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As soon as she finds large ones, she puts her || basket down on the 
ground and pokes with her digging-stick under the root of the fern. | 
She holds with her left hand the top of the digging-stick, and she holds 
with her | right hand the leaves of the fern, and she pulls at it, and | 
she pries it up with her digging-stick. As soon as she gets it out, she 
plucks off the | leaves, and she throws the root into the basket. She 
continues || dog so, pulling it out, and she only stops when her 
basket is full. | Then she breaks off some slim hemlock-branches and 
puts them on top | of the fern-root. After she has done so, she 
carries her | fern-root basket on her back and goes home. | 
Gathering Fern-roots.'—Generally the tribes go || to get fern-roots 
when they are hungry and | they can not go to get other kinds of food; 
and those who have to camp for along time in bad weather. | Then they 
go to gather fern-roots. The| man makes a stick for peeling bark like 
the stick for peeling hemlock-bark. | It is the same length. It is 
bent and has a flat point. || Generally it is four spans long. | The 
woman carries it with her basket and goes to | look for loose moss in 
which the fern grows. When she finds | many plants of the fern- 
root growing among the loose moss on rocks, | she sits down and 
plucks off the moss; || and when she comes to the rock, she takes her 
peeling-stick and | pushes it along the rock under the moss, and she 
li alixa tsak‘osé. Wa, gil'mésé q!axa Awawé laé Oxikg‘aklsaxés 
Imxatyé. Wi, la L!engabodtsés k !ilakwé lax L!op!ek-asa tsak-osé. 
Wi, la dale gemxolts!aniiséx oxti‘yasa k Wlakwé. Wa, la nésalé 
hélk !otts!aniséxs yisx‘inasa tsik-dsaxs laé néx‘édeq. Wa, la 
k!wétaxsilasés k-lilakwé lag. Wa, gil'mése lateq laé k!tlodrx 
yisx‘inas. - Wa, la lmx'ts!otsa tsik-usée lixés Ipxatye. W4§, héx'si- 
‘mésé gwégilaxs nésaé. Wai, alfmésé gwalexs laé q!ot!é lnxnlis. 
Wa, la tlex‘wid laxa wiswtiletayasa q!waxé qa‘s_ tslak-tyindés 
laxa Okttya‘yasa tsak-usé. Wa, li gwalexs laé OxLExidxés 
tsagvats!é lmxatya qa‘s li naé*nakwa. 
Gathering Fern-roots(Lekwixa tnk!wa‘yé).—HéEm q !tinala fpkwax’- 
demxa tek!wa‘yaxs palaéda gayolé laxa lélqwilatatyé yixa 
wayapoleli lanelaxa hé‘madmasé LE‘wa yiyagidzinemasa ‘naliixs 
geayag‘iliselaé. Wa, hé‘mis la Iskwaxa tek!wa‘yé; wi, hé‘mis x‘e- 
tsosa brgwankbma L!0k!wayowé hé gwéx'sé L!ok!wayAxalage. Wai, 
la héemxat! ‘wasgemé laxés hinqwalaéna‘ye pixbaakwa. Wa, li 
q!iinala modp!enk’é ‘wasgemasas laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx. 
Wi, hé‘mis daax"sa ts!mdaqé@ LE‘wis lexa‘yaxs laé qis‘id qa‘s la 
alix hasdexwa p!elems q!waxatsa Ink!wa‘ye. Wéa, gil'mésé q!axa 
q!énEmé yisx’Ensa tek!wa‘yé q!waq!tixngéxa hasdéxwa p!elemsaxs 
lac héxidamm k!wagrlodeq qa‘s mapelaléxa p!elemse. Wa, 
eflmésé lagila laxa tlésemaxs laé &x‘édxés L!ok!wayowe qa‘s 
Lienqelalés lax iwabatyasa p!elemésé qa‘s Llok!igilodéq. Wa, 
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