146 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [prET. ANN. 35 
25 fire-wood, and he adzes it so that the hone ak point becomes 
thin | like an adz, in this manner:+ As soon as this 
is done, he takes | his crooked knife and shavesit off so as to make it 
smooth. Now | the digging-point is sharp; and he. smooths the 
crosspiece on top | by shaving it. As soon as he has done so, he hard- 
30 ens it by means of tallow. || You know the way it is done with the 
digging-stick for clover when it is heated | by the fire and rubbed 
with tallow to make the point brittle. | He does it in the same way 
when he is making -the spade for lily-bulbs | when he is hardening 
the point of the spade that he is making, | 
1 Digging-Stick for Clover.—First | this is searched for by the man. 
He takes his ax to go into the woods | to look for a yew-tree without 
branches. As soon as he finds one, he | cuts down the thick yew-tree 
5 that has no branches. || When it falls down, he measures | five 
spans and | four finger-widths, nearly six spans, | then he cuts it off; 
and when it has been cut off, he splits it in two | through the heart. 
10 When it has been split in two, he splits one side || again in two 
through the heart; and when this has been split, | it is triangular (in 
cross-section). He measures two spans | and four finger-widths | 
four spans, and cuts a notch into it, so that it is im size three | spans 
26 loxda sobayOx; ga gwiilega (jig.). Wi, gil‘mésé gwalexs laé ax‘ 
édxés xElxwala k:!awayowa qa‘saék:!é k-!axwaq qa qéses. Wai, lamm 
éxbés tségwayobatyas. Wa, laxaé qagéts!ax géxti‘yas laxés k:!a- 
‘wenatyaq. Wa, gil‘mésé gwalpxs laé p!apléts lasa yasEkwé laq,—xés 
30 lafmos q!ala lax gweg” ilasasas ts!oyayixa LEx'sEmaxs laé pEx‘asd 
laxa Imgwilé qa‘s Fils’ étasE’wésa yasEkwé qa L!emx‘widés dba‘yas. 
Wa, hémis neqemgiitE‘wésdsa GaxElaxa ts!oyayaxa x‘dktimaxs 
laé plap!ets!ax tségwayOoba‘yasés ts!oyayogwila‘yas. 
1 Digging-Stick for Clover (Ts!oyayOxa Lex’semé).—Wi, héem 
gtl la alisd‘sa begwanemé; 4x‘edxes sdbayoweé qa‘s li lixa ax!é 
alax ékétpli Llemq!a. Wa, gilfmésé q!aqéxs laé héx-‘idazm 
sop!exodpq yixa Lekwe Llemq!a Loxs k'ledsae L!enx‘pna‘ya. 
5 Wa, gil'mésé t!ax‘idexs laé mens‘ideq yisés q!wax'ts!ana‘ye. 
Wai, la bal! idxa sEk'!ap!enké laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx hé‘misa 
modsrné laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex yix q!aq!aL!ep!Elayaséxs laé 
sopsEndEq. Wa, gilfmésé la temg'iktixs laé ktixsendEq qa‘s naq!B- 
qex domaqas. Wa ai, gil'mésé ktixsaak!tisexs laé éts!endxa apsodeélé 
10 kiixsendEq nag Sqax domaqas. Wa, gilfmésé kiixsaak!tisexs laé 
k lok!iIndsa. Wa, li mens‘idxa matpfenk-é laxens q!waq!wax’- 
ts!ana‘yéx, hé‘misa modené babpLawés laxens q!waq!wax’ts!ana- 
eyaxs laé sobetendEq qa ‘wiloyiwés qa yUdux"deEnés laxens q!wa- 
1 Seen sideways. 
