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where he | chopped into it; and when he has chopped down to | the 
heart of the tree, he chops off more chips, in order to | spread it 
wider for the wedges to be put in. When | the wedges can lie on 
the sloping chopped side, he drives them in in this way: The first 
(ia Rael} one || that he drives in is the longest one of : 
the board wedges at | the far side from where 
he stands. He takes the next shorter one | next to it and drives 
it in close to the one that he has driven in, and | he takes the 
next shorter one and drives it in | close to the one that he drove 
before; and || the seven wedges are one shorter than the other as 
they are driven into the end of the tree; and the one nearest | 
to the workman is the shortest wedge. Then he | strikes the top 
of each once while he is striking them with his stone hammer, | and 
he strikes them backward and forward. | As soon as the wood 
splits, he pries it off so that it falls on its back, and he marks | 
on the end the thickness of two fingers. Then | he takes his ax 
and drives it in on the mark that he put on the wood. | After 
he has done so, he again takes up his wedges and | puts them 
in as he did before when splitting out the block. | He continues 
doing this as he keeps on splitting them off. Only || the first (board) 
that he splits off is thick. The next one is only one | finger-width 
thick | if the cedar is es poe for gone the first one ee off 
Syaséxs ae. ercnila Wa, g-ilfmass 1elngs eee lax 
domaqas laé sag‘ililaxés temkwatyé qa qwesgilés sadstowa qaxs 
LEmg’asilaé qaés LEmlEmg'ayowe. Wii, gilfmésé hélak:!4lé Ltem- 
lemg‘ayés li déx‘widayo laxa ga gwiilég'a (fig.) laé hé gil 
degwitbendayowa giilt!mg-atyaseés tatlayowe LEmg'ayowa lax 
qwesot!Enatyasés Laxwalaasé. Wa, li &x‘édxa ts!ats!akwalaga- 
wa‘yé qa‘s déx‘warelodés laxa mak‘ala laxa la dégwitbafya. Wa, 
laxaé Ax‘édxa ts!ats!akwalagawa‘yas qa‘s déx‘wa.rlodés fe 
mak-alixat! laxa la dédegwitba‘ya. Wa, la‘mé ts!egti‘nakiléda 
itebots!agé LeEmlemg-ayoxs laé dédegwitba‘ya. Hérm makala 
laxa lat!aénoxwéda ts!ek!waga‘yasa LemleEmg‘ayowas. Wa, li 
enaknemp lenxtodalasés pelprlqaxs laé prlgntn‘weses pElprlgé 
laxa Lemlemg‘ayowe. Arm aédaagqi‘lilaxs pelgetayaaq. Wii, 
eil'mésé xox‘widexs laé k!wet!édeq qa neLaxés. Wa, li xitldrt- 
bendxa maldgEnas wagwasé laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anafyéx. W4a, li 
ixtédxés sdbayowe qa‘s maétbendés negetenéxa la xtildekwa. 
Wi, gilfmésé gwalexs lae ét!éd Ax‘édxés Lemlemg'ayowé. Wii, 
hérmxaawisé gwiilé gwiilaasdiséxs lixde fat!odxa temg-ikwé. 
Wa, ax'sif‘mésé hé gwégilaxa la hanat lat!aso‘s. Wa, lana 
‘nem‘pm wikwéda g‘aloy’s qaxs 4‘maé la ‘nal*nemdeEn laxens 
q!waq!wax'ts!anafyex yix wagwasasa la mémak‘ila lat !dlayds 
yixs Lomaé ék'a welkwe qaxs “hémenalat maé peLax‘wideda @ale 
1See Publications of the Te sup North P acific Expedition, Vv ol. V, p- 328, fig. 54, The figure shows the 
order of the wedges. The split is placed vertically, not horizontally as described here. 
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