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18 stone and places it by the side of the | fire of his house. He puts the 
end of the pine-branch | into the fire; and when it is burnt, he takes 
20 it || by the big end and puts the burnt end on the rough sandstone, | 
and he rubs it on it so that one end of it will become flat, 
and it is bent | in this manner: When this is done, he 
does the same to the | other side. Then the end is flat; and he rubs 
the corners off, | so that the point is rounded, like this: As 
25 soon as the point is really sharp, || he takes tallow of Vee the 
mountain-goat and chews it; | and he takes the bark-lifter with which 
he is going to peel the cedar-bark, and puts the | flat end into the fire of 
his house. When it gets quite | hot, he puts the chewed tallow on both 
sides of | the flat end. He keeps on turning the bark-lifter while the || 
30 tallow is melting, so that it spreads over both sides. Then he | puts it 
up near the fire so as to let the tallow soak in. When | it almost catches 
fire, he stops heating it. Then he puts it down | in the corner of his 
house so as to let it cool quickly; | and when it is cool, it is hard. 
35 After that it is ready. || This is the bark-lifter of the first people when 
they went to peel red cedar-bark | and yellow cedar-bark, of which 
they made blankets before the white men. came | in early days. | 
1 Spade.—Her husband makes the spade for digging lily-bulbs. | It is 
also chopped out of yew-wood. When he goes into the woods and | he 
17 k !otla de‘na t!éspma qa‘s g‘axé pax‘alitas laxa mag-inwalisas 
Ingwilasés g’Okwée. Wii, li L!enxLEnts wilba‘yasa L!oxtitp!enk-asa 
momoxdé laxés Imgwilé. Wi, gil’mésé x ix‘édexs laé dax‘idex 
20) LEX"basyas qa‘s axfalodésa k!iimplba‘yeé laxa k-!on!a de‘na t!ésema 
qa‘s yilsnlalés lag, yixa apsotbatye qa pEexbés, yix wak-alaéna‘yas- 
ga gwiléga (fig.). Wi, gilf*mésé gwalexs laé ogwaqaxa &pso- 
tlenacyés. Wa, la‘mé pexba. Wii, laxaé yilsrlalax wax-sdtba‘yas qa 
krlx'bés ga gwiléga (jig.). Wa, gil’mesé la dlak:!ala la eéx-baxs 
95 laé axtedxa yasekwasa ‘melxLowé qa‘s mialex‘widéq. Wi, li 
axfédxa L!ok!wayOLaxés sEnqasdLa denasé. Wi, li L!enxiEents 
pexba‘yas laxa Imgwilases gokwe. Wa, gil'mésé Alak:lala la 
ts!elx¢widexs laé ixbentsa malégikwé yasek" lax wax'sadza‘yasa 
pexba‘yas. Wii, d®misé lex i‘lilaxa wlok!wayaxs laé yax‘idéda 
30 yasekwe qa liis hamelarela lax wax'sadzatyas. Wa, li ét!ed 
pex“‘idgq laxa Imgwile qa la‘laqésa yasrkwe laq. Wa, g‘il*mésé 
la glaq xix‘édexs laé gwal pEx'éq. Wa, 4*mésé la k-adené- 
gwilaq laxa onégwilasés gokwé qa halabalés k-ox‘wida. Wa, 
g-il'mesé k-ox‘widexs laé L!emx‘wida. Wii, la‘mé gwalala laxéq. 
35 Wa, hérm w!ok!wayisa gale begwanrmxs seEnqaaxa denasé 
LEfwa déxwe qa‘s k'!obawasilaxs k !és‘madlex g’axa mamal‘ax 
laxa qwesali ‘nala. 
1 Spade.—Wi, lata la‘wtnemas @axerlaxa ts!oyayaxa xoktmé. 
Wa, hérmxaéda L!emq!é sop!étsds yixs laé aliiq laxa ante. Wa 
