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her foot | and the back of the straight knife. Then she only stops 
doing this || when the knife does not get wet any more. Then the 85 
scraped root is really | white, because it is very dry; and it | is pliable. 
That is the reason why it does not break; for she is | going to make a 
well-made basket out of it to shake the huckleberries into. After | 
she has done this, she does the same with the cedar withes, and | she 
treats them in the same way, scraping || the water out of them. | 89 
Cedar-Withes.—While the man is making the digging-stick for 1 
digging | clover, his wife goes into the woods looking for long cedar- 
branches that | split straight, which are the thickness of our fingers, | 
and which also have no branches. They only have || leaves on each 
or 
side, and these are called | ‘“‘cedar-branches.’”’ As soon as_ the 
woman finds the cedar-branches, | she pulls them down and breaks 
the and there 
are not many on other cedar-trees. | When the woman who gathers 
cedar-branches gets enough, || she ties one end of the branches which 10 
have been put together with twisted cedar-branch rope; and | after 
tying up one end, she goes home carrying on her shoulders the 
branches which she has gathered. | She puts them down in a cool 
corner of the house. Then | she sits down and splits them through 
the heart. When | they have been split in two, she splits each half 
in two, and || she splits them again in two, and she splits them once 15 
L!op!ek-axs laé néxsawi‘lilaq laxés ‘mEk!ixLax'sidza‘yasés g’Ogiiyowe 82 
LO’ iwig'a‘yasa nexx‘iila k'!awayowa. Wa, almésé gwal hé gweg'i- 
laqéxs laé k:!efs la k!tingegésa k'!awayowé. Wa, lanm Alak'!ala la 
emElmeEl|k’ !enéda k- axe Lop lek'axs laé feeieee tina. Wd, hé'mi- 85 
sexs laé péqwa. Wi, hé‘mis lag‘itas k'!és éar!éma qaxs Alak:!alaé 
aék'!aakwa lexa‘yaxs k‘!plats!éraxa gwademé. Wa, g‘il'mése 
gwalexs laé héemxat! gwex‘idxa texeme. Wi, larmxae hé gwegila- 
qéxs laé k‘exalax ‘wapaga‘yas. ‘ 89 
Cedar-Withes.— Wii, hé*méxs laé éaxrléda begwanEmaxats!dyayaxa 1 
LEx’sEmé, wi la genemas la lixa aL!é tayaxamax tExEma laxa 
gilsg‘ilt!a neqrla texemsa wilkwéxa ya AiwAigwitens q!waq!wax’- 
ts!anafyé. Wa, hé*méséxs k-!efsaé L!enak-a, yixs 4*maé qwag‘i- 
lena‘ya ts!ap!axmenéxwé lix wax'sanddzatyas. Wa, héem Léga- 5 
des texEmé. Wai, gil‘mésé q! lida tayaxamixa tpxEemaxs laé hex £j- 
dafem dzEtaxrlax“ideq, yixs ‘nal‘nemp!enaé q!éxLaléda ‘nEm- 
ts!agé wilx'xa texemé. Wii, li k'!és q!éxialéda wadkwé wilkwa. 
Wi, gilfmésé hélora tayaxemiixa texemaxs laé yiLemdxés tExE- 
maxs laé q!ap!¢gemakwa yisa selbekwé dewéxa. Wa, ¢ ilmésé gwal 16 
yitemdgéxs laé ni‘nakwa laxés gdkwé wik‘ilaxés tayaxamanemé 
texEma. Wi, lai ax‘alilaq laxa wiidanegwilasés g’dkwé. Wai, 
héx“ida‘mésé k!wagvalita qa‘’s dzmt!édéq naq!eqax domaqas. Wii, 
gilfmésé la dzets!aakitxs laé pax'sendxa apsodele. Wa, laxaé 
étts!end pax’sendeq. Wi, laxaé hélox"sEendaxat! pax’sEendkrq. 15 
