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He chops into it this way: (hp eoreennas) As soon as he has chopped 
half way down | to the heart of the wood, he 
measures from the place where he has | chopped nine spans of our 
hand. | Then he chops in, and cuts in || as deep as before at the other 
end. Then he stops chopping. Now itis|in this way: 
Then he takes his wedges and drives them in at the Olas 
end | of (1), towards the top of the cedar-tree; and he uses his stone 
hammer to drive them in; | and when he has a piece wedged off, he turns 
jt over on its back. Then it is in this way:| Then he 
wedges the piece which he has cut off from (ices) the tree 
into pieces. He splits it up small enough so that he || can carry it out 
of the woods. After he has cut it into pieces, he carries it home on his 
shoulder | out of the woods and into his house. There he| throws it 
down in the corner of the house; and after all has been carried out, 
he | takes his adz and putsit down. He also takes his straight | knife, 
his wedge, and his stone hammer, and he || splits off the thickness of one 
of our fingers;| and when it has come off, he measures pieces two finger- 
widths | in width. He takes his straight knife and | splits the wood with 
it. He continues to do so until he has many of the same size. | When 
he thinks he has split out enough, he takes his straight || knife and one 
of the cedar-sticks which he has split and cuts it well | and straight on 
one side, so that it is straight and flat. | After he has done so, he turns 
lax lalaa lax ddmaqas laé bal‘itsés q!waq!waxts!ana‘yé g-iigitela 
laxés temkwa‘yé. Wai, la ‘na‘nemap!enk laxens q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
nafyéx yix barafyaséxs laé temx‘wideq. Wa, gilfemxaawisé la 
‘npmalé ‘walabedasas LESwa ipsbafyaxs laé gwal sdpaq. Wai, larm 
ora gwiilléea (fig.). Wii, li ix*édxés LeEmlemg‘ayowe qa‘s q!waeélben- 
dés lax (1) xa wiletatyasa wéelkwé. Wa, li pElgptrwésés prlpElqé 
lag. Wa, gilfmésé netaxé latoyds laxa wélkwaxs laé ga gwiilég'a 
(fig.). WA, li Lemlemx'sEndxés latoyoweé. Wa, a*mésé gwanala qa‘s 
lakwésés qo lat yilx‘tlt !alateq. Wii, gil'mésé ‘witwelx'sEexs laé yelx- 
‘widrgq qa‘s yilx‘tlt!alaq qa‘s li yilgwerElaq laxés g'okwe. Wai, li 
yElx‘walilaq lax onégwilasés g'okwé. Wii, gil'mésé Swildlt!axs lac 
ixédxés klimiayowe li gig‘alitaq. Wa, hé*misralés nexx‘iila k !a- 
wayowe. Wai, li &x‘édxés Lemg'ayowé LE‘we pElpElgé. Wi, li 
tatodxa ‘nemdmné laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx, yix waégwasas. 
Wa, gilfmésé lawixs laé mens‘itsa maldené laxEns q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
nafyex qa ‘wadzEwatséx, laé Ax‘édxés nexx‘iila k'!awayowa qa‘s 
xox"spendéq. Wii, li héx’siizm gwég'ilaxa q!énemé héx'si dwagwite. 
Wii, gilfmésé k-Otaq lamm hélalés xf‘yaxs laé ax‘édxés nexx‘iila 
k lawayowa LE‘wa ‘nEmtslaq laxés xf‘yé k!waxLawa qa‘s aék:!e 
k: laxwax Apsdt!enafyas qa nEqElés; wi, hé*mis qa pEx‘Enés. Wai, 
eilmésé gwalexs laé léxtideq qa‘s k !ax°widéx Awigatyas qa léne- 
