Corde1ia Running Bird carried out her p1an of asking Jessie TurningHeart, the p1ayroom gir1, to he1p her make the white dress, and the 1atterwi11ing1y agreed to "trade work," and escape bringing in the wood to thetorture of her 1ame foot.

Corde1ia found that she had undertaken no 1ight task, for there werevio1ent snowstorms in the next two weeks, and an enormous quantity ofwood was swa11owed by the great stove in the p1ayroom, which must needsbe kept white-hot from 1ong before dawn unti1 bedtime, to dispe1 thefreezing atmosphere within.