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^"oTs""^] PREGNANCY AND BIRTH. 239 



ka aLxEno'yiiwaiiEnix, ii'ka qigo uixEiio'yuwanEmx iuana'mukc. 



then it has a hard struggle before thus as it has hard struggle before the otter. \ 



dying, dying 



A'ka wiXt LEla'lax; ii'ka wiXt iq;oala'c. Ige/kckame nexa'x. Ma'iiix 



Thus also a bird; thus also a raccoon. Obtaining sick- it gets. When 2 



ne.ss by sympathy 



ia'xot Lkjup uexa/x iq;oala's ka iLa'xanate ka Lk;up uexa'x iLa/xot 3 



its eye squeezed it gets tlie raccoon and its life and squeezed it gets its eye 



qo'La Lk;asks. Ma'nix acixElqe'LxalEinx aqia/owilXxx qix* iq;oala's, 4. 



that child. When it cries much it i.s struck that raccoon, 



e'ka aLxa'x qo'La Lk:asks qigo qjoa'p aLo'niEqtx. Ma'uix aLga'xo ^ 



thus does that child if nearly it dies. When slie eats it 



opia'lo gaLa'waii, aLE'ktcx Lii'Xa, nau'i aLo'mEqtx. lo'Lqte 



trout a pregnant one, it cries her child, at once it faints. Long 



aLo'mEqtx ka wiXt atctElata'kux. Ka'nauwe L^aLri'ma-y- e'ka. n 



it is in a .swoon tlien again it recovers. All days thus. 



E'XtEDia-e la'kte aLo'mEqtx ae'Xt o^o'Lax. Ma'nix aLgaLk; tsxe'max g 



Sometimes four times it faints one day. When he singes it 



La'k-ikala gaLfi'wan o'lXaiu, ka'nauwe qo'La Lk;asks nixLE'lx c) 



her husband a pregnant one a seal, all that child is burnt 



e'LaL'^a. ALiLa'letEmx Ltcuq. Ma'nix aLkcilpe'Xux gaLa'wau 



its body. Then is in it often water. When she blows it up a pregnant one 10 



[under its skin] 



ikcgo'matk, giia'uEsuui acilpe'XuniL iLa'wan La'Xa. Ma'nix aLgia'x 



a bladder, always it is blown up its belly her child. When she eats it 



gaLfi'wan i'kta Ljap aqia'x, ia'xkati Lxoa'p nike'x qix* i'kta Ljap 



a pregnant some- found it is done, there hole is in it that some- found 12 



one thing thing 



aqia'x, ia'xkate Lxoa'p aLxa'x qo'La Lkjasks. Ma'nix aLao'ptit ^o 



it is done, there hole is that child. When she sleeps 



k"Lii'xani gaLa'wan, qjoa'p aLE'qxtoinx, paL nexa'x iLa'wan ^a 



outside a pregnant one, nearly she gives birth, full it gets her belly 



Lf^a'cwulkt. ALo'mEqtx. Ma'nix aLo'tXuitx io'Lqte go iqe'plal ^^ 



blood. She dies. When she stands long in the doorway 



aLge'qEmitx iau'a k"La'xane, a'ka aLxa'x qigo aLE'qxtomx cka Lax 



she looks then outside, thus does when she gives birth and come KJ 



out 



aLxa'x La'Xa, io'Lqte Lax aLxti'x La'Xa. E'XtEmae aLo'mEqtx -.^ 



it does her child, long come out it does her child. Sometimes she dies 



qo'La gaLa'wan, e'XtEmae aLo'mEqtx qo'La Lkjilsks. Ma'nix ^o 



that pregnant one, .sometimes it dies that child. When 



io'Lqte aLxo'kstitx gaLa'wan, a'ka aLxa'x qigo aLE'qxtomx. ^q 



long she lies down a pregnant one, thus she does when she gives birth. 



E'LatcIa nixa'tElax io'Lqte. Ma'uix aLxo'kctitx LgoLe'lEXEmk .>q 



Her sickness is on her long. When he lies down a person "^ 



e'wa La'^owit gaLa'wan, a'lta iau'a aLotce'qxLkuitx qo'La Lkjasks. 21 



thus her feet a pregnant one, now then it lies across that child 



Mane'x aLo'tXuitx LgoLe'lEXEmk iau'a iLii'kotcX gaLa'wan, ka 22 



When he stands a person there her back a pregnant oue, and 



iau'a aLo'tXuitx qo'La Lkj asks ma'nix aqLa'xtomx. 23 



then it stands that child when it is born. 



Ma'uix aLE'kxtomx gaLa'wan, qoa'nEm La'xanakc goa'uEsum 24 



When she gives birth the pregnant one, five her stones always 



Lo'cko-it. Lxoa'p aLgi'ax ele'e. Mokct Lqa'nakc aLgE'Lx-guix qigo c,k 



she heats. Hole she makes it ground. Two stones she throws into where ■" 



naLxoa'pe. A'lta aLxk; e'niakux ka'nauwe e'LaL^a aLqk; e'niakux. 



the hole. Now she ties it around herself all her body she ties it around 26 



herself. 



A'lta aLxaLgE'm'apgux go qo'La Lqa'nakc. Qoa'uEmi aLa'o-ix 27 



Now she takes a steam-bath at those stones. Five her sleeps 



aLxaLgE'm'apkax ka'nauwe Lf^aLa'ma, ka'nauwe Lpo'lEina. Ma'nix 28 



she takes steam-baths all days, all nights. When 



