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55 and spreads it out just over the fire. || Then she takes a cedar-stick 
two spans in length | and of the thickness of our | first finger. She 
takes the narrow split cedar-bark and | ties it around one end of the 
stick. When this is done, she splits | one end like a pair of tongs, 
60 and this is called || ‘‘cedar-bark holder.” When the cedar-bark is | 
thoroughly heated, she puts it between these tongs, | the broad end 
first. The holder is four finger-widths | 
from the end, in this way: Then the wom- 
an takes | the shredding- implement. — 
She puts her right leg over the grip 
65 of the || paddle and sits on it, so that 
the tip of the paddle is | between her 
legs. She takes her shredding-implement in her right hand and | holds 
the cedar-bark holding-tongs (in the left), and squeezes | them 
together so that the stick fits close to the cedar-bark. The | tied end 
is turned towards the woman who is going to soften it with the 
70 shredding-implement. || The end of the cedar-bark just shows over the 
edge of the paddle when | she begins to shred it. Every time she 
strikes, she pushes the bark ahead a little, and she | keeps on doing 
so until she reaches the narrow end. As soon as | she reaches the 
end, she coils it up, and she does the same with the other pieces. | 
75 When all have been finished, she opens them out and plucks off the || 
rough strips that are made in shredding; and when these are all off, | 
55 Wa, laxaé ax‘édxa k!waxLawé malp!enké ‘wasgEmasas laxEns 
q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex. Wa, li yaem wagitdx wag-idasaxsEns 
s!rmalax'ts!anatyéx. Wi, li ix‘édxa ts!éq!a dzpxek" dEnasa qa‘s 
yilfarElodés lax apsbatyas. Wii, gil'mésé gwalmxs laé xox‘widEx 
ipsbafyas qa yuwés la gwéx’sa ts!éstalax. Wi, hérm Légadxs 
60 LiebedzEwésa k-dsiixa k-asalasé. Wi, la ixaxddxa k-‘Asalasaxs laé 
flak !ala la ts!elxtwida. Wi, li L!ebrdzotsa L!ebEedzatyé lax 
‘wadzoba‘yasa k-fsalasé laxa mddené laxens q!waq !wax'ts!ana‘yéx 
gig ttela lax Obatyas g'a gwiilég'a (jig.). Wii, la, dax“idéda ts!nda- 
qaxa k‘adzayo. Wai, li gaxsnmq lasés hélk !otsidza‘yé laxa q !wédzasasa 
65 séwayowaxs laé khwak'!endeg. Wi, larm !lenxsale oxtd‘yas lax 
iwaga‘yaséxs laé dax‘idxés k-adzayowé yisés hétk !olts!anatyé. Wa, 
li dadrgoxa L!ebrdzatyasa k-fsalase lax nqilaba‘yas qa‘s q !wéq !wa- 
siléq qa bendzi‘yésa L!ebmdza‘yé laxa k-asalasé. Wii, la gwasax- 
Laléda yiLexta‘yas lixa ts!mdaqaxs laé k-ak‘a‘yaxes k‘asasoe. Wa, 
70 halsrla‘mésé nélbala lax ék !mnxa‘yasa séwayowéda k-asalasaxs laé 
k-astida. Wai, q!walxo‘mésé wifx"widexs laé k-as‘ida. Wa, lia 
héx'sizm gwégilaxs laé labendex witba‘yas. Wii, gil‘mésé 
labendrgéxs laé q!rlo‘naktilag. Wi, li ét!édxa wadkwe. Wa, 
gilfmése ‘witla ewal k'adzrkiixs laé dzix'spmdrq qa‘s k!tulwilex 
75 kakismotasa k-adzayowéxa la mola. Wi, gtl'mésé ‘witlaxs laé 
