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beginning next to where it is being held, and pulling it slowly, | until 20 
it gets hot all over. As soon as the bark is hot, | she puts it be- 
tween the tongs next to | where she is holding it with the left hand. 
She squeezes the legs of the | tongs together under it. Then she pulls 
it through with her || right hand. Then the bark peels off. | As soon 25 
as all the bark is off, she puts it down on the | left-hand side, and she 
takes up another root and | puts it over the fire, and she does the same 
as she did before | to the first one at which she was working when she 
put it over the fire. || When all the bark has been taken off the roots, | 30 
she splits them before they are really dry. | She begins splitting at 
the thin end through the heart, | going towards the thick end. 
When it has been split in two, she takes | each half and splits it again 
in two; and when this has been split, || she splits it again in two; and 35 
she does the same to the other half, | for the woman wishes to have 
roots split into thin strips | to weave the basket that she is making. 
Sometimes she splits eight strips out of one | clean root when she is 
splitting it. When it has all been split, | she takes the cedar-bark 
splitting-bone (the ulna of the foreleg of the || deer) and grinds it 40 
well, so that it has a sharp point and also so that | itis thin. That 
is the bone for splitting cedar-bark of the woman when she is making 
mats, | when she is splitting cedar-bark, and when she is making 
gig itela laxa mak-ala lax dalase‘waséxs laé adyaa néx‘nakiilaq qa 20 
ékés ts!elgii‘naktlaéna‘yas. Wa, g‘il‘mésé ts!elx‘wid ‘naxwé dgwi- 
dafyas xek!timaséxs laé k-akEtdtsa makita lax dalasE‘waséxs 
laé q!wes‘itsés gemxdlts!ana‘yé lax wax'sanddzExsta‘yasa ts !ésLa- 
lixs brnxtolila. Wi, hé‘mis la nexsilatséxa L!op!eké yisés 
hetk:!olts!ana‘yé. Wa, hé‘mis la qisalatsa xex"tinafyas. Wai, 25 
gilfmésé ‘witlawéda xex“*tina‘yaséxs laé k-at!alilas laxés gemxa- 
gawalité. Wii, laxaé ét!éd dax‘idxa ‘nemts!laqé L!op!eka qa‘s 
kattendés lixa Imgwilé. Wi, lazm Aemxat! neqEmg titewéxés 
oweg'ilasaxés gilx'dé &xse‘waxs liix-dé LlexLents laxés Imgwila 
Lidpleké. Wi, gil'mésé ‘witla la saqhwag'idekwa L!dp!ek‘axs laé 30 
ha‘yalo‘malaa papEx‘sEndqéxs k‘lés‘maé Alarm Iemx‘wida. Wai, 
laem hé gil pax‘itsd‘sé wilbafya yixs naiq!eqaax ddmaqas gwi- 
yolela lax L!ekuma‘yas. Wa, g‘ilfmésé la pax’saakitxs laé ax‘edxa 
ipsddile qa‘s ét!édé pax‘’sendnq. Wai, gil‘mésé pax'saakwa laé 
étts!endaxat! pax'sendaxaaq. Wéii,la hépmxat! gwéx‘‘idxa ipsEx’- 35 
siis yixs ‘nék‘aéda ts!pdaqé qa pelspElésa paakwé L!dp!ek-a qa 
k lile-ems lpxéliis, yixs ‘nal‘nemp!nnaé maleg tyox"séda ‘nEmts!aqé 
ékétela L!op!ek-axs laé paakwa. W4, gilfmésé ‘witla la paaktixs 
laé ax*édxa q!wétanaxa sEg‘inddza‘yas gialemalg‘iwa‘yé gogiyosa 
gewasé, yixs laé aék:!laak" géxekwa qa éx’bés. Wa, hé‘mis qa 40 
peldzowés. Wa, héem q!wétanasa ts!edaqaxs k‘!itaaxa lé*wa‘yé 
yixs laé papex'silaxa denasé Loxs laé dzEdzexs‘alaxa deEnasé. 
