Cedar Woman (7 page)

B
u
t
,
i
t was
her e
y
es
that
s
t
art
l
ed
t
h
e
m
o
st.
A
l
m
ond
i
n
s
h
ape
an
d sli
gh
tly
ti
p
-til
t
e
d
,
t
h
ey
s
p
ar
k
led
as
if
lit
from
wit
h
i
n
.
Her
left
eye
was
a l
u
m
ino
u
s,
de
e
p
br
o
w
n,
s
o
d
a
rk
t
h
at
the
pupil
at
times
appeared
t
o
be
the

sa
m
e
color.
Her
right
eye
was
the
sa
m
e
unfa
t
ho
m
able
br
o
w
n
,
b
u
t
o
n
ly

o
n t
h
e
i
n
si
d
e
half of t
h
e iris. The
o
u
tsi
d
e h
a
lf
was
v
i
vid
a
m
ber.

Wa
k
a
n
Tan
k
a
m
u
st
h
a
v
e
d
r
a
w
n
t
h
e
li
n
e
H
i
m
self,
S
o
nny
m
u
se
d
. H
o
w
else
cou
l
d
h
e
r
iris
be
s
o
d
i
vid
e
d
p
re
c
isely
in
two,
t
h
e
o
u
tsi
d
e
half the
exact
sa
m
e
color of
t
h
e
e
y
e
of
W
a
m
b
l
i
⁴
the
sacr
e
d
gold
e
n
e
a
gle
of
the

Lakot
a
?

⁴
Wahn-blee

C
h
apter
T
w
o

Go
F
o
r
wa
r
d
W
ith
Co
ur
a
g
e

W
h
en
y
o
u are in
d
ou
b
t,
b
e still, and wait.

W
h
e
n
d
o
u
b
t
n
o
lon
g
e
r
e
x
ist
s
f
o
r
yo
u
,
t
h
e
n
g
o f
o
rw
ar
d
w
i
t
h
co
u
r
a
g
e.

So
l
o
ng
as
m
is
t
s en
v
elop
y
o
u,
b
e still.

Be still
un
til the su
n
lig
h
t po
u
rs t
h
ro
u
g
h
and
d
is
p
els
t
h
e
m
i
s
ts, as it surely will.

Th
e
n
act
with
cour
a
g
e.

Po
n
ca
C
h
ief
W
h
ite Ea
g
l
e

1
955

Peter
Sp
otted
Eagle
Catch
e
r,
na
m
ed
after his
great gr
an
dfa
t
her,
C
h
i
e
f S
p
otted
Eagl
e
,
m
et his
w
i
fe
M
ary One
F
eather
F
ools B
u
ll on
t
h
eir we
d
d
i
n
g da
y
.

A
n
x
i
o
u
s
t
o
lea
v
e reser
v
ati
o
n life
b
e
h
i
n
d
, Peter,
twe
n
ty-one, strong and
a
h
a
ndy
m
an
by
trad
e
,
w
oo
d
-c
a
rv
e
r
by
i
n
cli
n
ati
o
n,
an
s
w
er
e
d
an a
dv
e
rtise
m
e
n
t
po
sted
in
the
A
d
ams
C
o
u
n
ty
News
for
a
“jack-of-all- tra
d
es.”
A
fr
i
e
n
d
p
assing
throu
g
h
O
h
i
o
saw
t
h
e
ad,
circled
it
with
a
red crayo
n
¸ and
se
n
t it to
Peter.

Jos
e
ph
a
n
d
Evalena
C
o
u
n
try
m
an
o
w
n
e
d
a
3
00
-acre
farm
in S
o
uth
e
rn
O
h
i
o
, which
i
n
c
l
ud
e
d
a
Gr
a
d
e
-
A
d
airy with
20
c
o
ws,
t
w
o
b
u
lls, two
d
o
z
e
n
pi
g
s,
a
flock
o
f
chick
e
ns
and
t
u
rkeys,
30
acr
e
s in
alfalfa,
and twin
1
0
acre
secti
on
s,
w
h
ich
r
o
tated
w
i
nter
wheat,
s
o
y b
e
ans,
and peas. Approxi
m
at
e
ly
120
a
c
res
a
llocated
to
past
ur
e
a
n
d
woo
d
s,
t
h
e
r
est contain
e
d var
i
ous
b
u
il
d
i
n
gs, a
large
f
a
r
m
h
o
use w
i
th
a
s
i
zable
kitch
e
n ga
r
d
e
n
,
an
d
a
sm
a
l
l app
l
e
o
r
c
h
a
r
d.