118 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ETH. ANN, 35 
43 narrow strips of bark. | This she uses when she is working at the 
roots. Shestretches out | her left foot on the floor, and she takes one 
45 end of the split || root with her left hand and she puts down a root | 
on the right-hand side of her heel. | She takes hold with the right 
hand of the bone cedar-bark splitter and she | lays it on the | root 
and presses the bone implement against the root. Then | she pulls it 
50 through, pressing it tightly against her heel. || Thus she squeezes out 
all the sap in the root. If there is | much water in it, she pulls the 
root through four times its | whole length between her heel and the 
bone. When | all the sap is out, the roots become really white, flat 
55 Split | roots. She does this with all of (the roots). When || all the 
roots have been scraped, she coils them up and | puts them away 
for a while. | 
1  Spruce-Roots (2),—The woman takes her ax and her | clam-digging 
stick and her cedar-bark belt, and she carries them | while she is 
going into the woods, where she knows that small spruce-trees are 
growing and | where the soil is soft. When she comes to the place, 
5 she puts down her ax || and her digging-stick. She takes her cedar- 
bark belt, and she | puts the corners of her blanket over her left 
shoulder, and she puts the cedar-bark | belt around her waist over 
the blanket. She pins the blanket with a pin of | yew-wood shaved 
43 Wi, hé*rm &x‘étsd’sa L!aL!op!ex'siliixa L!op!eké. Wa, li dzéx- 
‘walilasés grmxoltsidza‘yé g dgiyowa. Wiis, lii dabendxa paakwé 
45 Llop!ek‘a yisés gemxolts!ana‘yé. Wii, li kat!arelotsa L!oplek-é 
lax helk:!6denwa‘yas ‘mek !tixiax'sidza‘yasés gEmxOltsidzatye. Wai, 
li dax“‘itsés hétk:!olts!anatyé laxa q!wétaniixs laé k-at!ents lixa 
Lidp!ek-é. Wa, lai tusilak-atsés q!wéetana laxa Llop!ek-axs laé 
nex*édqéxs laé tets!xLax'sidzéx ‘mEk!ixLax'sidzatyas g dgttyowas. 
50 Wa, hé‘mis la xikdlats ‘wipaga‘yasa L!op!ek-é.° Wi, gil*mésé 
q!éq!aqrlaxés ‘wipagatyaxs laé mop!ena néxsodxa L!dp!ek-é laxés 
‘wisgEmasé laxés ‘mpk!ixLax'sidzatyasés gogtiyowé. Wii, gil*mésé 
‘witlawe ‘wapagafyasexs laé Alak-!ala la ‘melmadzowa paakwé 
Liop!ek'a. Wa, li hé’starm gwéx“idxa wadkwée. Wii, g‘ilfmésé 
55 ‘witla la x‘ig-ikwa L!op!ek‘axs laé aék'!a q!elx*wideq qa‘s yawas‘idé 
gexaq. 
1 Spruce-Roots (2).—Wii, li ax*édéda ts!mdaqaxés siyobEmé LE‘wis 
k-Nlakwé: wi, hé*mérés dendzmdzowé wiség'anowa. Wai, li dalaqéxs 
laé fataagqa laxa aLlé lax q!ayasasa aléwadzEmé LE‘wis q!alé tEl- 
qitts tlek'a. Wii, oe il‘mésé lag-aa laqéxs laé g'igazlsaxés sayobrEmé 
5 LEfwis k!ilakwé. Wai, li ax‘édxés dmendzedzoweé wiség'anowa qa‘s 
t!nlex“idéxés ‘nEx‘iina‘yaxs laé quktyintsa dendzedzowé wiség’a- 
nowé laqéxs laé qenoydlaq lagéxs laé t!emgrx"sa k'!ax"baakwé 
Llemq!éda la t!mmt!aqdlax ‘nex‘tna‘fyas lax ‘gemxoltsEyap !a‘yas. 
