
ed
t
ear
s
,
a
s
ked
i
f
s
h
e
c
ou
l
d build a
s
weat
l
o
dge
down
ne
a
r
the
cre
e
k.

“
It’s r
o
c
k
y t
h
ere, and
t
h
ere will
b
e
n
o
dan
g
er of fire.
I
n
eed
to
p
ray and fi
n
d
g
u
i
d
ance.
W
o
uld
y
ou
m
ind,
D
ea
n
?
”
He
l
o
ok
e
d
at her
i
n surpris
e
.
Wh
a
t
is
a
swe
a
t
l
o
d
g
e?
he
wo
nd
e
r
e
d
t
o
h
im
self,
a
nd
t
h
e
n

dis
m
issed
it
as
uni
m
port
a
nt.
If
t
h
at
is
what
she
need
e
d
,
t
h
en
that
is
what

she w
o
u
l
d ha
v
e.
S
h
e h
a
d
e
x
p
lained:

“
The
L
o
dge
is
wh
e
re
you
c
a
n
be
kind
of
born
a
g
ain.
It’s
a
chance to
m
a
k
e
a
fresh
start
in
life,
a
n
d
l
earn
from
your
m
istakes.
You
learn f
r
o
m
wh
at
comes
to
y
o
u
in
t
h
e
L
o
d
g
e,
and
u
se
it
in
a
good
w
ay.
It’s
k
ind of
a
‘d
o
o
v
e
r.
’
W
e
l
eave
a
l
l
t
h
e
bad
t
h
i
n
gs
b
e
h
in
d
,
an
d
t
ake
on
l
y
t
h
e g
oo
d
.
W
e
L
a
ko
t
as
c
ons
i
d
er
t
h
e
Lo
d
g
e
to
b
e
li
k
e
a
w
o
m
b
,
and
to
lea
v
e t
h
e
L
o
d
g
e
is
to
b
e
b
o
rn
a
g
a
i
n
,
in
a
g
ood
way.
S
o
,
w
h
en
we
go
i
n
to
t
h
e l
o
dge
to
n
ight
to
pray
for
Peter,
not
only
will
we
be reborn, but h
o
p
e
fully
h
e
will
b
e as well.”