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ward || to the bent bottom of the wedge-bag. He does | the same at 45 
the other side. | Then the wedge-bag is finished. | 
Spruce-Roots and Cedar- Withes.—When the season approaches when | 
the huckleberries are ripe, | the woman makes her huckleberry- 
basket, and | it is ready when the berries are ripe. She takes her 
digging-stick and her small ax, | going to the place where small 
spruce-trees are growing, and where she knows that the ground is 
soft. As soon as || she reaches there, she pushes one end of her clam- 
digging stick into the ground and | pries up the roots of a young 
spruce-tree. As soon as the roots come out of the ground, | she 
picks out thin and small ones. _ She takes hold of them and pulls 
them out. | These may be more than a fathom in length; | and when 
she reaches the end, she takes her small ax and || chops them off. | 
The woman who is getting the roots | continues doing this. When 
she has enough, she coils them up and ties them | with small roots 
in four places, so that they are this way : | As soon 
as this is done, she carries them in her right hand and| 
goes home. She puts them down in a cool corner of 
the house. | Then she takes a mat and spreads it 1 
over them. As soon as she has done this, | she again takes her small 
ax and goes to a place where young cedar-trees grow; | and when she 
reaches there, she looks for those that have straight long branches, 
that are not twisted; and when she finds a | young cedar-tree that 
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lax gwanax‘idaasas Oxsda‘yasa q!waats!é. Wa, li hépmxat! gwéx:- 45 
‘idxa &psana‘yé. Wa, la‘mé gwala q!waats!isa LemleEmgayu laxéq. 
Spruce-Roots and Cedar-Withes.— Wii, hé‘maaxs laé wlaq ewat !enxa 
laé g ég-aex‘édéda ts!mdaqé, qa‘s Ipxilé, qa‘s k-!rlats!éla gwademé, qo 
nbewxLodio. Wii, li ax‘édxés k'!nlakwé Lefwis sayoObEmaxs laé 
laxa aléwadzemxektila laxés q!alé telq!its t!ek'a. Wa, gil'mése 
lag‘aa laqexs, laé ts!ex"bEtElsas Oba‘yasés k*!elakwe, qa‘s k!wet !rqol- 
sEléxa L!éL!op!ek'asa alewadzeEmé. Wa, gil‘mésé laqolsa L!éL!dp!n- 
k-axs laé aléqaxa neqrla wila, laé diyodnq, qa‘s nex‘tiqdlseléq. 
Wi, la ‘nal‘nemp!ena ésEg iyo laxens baiiqé iwasgpmasas. Wai, 
gil'mésé lag’aa laxa Abasemiséxs laé dax‘idxés siyobrmé, qa‘s 
tsexsendéq. Wi, Ax%si‘mésé hé gwegilaxs L!an!op!ekaéda 1 
tsledaqé. Wa, gilfmeésé hélotexs laé q!elo‘nakilaq, qa‘s yaélarnlo- 
dalésa wisweltowe L!op!pk: laxa mox‘widalavela lag xa ga gwiilég-a 
(fig.). Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé q!elxiilases hélk: !ots!ana‘yé laqéxs 
laé néi‘nakwa. Wa, lai q!elxwalilas laxa wiidanégwilasés g‘okwé 
qa‘s ix‘édéxa lé'wa‘yé, qa‘s nax"sEmlilés lag. Wai, gil'mésé gwalnxs | 
laé @ét!éd dax-‘idxés siyobemé, qa‘s lixat! laxa dzadzmsexrktila. 
Wa, gilfmésé lag‘aa laqéxs laé aléx*‘idxa gvilsgilt!is texemé, yixa 
‘nEmagitéxa k'!ésé sElp!ena. Wa, gil‘mésé q!ixa ‘nemts!aqé 
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