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the woman four days to dig over her | cinquefoil-garden. In the 
morning, when day comes, the | owner of the cinquefoil-garden goes 
to the pile of short roots | and of long roots and takes off the mat 
covering of the piles | of short and long roots, and spreads the roots 
out so that they are close together. || After she has done so, she 
takes the roots and scatters them, | and she does the same with 
the long roots. After she has done so, | she leaves and goes home to 
her cinquefoil-digging house. Now | she dries the short roots so that 
the sand on them gets dry. When | she arrives at her house, she 
takes her cinquefoil-baskets and looks them over, || and she takes 
them to the place where she left her | short roots and long roots dry- 
ing. As soon as she arrives there, she | takes up the short roots and 
puts them into the baskets; | and when they are all in, she takes dry 
grass and | puts it on top as a cover; and after it has been put on, || 
she takes cedar-bark split for this purpose one finger | wide and ties 
up | the cinquefoil-baskets. After she has done so, she gathers | 
them together and covers them with mats. Then | she takes cedar- 
bark and splits it into narrow strips. || She lays down one of the pieces 
of split cedar-bark, | takes the long cinquefoil-roots and puts the ends 
together, laying them down | on the strip of cedar-bark. When she 
tlekilakweé t!egitidzowa. Wa, gil'mésé ‘nax‘‘idxa gaalixs laéda 
t!egwadiisa t!Ex'sdsé qisid qa‘s li lax mEx’mEwédzasés t!px"sdsé 
LE‘wa Laxabilisé qa‘s ix‘édéxa nénax"sEma‘yé léElfwésa mEx'mE- 
wisé t!kx"sdsa LE‘wa Laxabalisé qa‘s memk-fléxs laé Lep!alisElaq. 
Wai, gil‘mésé gwalexs laé ax‘édxa t!ex"sdsé qa‘s lendzodalés laq. 
Wa, laxaé héemxat! gwéx“idxa Lixabilisé. Wa, gil'mésé gwalexs 
laé bis qa‘s li nifnak® laxés ts!swédzats!6 gokwa. Wa, larm 
x‘itplsaxa t!Ex"sdsé qa lemx‘widés ég‘isenatyas. Wa, g‘ilfmésé 
lag'aa laxés g'Okwaxs laé héx‘idanm k-!enemg-alilaxés t !ét!pgwa- 
ts!éré L!an!ebata qa‘s li dalaqéxs laé aédaaga lax x‘ilédzasasés 
t!ex'sdsé LE‘wa Laxabilise. Wi, g‘ilf‘mésé lig'aa laqéxs laé hé 
geil qlap!éx‘itse‘wéda t!ex'sdsé qa‘s lexts!dlés laxa L!an!abaté. 
Wi, gilfmésé ‘wilts!axs laé &x‘éd laxa lemxwa k:'!ét!ema qa‘s 
ts!aktyindalés laq. Wa, gilfmésé gwal ts!ak-tyindalaqéxs laé 
ixtédxa hék!timg-ilila‘yé dzexek® dgnasaxa ‘nil‘nemdenas iwa- 
dzpfwas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx. Wai, li t!emakiyindalas 
lixa t!mgwats!é L!aLlabata. Wa, gil*mésé gwalexs laé q!ap!ég:a- 
lisaq qa‘s nax"sEmdésa téElwa‘yé lag. Wa, gil'mésé gwatexs laé 
ix‘édxa denasé qa‘s helox'sendé dzEdzexsrndEq qa ‘wis‘wiila- 
dzowe. Wai, li k-atlailisaxa ‘nEmts!aq@ dzpxek" denasa, wi, li 
ix*édxa Laxabilisé qa‘s ‘nemabrendaléq qa‘s lai k-at!éts laxa dn- 
nase. Wa, giilfmesé hélts!éstaax'sens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx 
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