Cedar Woman (5 page)

Kneeli
n
g,
t
h
e
b
o
wl
in
f
r
o
n
t of
he
r
,
h
e
r
h
an
d
s
o
n
t
h
e
fl
o
o
r
on
ea
c
h si
d
e
o
f
h
e
r
b
ody, s
h
e se
n
t
h
e
r
p
rayer to
M
o
ther
Ear
t
h
.

Fi
n
a
lly
,
s
he
agai
n
raise
d
t
h
e
stil
l
s
m
ok
i
n
g
bow
l
t
o
t
h
e
s
ky
a
n
d
ad
d
e
d a
per
s
o
n
al
p
l
ea:
“
C
reator,
t
h
i
s
i
s
C
edar
W
om
an.
I
ask
th
at
y
ou
ke
e
p
m
y

feet
true
a
nd
o
n
t
h
e
G
oo
d
Re
d
R
o
a
d
.
I
a
s
k
t
h
at
y
ou
g
u
i
d
e
m
e
on
t
h
is
day

a
n
d
all
d
ays
so
t
h
at
I
m
a
y
c
o
nti
nu
e
on
t
h
is pat
h
.
I
ask
t
h
at y
o
u
h
elp
in
m
y dai
l
y
li
fe.
I
ask
y
ou
t
h
at I
m
ay feed
all pe
o
p
l
e
and
t
h
at
m
y vent
u
re
here will
be
successful.”
L
e
na pl
a
ced
t
h
e
still
smold
e
ring bowl on
a
t
a
ble
and sa
t
,
s
lo
w
l
y re
la
x
in
g
, h
e
r
m
i
nd,
b
ody
an
d
s
p
i
r
i
t
i
n
h
a
r
m
on
y
.

³
The
Good
Red
Road
–
To
walk
in balan
c
e.
To
f
ollow
t
h
e
rules
o
f
Creator.

In 1
88
6
, d
u
ri
n
g
a
p
e
r
f
or
m
ance
of
“
U
ncle To
m
’s
Cabin,” t
h
e
op
e
ra h
o
us
e
,
l
o
cated on
t
h
e
t
h
i
r
d
f
l
o
o
r of
t
h
e build
i
n
g,
exp
e
rienc
e
d
a
tr
a
g
ic
fire. An
actor,
s
wing
i
ng
a
n
u
m
brella,
accid
e
n
t
ally
hit
one
of
the
gas
foot