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she has dug, so that they may dry quickly. | After doing so, she 
goes again and digs lily-bulbs; and | when she has filled her basket, 
she goes and pours them on the || mat. When it gets dark, she goes 
and gets more mats | from her house, and spreads them over the 
bulbs that she has dug. | When she has many, she stops. When it is 
bad weather, in the | evening she takes short boards and makes a 
roof over them. | There are four posts for it, and she puts two small || 
beams over them; and she lays on the short split cedar boards, | that 
it may be tight if it should rain. If it is a fine day in the | morning, 
she takes off the boards of short split cedar-wood and scatters | the 
bulbs over the mats. If the weather is fine, it takes more than | six 
days to dry the bulbs thoroughly in the sun. Now I will || stop for a 
short time talking about the woman.’ . . . | 
After? the woman has put the rope around the box for lily-bulbs, 
she carries it on her back to where she has dried the | bulbs, and she 
puts the bulbs into the box. When | it is full, she takes some lily- 
leaves | (some Indians call it hly-plant) and she puts them on top. 
Some Indians call this the soft cover for the liy-bulbs. After doing 
this, | she puts the cover on. Some Indians call this ‘‘ putting the 
flat cover on the box for lily-bulbs.’”’ When it is a fine morning, 
‘naktila. Wa, g‘il'mésé gwatexs laé ét !@éd x‘dx‘widxa x‘dktimé. Wai, 
gilnaxwatmésé qot!éda x‘dgwats!is L!abatexs laé gtigedzéts laxa 
lewatyé. Wi, gilnaxwa‘'mésé dzaqwaxs laé ax‘édxa lérl'wa‘tyé 
laxés gOkwé qa‘s li LepEyints laxés xOgwanrmé x‘dktiima. Wa, 
gilfmésé q!pyoLexs laé gwala. Wa, gil'mésé yak !nlxelaxa dza- 
qwiixs laé ix‘édxa ts!ats!a®x’sE‘mé qa‘s li sésgemlisas lag. Wa, 
lagm mots!aqé LéeLamas. Wa, li kak-EdEtotsa malts!aq@ wiswit 
kékatéwe lag. Wa, a*mésé la paqemk:!Ena‘ya ts!ats!a‘x"semé 
laq qa 4mxés qo yogiixidto. Wai, gilfmésé égidzoléda ‘nalixa 
gaalixs laé séwayddex silis ts!ats!a‘x'sema qa‘s gwéldzodésa 
xOktimé Jaxa lérlwa‘yé. Wa, gil'em aég‘isa ‘nila laé hiyaqax 
q!et!exsé ‘naliisa xflixa x‘oktimé laxa Liésela. Wéa, la‘men 
yawas‘id gwat gwagwéx's‘ala laxa ts!edaqaxs hié.! , 
Wii,’ gilfmésé gwatéda ts!edaqé welxsemdxés x‘dgwats!@ xetsema 
laé héx‘idarm la dxtailaxa xEtsEmé qa‘s li lax x‘ildzasasés 
xokiimée. Wa, li k lats!otsés xoktimé laxa xEtsemé. WéA, g'il- 
‘mésé qot!axs laé &ix°éd lax yisx‘Enasa x‘oktimé. Wa, la ‘nék-éda 
wadkweé bak!iim x’dgwan6, qa‘s ts!akiyindés. Wai, laxaé ‘nék-éda 
wadkwe bak!tim t!ak-Byindés laxa x‘okiim. Wa, gil‘mésé gwalexs 
laé paqemts. Wa, laxaé ‘nék-éda wadkwé bak!iim yiktiyindésa 
yikitya‘yé laxa x‘ogwats!é xEtsEma. Wa, giilfmésé ék'a gaalixs 
laé héx‘idapm la moxsasés x‘ix'ogwats!é@ xéxEtsem laxés x‘ogi- 
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