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246 PUBERTY. [SoLOGY 



^ tatc;a pax nexa/x. Qia'x qui'nEmi aLa'oix LkLa'Xit tcx*i aLgia'x 



'- behold! unlucky it gets. If five days menstruant then she eats 



n ixge'wal. Ma'nix iLfi'k; ewulal LkLa'Xit nakct iLxe'tElax Lkj ackc; e'ka 



fresh food. If the berries which the menstru- not it eats them a child; thus 



she picked ating woman 



o ge'Latc !a ma'nix iLa'k; ewulal LkLa'Xit, nakct iLxe'tElax ge'Latc !a. 



a sick person if the berries which the menstru- not he eats them the sick one. 



she picked ating woman, 



Ma'nix niket Lfl'mama Lka'nax La'Xa, ka La'tata ik;oano'in 



When not her father a chief his daugh- then her mother's a potlatch 



ter, brother 



_ aLge'Lgax. Ana' La'motX ik;oano'm aLge'Lgax; ana' La'Lak 



" he makes it for Some- her father's a potlatch he makes it for her ; some- her father's 



her. times brother times sister 



P ikioano'm aLge'Lgax; ana' La'q;otxa ik;oano'm aLge'Lgax 



^ a potlatch she makes it for some- her mother's a potlatch she makes it 



her; times sister for her 



Lq;ela'wulX. Ma'nix nekct o'xoe La'ktema LgOLe'lEXEmk, a'lta 



7 the one menstruating When not man.y dentalia a person, now 



for the first time. 



o cka aLktugo'lEmamx te'lx'Em. Nakct uioxo-wa'yutckux oka 



and they fetch them the people. Not they dance and 



aqLa'qamitx Lqjela'wnlX. Aqawe'makux kanaiiwe' qo'tac te'lx*Em 



" they look at her the one menstruating Presents are distrib- all those people 



the first time. uted among them 



ktkLa'qamitx qo'La Lq;ela'wnlX. Xiikct o'xoe tkte'ma aqtawe'makux. 



10 who looked at her that the one menstruating Not many dentalia are distributed. 



for the first time. 



E'ka wiXt mo'kcte aLq;ela'wulX, mo'kcte aqawe'makux te'lx-Em. 



Thus also twice she is menstruant twice presents are distrib- the people, 



for the first time, uted among them 



Translation. 



When a chief who is continually sick has a daughter about ten years 

 old and not yet mature, he makes a potlatch and pretends that she is 

 menstruant for the first time. The people dance five days and are paid 

 for dancing. 



When a chiefs daughter is menstruating for the first time, she is 

 hidden [from the view of the people]. Only an [old] woman takes care 

 of her. Cedar bark is tied to her arms [above the elbows and at the 

 wrists], to her legs, and around her waist. She fasts sometimes five 

 days, sometimes ten days, or four or six days. Now the people are 

 invited and a potlatch is made for the girl. She remains hidden five 

 days. Now she is taken out [of her hiding place] and the cedar bark 

 which is tied around her [arms, legs, and waist] is taken off. Then 

 strings of dentalia are tied around her arms and legs, and a buckskin 

 strap is tied around her waist. This remains tied around her for one 

 hundred days, then it is taken off. Now an old woman washes her face. 

 Another old woman paints her; still another one combs her. When 

 this is finished the people are paid for dancing for her. Now these old 

 women are paid and the girl is hidden again. She has a separate door. 

 She bathes in a creek far [from the village]. For fifty days she does 

 not eat fresh food. When she is menstruant for the second time her 

 father gives another potlatch. She must not warm herself. She must 

 never look at the people. She must not look at the sky, she must not 

 pick berries. It is forbidden. When she looks at the sky it becomes 



