Cedar Woman (56 page)

Lena
was
surprised,
t
o
say the
least! “Your
d
au
gh
t
er
?”

“
O
h
a
n
,”
affirmed
Re
v
a.
S
h
e
is
fa
m
i
ly
h
ere,”
Re
v
a
sta
t
e
d
,
p
atti
n
g
h
er bo
n
y c
h
est.

“
She
h
a
s
be
e
n
g
o
od
to
us.
S
h
e
has
giv
e
n
u
s
w
o
r
k
.
She
h
as
giv
e
n

y
o
u
op
p
ortu
n
ity.
Yes,”
Re
v
a
c
on
tin
u
e
d
,
no
dd
i
n
g
,
“It
is
g
o
o
d
.
She
will
b
ec
o
m
e
m
y
d
a
u
g
h
ter.
We will
g
o
to
Ke
o
kuk
a
n
d
we will
h
a
v
e
t
h
e
H
un
k
a
p
i
.
³⁵

The
a
i
r
s
m
ell
e
d
of
ra
i
n
.
Gusts
o
f
w
in
d
p
asse
d
o
v
e
r
s
w
eat
-
s
o
a
k
ed
b
r
o
w
s,
b
r
in
g
in
g
t
e
m
porary
r
eli
ef.
It
was
eleven
a
.
m
.,
and
t
e
m
p
eratures r
o
se to
ab
ov
e
1
0
0
d
e
grees.

³²
_{Indian
–
p
r
efer
r
e
d
spelling
u
s
ed
in wri
t
ten
ma
ter
i
als}

³³
_{Ee-nuh
Mah-to
Loo-tah
–
Mot
h
er
Red
B
ear}

³⁴
_{Mah-to
Loo-tah
–
Red
Bear}

³⁵
Hoon-kah-pee
–
Adoption
C
e
remony

The aro
m
a of food drift
e
d upon
a
m
o
isture-rich breeze,
m
aking
m
ou
t
h
s
wa
te
r w
it
h
tho
u
g
h
t
s
o
f
f
o
o
d
:
In
d
ia
n
tac
o
s
,
c
o
r
n
a
n
d
f
ry
b
r
ead,
was
h
ed
do
wn
w
it
h
l
e
m
onad
e
,
s
o
das
a
n
d
cool
,
c
o
ol wa
te
r.

Eight
m
en
en
tered
t
h
e
e
n
c
i
rcled
e
n
closure,
tak
i
ng
the
i
r
places around
the
l
a
rge
c
a
n
c
e
g
a
³⁶
.
They
beg
a
n
t
o
beat
th
e
d
ru
m
and
s
in
g
i
n uni
so
n,
t
h
eir
v
o
ices,
s
o
a
r
i
n
g
t
o
t
h
e
v
a
ulted
d
o
m
e of heav
e
n
.

The Gr
an
d
E
n
t
rance b
e
ga
n
,
a
n
d p
eo
p
l
e
o
f
th
e
Lak
o
t
a a
n
d
D
ako
t
a,
o
f t
h
e
C
h
eyenne and oth
e
r
tr
i
b
e
s,
enter
e
d
i
n
full cere
m
onial dre
s
s.
T
h
ey stepp
e
d
around
the
a
ren
a
,
toe,
heel,
to
e
,
hee
l
.
L
e
na
marvel
e
d
at
the
b
ea
u
ty
o
f
t
h
e
re
g
alia.
Here was
a wo
m
an
in a
sil
k
y
dress
with
a
g
o
r
g
eo
u
s shawl
with
l
o
ng
fr
i
ng
e
.
An
oth
e
r
d
a
nce
r
,
a
wo
m
an
aga
i
n,
her
t
u
be-l
i
k
e dress
c
ov
e
r
e
d
in
m
e
tal
cones
t
h
at
tinkled
as
she
wal
k
e
d
.
A
m
an
danced by
i
n
a
m
agn
ifi
cent
he
ad
dre
s
s.
It
w
as
t
h
e
n
t
h
at
she s
a
w
h
im
.
His
re
g
alia was white a
n
d
b
lac
k
, with
m
u
lti-c
o
lored
b
e
a
d
ing
in
a stri
p
ed
d
esig
n
. He wore
a
kind
of
cape,
fring
e
d
with
what
appear
e
d
t
o
be
a
iry
feath
e
rs
or ri
b
b
o
n
s,
L
e
na
cou
l
d
n
’t
tell
for
s
u
r
e
.
A
b
e
aded
he
a
db
an
d
encircled
his head
and
m
at
c
hed
the
be
a
d
e
d
m
o
ccasins
he
wore
upon
his
feet.
He
wore a
headdress,
c
a
lled
a
Roach,
of
what Lena
l
a
ter
f
ou
nd
o
u
t was
po
rc
u
pine gu
ar
d
hair
a
n
d
deer
ha
i
r,
d
ye
d
t
o
t
h
e
d
a
nc
e
r
'
s
specif
i
cat
i
ons.
H
i
s
d
a
r
k hair
was
b
r
ai
d
ed,
a
nd
his
r
eg
alia
see
m
ed
to
sway
as
he
sp
un
an
d
d
a
nc
e
d in
t
i
m
e to
t
h
e
p
o
ww
o
w dr
u
m
.