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16 more in two. | Sometimes the branches are split into twenty pieces, 
if | the woman who splits the branches is expert in splitting them 
into | thin pieces. When they are all split, she puts them away. | 
1  Spruce-Roots (1).—Then she gets ready again to go into the woods | 
to dig spruce-roots where she knows that the ground is soft, | and where 
young spruce-trees are growing, for really long | and thin, and without 
5 branches, are the roots of young spruce-trees in soft ground. || When 
she finds them, she pulls out the | root, as it is showing half way 
on the ground. She pulls out the whole length, | for they are long; 
and when she comes to the point where it divides, | she bites it 
off, so that it breaks off, and she does so with the others; and | when 
10 she thinks she has enough roots, she takes the roots |] and coils them 
up. Then she takes a long thin root and | ties it to one side of the 
coil. After she has | done so, she carries the coil of roots that she 
has obtained and goes home to her house, | and she puts it down in a 
cool corner of the house. Then | she sits down and unties the tying 
15 of the coiled roots; and || when the tying is ail off, she carries the 
uncoiled roots | and puts them down alongside che fire of her house. 
She takes the tongs | and ties a thin root around its neck, so that 
they may not split when she | pulls off the bark of the root. When this 
is done, she takes | one of the long roots and puts it over the fire, || 
16 Wi, la ‘nal*nemp!ena maltsemgustox"séda ‘nemts!laqé ék-étEla 
tExEma lixa ts!edaqaxs égilwataé lax paipEx'saliixa texmmé yixs 
pElspadzasé. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witla la paakiixs laé g-éxaq. 
1 Spruce-Roots (1).—Wii, laxaé xwanal‘idexs laé axé‘sta laxa aL!é 
qa‘s li Llop!ekax L!op!ekasa aléwasé laxés q!alé telq!is t!ek-a, 
yix q!waxasasa &léwadzeEmé, qaxs hé‘maé Alak lala géilsg ft! 
Ekételé wiswtlé L!op!nkasa telq!isas t!eka q!waxatsa aléwadzE- 
5 me. Wai, gil’mésé q!aqéxs laé héx“‘idamm gelxtiqolsaxa L!dp!E- 
k-axs néloyiwelsaé laxa t!k‘a. Wi, li néxaq laxés iwisgEmasaxs 
gilsgilstas. Wa, gil'mésé lag-aa lax qexbax‘idaasaséxs laé q!px’- 
sendEq qa ELElsés. Wa, A*misé la hé gwégilaxa wadkwe. Wai, 
gilfmésé k‘otaq lazm helalés L!op!kg-anrmaxs laé ax‘édxa L!op!Ek-é 
10 qa‘s qus‘édéq qa q!Elx*waléséxs laé 'x‘édxa wiltowé L!op!ek‘a qa‘s 
yil'idés laxa Apsinéqwasa la welx'ts!ewak" L!op!rka. Wa, gilfmésé 
gwalexs laé q!elxtilaxés L!op!eg'anEmaxs laé ni*nakwa laxés g'okwé 
qa‘s lixat! q!rlx‘walilas lax widanegwélasés g-okwée. Wai, la héx‘i- 
damm k!wag-alila qa‘s qwélodéx yiLewa‘yases q!rlxwala L!op!eka. 
15 Wi, gilf'mésé ‘witlaweé yiLéewa‘yaséxs laé dalaxa la dzakwala L!op!rk-a 
qa‘s li génolisas laxa Ingwilasés gokwe. Wa, la &x*édxa ts!estala 
qa‘s yit!pxddésa wiltowe L!op!ek: laq, qa k:!esés xox‘widet qo lat 
x‘tk-Alax xEx‘tina‘yasa L!op!ek'é. Wa, gilfmése gwalexs laé ax‘éd- 
xa ‘nemts!aqé laxa gilstowé L!dp!ek'a qa‘’s kattendés laxa Ingwile 
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