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25 is two | finger-widths thick. Then he takes his straight || knife and 
cuts off the bark and the sap. | When they are all off, it is a finger- 
width and a half thick | at the thin end, and it is hardly thicker at 
the | other end. ‘The tip is more curved than the | butt. At each 
30 end there is a knob. || When it is finished, he goes home carrying it; 
and as soon as he enters | his house, he puts down the twisting-stick 
by the side of the fire. | Then he takes deer-tallow and puts it down 
where he is working at the | twisting-stick. Then he takes the 
twisting-stick and pushes it to and fro over the | fire. He pushes it 
35 to and fro until the whole stick gets warm; || and when it is very hot, 
he takes the | tallow and rubs it over the twisting-stick. As soon as 
it is | all covered with tallow, he pushes it to and fro over the fire; | 
and when the tallow nearly catches fire, then he rubs on | some more 
40 tallow; and when it is covered with tallow, || he puts it down in the 
corner of the house, where it cools off quickly. | He wishes it to be 
brittle and stiff. Therefore he does so | with the tallow. As soon as 
it gets cold, he takes soft cedar-bark | and the twisting-stick, and 
wipes it off with the soft shredded cedar-bark, | so that all the tallow 
45 comes off from the surface. When it is all off, it is finished. || That 
is all about this. | 
oxtafyas laxpns q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx. Wa, li &x‘édxes nexx-iila 
25 k !awayowa qa‘s k'laxéléx xex"tina‘yas LO° xddzég-afyas. Wii, 
gilfmésé ‘witlixs laé maimaldenx'sila ‘wagidasas laxEns q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!ana‘yéx yixa wileta‘ye. Wa, li halsklazm Latakwaléda 
Apsbafyas. Wai, li xentela wakalagawésa wilba‘yé, yixa 
LEx"ba‘yé. Wi, li mémox"balaxa lorlxseméda wax'sba‘yas. Wa, 
30 gil'mésé gwalexs laé ni‘nakwa dalaq. Wa, g'flfmésé la laéx laxés 
gdkwaxs laé k‘adendlisasa k'lilbayowé laxés Iegwilé. Wa, la 
ix‘édxa yasEkwasa géwasé qa‘s g'axé gégvalilas laxés éaxplasaxa 
klilbayowe. Wai, li ax‘édxa k'!ilbayowé qa‘s k‘ak-adnralés laxés 
lnewile. Wa, laem wiqwi'lilaq qa ‘nema‘naktilés ts!elgiitnakiile 
35 dgwidatyas. Wa, gfilmesé Alak'!ala la ts!nlx‘widexs laé ixédxa 
yasekwe qa‘s yilset!idés laxa k:!ilbayowé. Wii, gil*mésé megii- 
gitxa yasekwaxs laé xwélaqamm la kak-adpralas laxés Ingwilé. 
Wa, gil'mésé elaq x ix*édéda yaspx‘iina‘yaséxs laé xwélaqa yilse- 
tlitsa yasEkwe laq. Wi, gil'mésé la megiig‘itxa yasekwaxs laé 
k-at!alitas laxa Onégwilases g‘okwée qa halabalés witidex-ida. 
Wi, lanm ‘néx’ qa L!emx‘widés qa Llaxés, lag ilas hé gwég-ilasa 
yasrkwé laq. Wa, gil'mésé witdexidexs laé ix‘édxa kadzekwé 
LE‘wa k'lilbayowe. Wa, lai dég it !étsa qloyaakwé k‘adzpkwé laq 
qa lawiyés yasEx‘tina‘yas. Wii, gil’mésé ‘wilixs laé gwala. Wa, 
45 larm gwal laxéq. 
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