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60 the roots that have been burnt over the fire. || She takes hold of the 
top of the legs of the tongs with the ! left hand, presses them together, 
while she pulls the roots through the tongs with the | right hand. 
Then the bark | peels off, and the sap comes out. As soon as all | the 
bark is off, she puts the other end in and strips off the bark of the || 
65 root that she is holding; and she continues for a long time | pulling 
it to and fro, stripping off the bark of the roots by pulling them 
through. She only | stops doing this when the root is white all over, 
for they are dry. | After doing this, she takes another | root and does 
the same as she did with the first one with which she was working; || 
70 and she only stops when all the bark is stripped off. | Then she splits 
them in two through the middle, splitting the whole length; | and 
after splitting them in two, she splits the halves into two again. | 
Then she splits each root into four pieces: She continues doing this 
75 with | all the roots; and when they have all been split, she || scrapes 
them. Then she takes her husband’s straight knife | and puts it 
down at the left-hand side of her foot. She takes | the split root 
with the left hand and puts it | against the right side of the heel of 
her left foot. | Then with the right hand she takes the straight 
so knife || and puts the back of the knife against the root, and presses 
it down against it, | and pulls the root through with the right hand. 
Then she turns the root over, | pulling it through between the heel of 
60 XEx"‘tina‘yasa L!op!ek'axs laé dax‘itsés g-nmxdlts!ana‘yé lax oxta- 
‘yas wax‘sanddzExta‘yaséxs laé q!wéq!wasilaqéxs laé néx‘itsés 
hélk !otts!ana‘yé laxa Llop!eké. Wa, hé‘mis 1a qtsdlats xpx*- 
tna‘yas. Wa, laxaé saaqalé saiaqas. Wi, gil‘mésé ‘wilgilenxés 
XEXx"‘tina‘yaxs laé xwel‘ideq qa‘s Ogwaqgé xik‘OdEx xEx"*tina‘yasés 
65 dalasox"de. Wa, la gégilit aédaaqanaxwa kak Etots laxés x ik-a- 
layax xEx"‘inafyasa L!op!ek’é qa‘s xwélaqé néxsodeq. Wai, akmésé 
gwal hé gwégilaqéxs laé alak'!ala la ‘merlk-!ena qaxs laé lemx‘tn- - 
x‘ida. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs laé ét!éd dax‘idxa ‘nemts!aqé 
nonin a. Wa, laxaé dem naqemg iltaixés oilx dé ewe ilasa. Wa, 
70 al‘mésé gwalexs laé ‘witla la Aeron xEXtina yas, Wi, la 
naq!Eqax ddmaqaséxs laé pax“‘idrq hébendalus Swisgemasas. Wa, 
g-ilmésé malts!exs laé étts!end pax‘sendxa wax'sddilas. Wai, la‘mé 
mox"sEndxa ‘nal‘nEmts!aqgé L!op!ek'a. Wii, ax"sa*meésé hé ewéo-ilax 
‘wixaasasa L!dp!eké. Wa, gilfmésé ‘witla la papEx‘saakiixs laé 
75 kéxet!édmq. Wa, lamm ax‘édex nexx‘iila k !’waydsés lisSwinEmé, 
qa‘’s dzéx‘walilésés grmxdltsidza‘yé gdgityowa. Wai, li daxitsés 
gemxoits!ana‘yé a‘yasé laxa paakwe L!dp!ek-a, qa‘s pax‘aLElédés 
lax hétk:!Otsema‘yas mek !tixiax’sidzatyasés gemxOltsidza‘yé g-dgt- 
yowa. Wa, li dax‘itsés hétk: !dts!ana‘yé laxa nexx‘iila k:!awayowa 
80 qa‘s kat !endés iwig‘a‘yas laxa L!dp!eké. Wii, li tusalak-ats laqéxs 
laé néxédxa L!dp!ek-asés hétk:!otts!anatfyé. Wa, la xwéli‘lilaxa 
