120 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [DTH. ANN. 35 
1 Cedar-Withes.—After this is done, the man looks for long thin| cedar- 
withes in the woods. When he finds them, he takes them and | 
carries them home to his house. He puts one of them over | his fire; 
and when its bark is thoroughly warm, he takes his || tongs and puts 
5 the thick end of the withes between them, and he bites it | and pulls 
at it while he squeezes together the legs of the | tongs with his right 
hand. Then he strips the bark off with the tongs. | When it is all off, 
he twists it; and after | twisting the whole length of it, he puts it into 
urine while it is folded and twisted into a piece || one span in length, 
10 being twisted together | like a rope. When they are all done in this 
way, he puts all of them into urine | and leaves them there over night. 
Then he takes them out, and the cedar-withes turn red | like blood. 
That is why they are put into | urine, that they may not get rotten 
quickly. || 
15 Cedar-Bark(1).—In the morning, when day comes, he goes, carrying | 
his bark-lifter; and when he comes to a place with many young cedar- 
trees, | he searches for one that has no twist in the bark, and that is 
a good tree | without branches. [Immediately he pulls off cedar- 
withes from | another young cedar-tree, and he twists them; and 
20 after he has || twisted them from end to end, he puts them around the 
butt of the young cedar-tree | about half way up to our chest, (half a 
fathom) | above the ground. He ties them on tightly and ties the 
1 Cedar-Withes.—Wii, gil‘mése gwalexs laé alix gilsgilt!a wis- 
witten dewéx lixa av!é. Wi, gilfmésé q!agéxs lac ax‘édeq. Wai, 
li dalaqéxs laé ni‘nak® laxés gokwe. Wa, li Ax_LEntsa ‘nemts!aqé 
laxés Ingwilé. Wi, gil*'mésé ts!elxsiwe ts!axEna‘yasexs laé ix°édxés 
5 tslesnala qa‘s ixddésa Lektima‘yas laqéxs laé q!ex‘idex Ltekiima- 
fyas qa’s nex‘édéqéxs laé q!wéq!wasila wax'sanddzExsta‘yasa 
tslésiala yisés hétk lottslanasyé. Wa, hé‘mis la xik-alax ts!axmna- 
yas. Wii, gilfmése ‘witlixs laé sElp!édeq. Wai, gil‘mésé labendé 
sElpa‘yaséxs laé ixstents laxa kwits!iixs laé ‘nemp!enk: laxEng 
10 q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx, yix ‘wasgemasaséxs laé melkwa yO gwéx'sa 
denrEméx. Wa, gil’mésé ‘witla la gwalexs laé ‘witla‘sta laxa kwiits!eé, 
Wa, li xamaslalxa ganonaxs laé ax¢wtstendqéxs laé L!eL!ex**wtina 
dewéxé hé gwéx's pl‘elx‘tinalé. Wa. hérm lag-ilas Axstand laxa 
kwits!é qa k-lésés geyor q!ils‘ida. 
15  Cedar-Bark (1). Wai, g‘fl‘mésé ‘nax“‘idxa gaaliixs laé qas‘ida dala- 
xts Lldk!wayowé. Wi, gilfmésé lig'aa lax ql!atyasa dzms‘eqwe, 
wii, li aléx‘idxa k‘!ésé k !ilp!mnés ts!axmna‘yé Loxs ékétElaé yix 
klefisaé Llenx*‘ena‘ya. Wa, héx~‘ida‘mésé dzmtaxod lax dmweéxasa 
dgit‘lamé dzes‘eqwa. Wi, li selp!édeq. Wi, gil*mésé labendé 
20 sElpa‘yaséxs laé qExp!égents lax OxLa‘yasa dzEs‘Eqwé. Wa, 
laanawisé 16° neq!Ebod laxens baLigé wiilg'osto‘wasas g-aixid 
