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for the cold wind | cracks the inside of the canoe; for when the cold 
45 winter wind is coming, the canoe-owner || bails out the water, so that 
itis dry inside. He takes | coarse cedar-bark mats and spreads them 
over the seats,| and he covers over the sides and each end| so that 
the cold wind does not go through. | 
After the canoe has been finished, he goes to split from a cedar- 
50 tree || narrow boards. These are one span | wide and one | finger 
thick. | Their length is one and a half | fathoms. If they are split out 
55 forasmall canoe, | four of these are made for bottom-boards; and || for 
a large traveling-canoe twenty | are split out for bottom-boards. 
He does the same as he does when splitting out | roof-boards. The 
only difference is that they are not adzed. When | the owner of the 
large canoe goes traveling, he first | lays down on the beach the 
60 boards, beginning at the bow of the canoe, and || he places them more 
than a fathom apart, in this way. | This is called ‘‘place over which 
the traveling-canoe is pushed down.” When | they have all been 
put down, many men take hold, one on | each side of the thwarts 
and also one | on each side of the bow, pressing their backs against 
the sides of the bow so that they lift it up and that it does not shove 
65 the boards out of place, and || also one on each side of the stern, who 
k!tna, yixs gilfmaé yowenaktlaxs laé héx‘idafma xwagwadisa 
45 xwak!tma tsiilax‘ideq, qa Ismxtixsés. Wi, hérm la 4x‘édaatséxa 
iwadzoledekwé gildedzo léwatya qa‘s li Lep!endalas lax LéLE- 
x'Exsas. Wai, lazem armxaq lax wax'sanégtixsas LESwa wax’sba- 
fyas qa k'lésés lax’s’wa yoyisa ‘ts!awiinxé laq. 
Wa, gilfmésé gwala xwak!tnixs laé lat!ex‘idxa welkwé laxa 
50 ts!elts!nq!a ladekwa, yixa ‘naxwa‘mé fnalnemp!enk: laxens 
q!waq !wax'ts!ana‘yéx yix 4wadzE‘wasas. Wa, la ‘né‘neEmdeEn laxens 
q!waq !wax'ts!anatyex yix wiwagwasas. WA, li neq!rbodé éskg‘i- 
wafyas lixens bariqé awdsgemasas. Wai, g‘il‘mésé xwaxwi- 
gtimé tatlagtilaséxs laé moxsemé tat!atyas qa paxts. Wa, gil- 
55 ‘mésé ewalas mbléxats!é xwak!tinixs laé maltsemg-ustAxsé lat !afyas 
qa paxts. Wa, lanrm hérm gwég'ilaxs lat!aaqé gwégvilasasa tat liixa 
sadkwe. Wi, léx‘a'més dgi‘qalayoséxs héyadzié. Wa, gilfmése 
meléxelaLa xwapwadiisa ewailase xwak!tinixs laé hérm g‘il la paxa- 
lisrlayowa ladekwa giig‘ilis lax A4giwafyasa xwak!ina, yixs hiya- 
60 qaaxa ‘nalfnemp hank: é Jaxens bALagé iwalagoledzasas ga gwiilég-a. 
Wa, hémm Légades wi'x"dEmaxa Sar atnte xwak !tine. ‘Wa, ‘etl 
‘mésé ‘wilgalisexs laéda q!énemé bébrgwanrm q fwaixokii Index 
wax'sba‘yas L€LEX’EXxsas hé‘misa wax'sanodLEma‘yé tétEg indLeEméx 
éwandLEma‘yas qa‘s wiléq ga k'!ésés kiqedzewéxa witx"*dema. Wa, 
65 lnxae wax’ sodmxia ya ma‘lokwé wig !wixLa‘ya. Wa, lida EMO- 
1 Laying them down ert as a runway for the canoe. 
