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5 length. Then she takes the straight knife and || cuts it off, and she 
puts the bark into water to get soaked. | She does not leave it there 
long before taking it out. Then she | splits it into narrow strips; and 
after it has been split, | she twistsit into arope three | spans long; and 
then she continues plaiting it like a mat, beginning with the rope 
10 that she has twisted. || This plaiting is three spans long, and serves 
as a strap over the forehead for carrying the basket. | When she 
reaches the end, she twists it again, beginning at the end of the | mat- 
ting, and the twisted rope is also three spans long. | After it is fin- 
ished, | it is in this way.! This is called the “forehead-strap,” and is 
15 tied || to the opening of the huckleberry-basket which she has made. | 
Back-Protector.—After she has finished all the baskets, |she quickly 
splits cedar-bark five spans in length; | and when she thinks she has 
enough, | she takes some narrow split cedar-bark and she weaves the 
99 middle || together in this manner, so as to keep the 
strands close together. This is two spans | in width. 
As soon as this has been finished, | she hangs it over 
the mat-stick, and she sits down at the place | where hangs the cedar- 
bark that she is going to weave, and she begins weaving in the 
middle. | When she reaches the end, she puts in the selvage; and 
3 hé'misa matp!enkés ésmg‘iwatyas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx, 
yix wisgemasaséxs laé dax‘‘idxés nexx‘iila klawayowa qa‘s 
5 tlots!endeq. Wa, li hapstendeq laxa ‘wapé qa péx‘widés. Wai, 
k lést!a géstalitexs laé axtwtistendeq laxa ‘wapé, qa‘s ts!elts!n- 
q!astogwiléxs laé dzmdzexsalaq. Wa, gil'mése ‘witla la dzexekixs 
laé aék:!a melx‘ideq qa yutdux"p!enk‘ésa melkwé laxEns q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!anatyéx. Wa, li klit!ed g-ig‘trela lax mela‘yas. Wa, 
10 li yadux"p!enk‘mmxaé ‘wasgrmasasa k-!idedzewakwe q !ateyowa. 
Wa, gilf'mésé labendngq laé ét!ed melxid g‘iigttela lax dba‘yasa 
k idedzewakwe. Wai, lansmxaé yidux"p!mnk'é ‘waisgmmasas mela- 
cyas laxens q!waqwax'ts!ana‘yex. Wa, gilfmése gwatexs laé 
oa gwiileg'a.! Wa, lanm Légades q!ateyowe. Wai, li t!emx‘atelots 
15 lax Awaxsta‘yasés k‘tilats!ég‘ilaé lexa‘ya. 
Back-Protector.—Wi, gil‘mésé gwal ‘wile L!abatélatyaséxs laé 
hanax‘wid dzedzexsendxa denaséxa seEk’!ap!enk'as AwAsgEmasé 
laxens q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéex. Wa, g‘il'mésé kdtaq lazm hela- 
laxs laé &x‘edxa ts!éq!adzowé dzexek" drnasa qa‘s yiboyddés 
99 laxés dzpxéx'dé g'a gwiilég'a ( fig.) qa q!asalés lax malp!mnk !éna‘yas 
‘wadzEwasas laxEns q!waq!wax'tslana‘yéx. Wéi, gilfmésé gwalexs 
laé géx"sEq!mnts laxa klitdemélaxa le“watye. Wai, lik wag'alita lax 
gewela‘sas qa‘s k-litledéq giigitela lax yiboyoda‘yas. Wii, 
gflfmésé labendgéxs laé malagestendeq. Wii, gil’mésé gwal 
1 See figure on p. 141. 
