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"] PUBERTY. 245 



woman 



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aLg'ia'x La/mama. Nakct qa'usix aLxcko'mitx Lq;ela'wulX. Nekct 



he makes her father. Not anyhow she warms herself tlie one menatni- Not 1 



ant for the lirst 

 time. 



qa'iisiX aLqta'qamitx te'lx-Ein. Niikct qa'usix igo'cax aLgiri'qamitx, 



anyhow she looks at them people. Not anyhow the sky slie looks at it, ij 



niikct qa'nsix tgoxoe'ma aLkto'piaLxax. Tga'k-iLau. Ma'nix igo'cax 



not anyhow herries she gathers them. It is her tahoo. AVheu the sky O 



aLgia'qamitx Lq;ela'wnlX, gufi'iiEsum ia'q;atxala ne'xElax igo'cax. 



she looks at it the one menstruant always its badness comes to be the sky. 4 



for the fir.st time, ' on it 



Ma'iiix tgoqoe'ma aLktu'piaLx Lq;e]a'wulX, gua'iiEsum emElfi'lkiiile 



When berries she gathers the one menstruant always raiuj' weather O 



for the tirst time, 



nexa'x. la'xkate La'qxoeluL quL aLkLa'owix go-y- e'maktc. la'xkate 



it gets. There her cedar-bark hang she does it on it on a .spruce There t> 



up tree. 



ne'xcaox. la'k; amouaqe aLa'o-ix Lq;ela'wnlX, tcxn aLgia'x ixge'wal, 



it dries. One hundred her sleeps theonemenstruant then she eats it fresh food, < 



for the first time, 



tcx'i aLkto'piaLxax tgoqoe'ma, tcx*i aLxcko'mitx. 8 



then she gathers berries, then she warms herself. 



Ma'nix qa'xewa nogoLa'yax, aqLo'k"T;x Lqiela'wulX. Niikct 9 



When somewhere they move, she is carried the one menstruant Not 



for the first time. 



aLqLe'watcgux cka aqLo'ctxox go ikani'm. Ntikct aLaLo'tXuitx 



she paddles and she is carried on into the canoe. Not she stands in water 



the back 



Ltcuq, go-y- e'maL Ltcuq. Ka po'lakiii ka aLx'o'tamx Lq;ela'wu]X. ^^ 



water, in saltwater water. And at night and she goes to theonemenstruant 



bathe for the first time. 



ALguxogo'kux tElala'xukc, ka'naiiwe LKaLa'ma-y- e'ka. Ma'nix 12 



She is superior to the bird.s, all days thus. When 



ta'uewatikc tElala'xukc noxo-eo'lEguLx, aqLxga'lEguLx Lq;elri'wulX, ^^3 



they first the birds rise, they are superior to her the one who men- 



struates for the 

 first time, 



ka iiiikct io'Lqte iLa'Xanate. Ma'nix ka'nauwe-y- i'kta t!aya' 14 



tl:eu not long her life. When all things good 



aLgia'x Lq;ela'wnlX, a'lta Lq;eyo'qxut aLxa'x, tcx-i aLo'uiEqtx. 15 



she does the one who menstru- now old she gets, then she dies, 



them ates for the first time, 



Mo'kcti aLqjela'wulax ka aLE'LXoL;ax. A'lta ma'nix ai.qLa/Xitx, ig 



Twice she is menstruant then she finished. Now when she is menstru- 



for the first time ant, 



nau'i k"La'xane aLo'-ix. Qoii'nEmi aLa'o-ix LkLa'Xit ka wiXt 17 



at once outside she goes. Five times her sleeps she is men- then again 



struant 



aLo'pIx. Ka'nauwe LkLmena'kc e'ka aLkLa'Xitx nau'i aLo'pax. 13 



she enters. All months thus she is menstruant at once she goes out. 



Ana' la'kti aLa'o-ix k^La'xani. Nsikct gLE'tqamt ge'LatcIa LkLa'Xit. 19 



Some- four her sleeps outside. Not she sees him a sick one a menstruant 



times times woman. 



Ma'nix e'LatcIa LgoLe'lEXEink, go kula'ji t!oL aLkta'x LkLa'Xit. 20 



When his sickness a person, at far a house she makes the menstru- 



it ant woman. 



E'ka Lq;ela'wulX. ISTekct LkLe'tqamt Lk;asks Lq; ela'wulX. Ma'nix 91 



Thus one luenstruating Not she looks at it a child one menstruating If " 



for the first time. for the first time. 



LkLa'Xit aLgia'x ita'k;etenax nauwa'itk, a'lta pax noxo'x; 22 



a menstruant eats what he eauglit [in] net, now unlucky it becomes; 



qe'xtce ita'tuk^tX nauwa'itk, tatc;a pax noxo'x. E'ka-y- I'kXik. 23 



Intending successful the net beliold! unlucky it gets. Tims a hook. 



Ma'nix aLgia'x ena'qxon LkLfi/Xit, qe'xtce ia'tuk^tX I'kXik, 24 



If slie eats it sturgeon a mtMistrnant intending successful the hook 



woman 



