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30 deep, | but the long lower roots are four fingers || deeper, if the sand | 
is good and does not contain pebbles. The reason why there are no 
long cinquefoil-roots | at Nimkish River is that there are many small 
pebbles. Gwa*yé | in Knight Inlet is the only place where the long 
cinquefoil-roots grow, | for the soil in the cinquefoil-gardens is half 
35 sand and half light || clay, and therefore the cinquefoil-roots and 
the | long roots grow well. As I said before, the short cinque- 
foil-roots are on top, | of the long roots below. Therefore the 
woman who is digging cinquefoil-roots | pushes down her digging- 
stick again after she has picked up all the short roots; for the | short 
roots and the long roots do not keep together, although they belong 
40 to one || stem. Now I will stop talking about this, and I | will talk 
again about the woman who is digging. She | does not pry up the 
sand quickly, but she digs up the sand and clay slowly, | so that the 
long cinquefoil-roots do not break and that they come up in 
long strings | when she is picking them out of the sand; and she puts 
45 them into the || basket for the long cinquefoil-roots. She keeps on 
doing so over the whole garden- | bed, and she only stops digging 
after she has worked over the whole ground. | In the evening, when 
it gets dark, the woman who is digging cinquefoil-roots | takes her 
short roots and puts them on a pile, and covers them over with | mats; 
50 and she does the same with the long roots, for || sometimes it takes 
30 brtalasasa Laxabdlisé laxens q!waq!wax'tslana‘yéx laqéxs ékaéda 
égisé yixs k'lefisaé tlat!edzema. Hérm lagilas k'!eis Laxabélisé 
Gwanixs q!enemaés t!at!edzemé. Wai, lex'a‘mésé Gwa‘yé, yix 
wiisa Dzawadménoxwé éx’ q!waxatsa Laixabdlisé Le‘wa t!ex"sdsé 
qaxs nixsaap!aés t!ekilakwé t!ngtidzd Lo* égisé Le‘wa kltisé 
35 Liéq!a. Wa, hé‘mis lagtilas ék@ q!waxéna‘yas t!ex"sdsas LE‘wis 
Laxabdélisé. Laxrn laser dé waldemaxs ék:!ayaéda t!mx"sdsasa 
Laxabalisé. Wa, hé‘mis lag‘ilasa ts!oyénoxwé ts!ndaq ét!éd ts!ox"- 
brtalisasés ts!oyayowaxs laé ‘witloltxa t!ex"%sdsé qaxs k: !ésaé Lawa- 
giléda t!px'sdsé LE‘wa Laxabilisaxs wax*maé ‘nEmés yisx'Enéxa 
40 t lpgwanowé. Wa, la‘men gwal gwagwex's‘ala laxéq. Wa, la- 
‘mésEn 6t!édxt gwagwex's calf fa fslovenoane ts!ndaqrmxs laé 
klés eiltsilaxs laé k!wét!qdlisaxa égisé Le‘wa k!tise Liéq!la qa 
k!ésés Anlts!eda Laxabéliseé qaxs sayEnaaq qa g‘ilsgilstowéséxs 
laé sex‘dlaq laxa ég‘isé qa‘s li LEx"ts!alas laxés sénats!ixa Laxa- 
45 bilisé lexatya. Wa, héx'siem gwegilax wadzEgasasés t!ekilakwé 
t!pgtidzowa. Wa, al‘mésé gwal ts!osaqéxs laé ewilg: ildzowa. Wa, 
g-inaxwarm k: lilto® naktilaxa dzaqwiixs laéda ts!oyénoxwé ts!mdaq 
ix‘édxés t!ex'sdsé qa‘s ql!ap!ésgemg'aliseq. Wa, la nox"sEmtsa 
terlwa‘yé lag. Wa, la hémmxat! gwex'‘idxa Laxabalisé qaxs ‘nal- 
50 ‘nEmp!Ena‘é mop!Enxwa*‘sée enalisa tsloyénoxwé ts!Edaq ts!dsaxés 
