Cedar Woman (59 page)

³⁸
O
h
-
ya
h-t
a
y
–
Pe
ople

Lena, a
n
d
her
f
r
i
e
n
d N
i
ckie,
a
n
d appreciated
their r
e
spect.

T
h
ere
was s
o
m
et
h
i
n
g
abo
u
t
Le
n
a.
J
u
lie
was
n
’t
s
u
re
yet, but
s
h
e
h
a
d a
feeli
n
g t
h
at
t
h
is
wo
uld be
a
n
e
n
co
u
n
ter
sh
e
w
ou
l
d
n
e
v
e
r f
or
g
et:
t
h
ere was
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
ab
ou
t
t
h
e
you
n
g
w
o
m
a
n
,
somet
h
i
n
g
t
h
a
t
s
p
o
k
e
t
o
h
er
own

wo
m
an’s
he
a
r
t.

“
W
ell,
first
of all,”
Julie
co
n
ti
nu
e
d
,
“
t
h
e
style
o
f
t
h
e
dr
ess itself
is
a ho
l
d
ov
e
r
f
r
om t
h
e
e
a
rly
rez
p
eri
o
d
wh
e
n
we first
g
o
t
ou
r
h
an
d
s
on
w
h
ite
m
an
'
s
cloth.
³⁹
M
any
of
t
h
e
wo
m
en
started
to
create
a
fusion
of
tr
a
d
e wo
o
l
, or
tra
d
e cl
o
t
h
, with
t
h
e
m
o
re
t
r
a
d
itional
leat
h
er.
The
s
h
ells on
m
y dress
r
e
present
Elk
teeth,
us
e
d or
i
g
i
n
ally to
d
ecorate
o
u
r
d
r
esses.

“
Back
t
h
en,
y
o
ur
ch
o
ices were
eit
h
er
Elk
teeth
o
r
q
u
ill
w
o
r
k
, a
n
d si
n
ce U
n
ci
g
o
t
h
er
cli
n
ic
teet
h
,
s
h
e
d
o
es
n
'
t
d
o
qu
ill
work
a
n
y
m
o
re,” Ju
li
e
jo
ke
d
,
r
e
f
err
in
g
t
o her
gr
and
m
o
t
he
r
’s
f
al
se
t
eeth.

“
Elk teeth are exp
e
ns
i
v
e, and hard to get,
s
o
Unci us
e
d
these Ring Top
Cowrie
shells
i
n
stea
d
,”
Julie
off
e
red, referring
to
t
h
e
small,
cre
a
m
y shells r
i
ng
e
d
i
n
g
o
l
d
.

“
The
bra
i
d
w
r
aps
a
re
m
ade
f
r
om
a
s
i
ng
l
e
o
tt
er
s
k
i
n
t
h
at
I
had
t
o split
in
h
alf,
a
n
d
t
h
en
I
ac
t
u
a
lly
h
ad
to
b
e
h
e
ad
t
h
e
po
o
r
t
h
i
n
g
in
o
r
d
e
r
to be
able
to
u
se
it!
Othe
r
wise,
t
h
ey
w
o
uld
b
e
dr
a
gg
i
ng
t
h
e
g
r
o
un
d
.
An
d, t
h
ese
ties
h
e
re
are
for
d
ecorati
on
,
I
t
h
i
n
k
my
a
un
tie
m
a
d
e
t
h
em
f
o
r
m
e, but
I
can
'
t
re
m
e
m
b
er.
The pattern
is
an
old
s
u
nb
u
rst
des
i
g
n
, and
has
be
e
n in
o
u
r fa
m
ily
for
g
e
n
e
rati
o
ns. T
h
e
satin
kerc
h
ief
is
sort
o
f
a
h
o
ld
ov
e
r fr
o
m earlier
times
as
well,
a
n
d
it
is
go
o
d
f
or
h
i
d
i
n
g
s
o
m
e
mi
no
r
fl
a
ws
on
t
h
e
b
ack of t
h
e dress.

“
This
l
o
ng
b
lack,
w
h
ite, and r
e
d
r
i
b
b
on
t
h
i
n
g, with
all t
h
e dec
o
rati
o
ns
h
a
ng
i
ng
f
rom
t
h
e
ba
c
k
o
f
t
h
e
ker
c
hief,
is
a
'
d
r
ag
g
er'
a
n
d
it
h
as
a
l
o
t
of
mea
n
ing
f
o
r
m
e.
T
h
e
r
e
d
ribbo
n
s
a
r
e
to
h
onor
t
h
e
w
a
rr
i
o
rs