Cedar Woman (73 page)

'
Ridger
⁶²
b
o
ys
fr
o
m
ar
o
und
the
Porcu
p
ine
a
rea
are
pretty
easy
on
t
h
e e
y
es,
h
u
h
!"
s
h
e
c
h
o
r
tl
ed, as
Lena
l
o
ok
ed
at
h
e
r g
r
and
m
o
t
her
i
n
a
m
az
e
m
ent.

I’ve
never
seen her
like this
,
L
ena wh
is
per
e
d
to
h
e
rsel
f
,
a
m
azed.

"I'm o
l
d,
n
o
t dead"
ret
o
r
t
ed
R
eva
seei
n
g
t
h
e
s
tu
nn
e
d
l
o
ok
i
n
her gr
an
dd
au
gh
t
e
r
s'
e
y
es.

"Ya, I
kn
o
w
e
nn
it!"
J
u
lie
co
n
ti
nu
e
d
w
it
h
a
c
o
y
g
r
i
n
.
"Any
w
ay
,
my
ex
-h
usb
an
d
a
n
d
I
li
v
e
d
in
a
m
obile
ho
m
e
at
t
h
e
t
i
m
e,
with
o
u
r
2
kid
s
,
a
n
d

out
t
h
e
back
d
o
o
r
was
a
H
U
GE
o
l
d
O
a
k
tr
ee
and
a
n
e
m
p
t
y
l
o
t
between my
trailer
a
n
d
t
h
e
n
e
x
t
o
n
e
.
⁶³
M
y
po
o
r
nei
gh
b
o
r
h
a
d
a
gre
a
t
view
of
m
y
li
v
i
n
g
r
oo
m
wi
n
do
w
a
n
d
b
a
c
k
d
o
o
r,
w
h
ic
h I
t
h
ou
gh
t
was
k
i
n
d
o
f
f
u
n
n
y!

I
was
w
o
r
k
i
n
'
o
n
t
h
e
laun
d
ry,
a
w
ho
l
e
wee
k
’s
w
o
r
t
h
.
I
t
h
ink
it bre
e
ds
once
it
reaches
critical
m
ass,
cha!
While
we
w
e
re
a
t
Broth
e
rhood, I
r
a
n
into
m
y
sister
Kar
i
n
E
agle, and
h
e
r
fiancée
and
th
e
ir
kids
on
t
h
e sec
o
nd
day
o
f
t
h
e
p
o
ww
o
w
.
I
h
a
d
he
a
rd
t
h
at
s
h
e
was
l
i
v
in
g
w
it
h
so
m
e Ar
i
k
ir
a
⁶⁴
guy
s
om
ewhere
i
n
W
y
o
m
ing,
a
nd
h
ad
n
o
t
tal
k
ed
t
o
h
e
r
in
a
f
e
w years,
so
y
ou can
i
m
agine
my
surprise
w
hen
s
he
sh
ows
u
p
w
it
h
s
o
m
e Lati
n
o g
u
y and a cou
p
le of
k
i
d
s
i
n
tow!

⁶²
A
slang
term
f
o
r
someone
from
Pine
Rid
g
e,
or
w
ho
has
a
n
cestors
from
Pine

_Ridge

⁶³
Begin
dialog
of
Julie’s
ligh
t
ning
strikes
provi
d
ed
b
y
Julie
Spotted
Eagle
Horse

_{Two
Strikes
Ma
r
tineau}

⁶⁴
Ar-ih-kih-rah
–
an
allied
n
ation
of
the
Sioux

“
S
o
l
o
n
g
s
t
or
y
sh
o
r
t,
K
a
r
in
an
d
E
f
ra
m
m
ove
d
i
n
to
m
y
Lodg
e
f
o
r
t
he
rest
of
the
we
e
k
.
It
was
a
s
t
o
rm
y
week,
and
t
h
em
He
y
oka
s
⁶⁵
and
W
icaca Wak
an
k
i
s
⁶⁶
had
t
h
e
i
r
h
an
d
s
fu
l
l
j
u
st
ke
e
p
in
g
t
h
e
wea
t
her
go
o
d
e
no
u
g
h
t
o
ho
l
d
t
h
e
po
w
w
o
w
!