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65 she puts all the boxes with lily-bulbs aboard the || canoe; and when 
they are all aboard, they start for home, | going to the winter village. | 
When they arrive at their house, they unload the canoe, | if it is 
high water at the time of their arrival. Then they put down the 
boxes | in a cool corner of the house, for the lily-bulbs easily dry up || 
70 when the boxes are put down where it is warm; therefore they are | 
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5 woman takes her | 
put into a cool corner of the house. There the owner of the roots will 
keep them until the | winter comes and the tribe have a winter 
ceremonial. | 
Picking Elderberries.—Y ou know | the way of making various kinds 
of baskets. The basket | of those who pick elderberries is a small- 
meshed basket.1 . . . | In? the morning, when it is fine weather, the 
hook, her cedar-bark belt, and her small-meshed | 
large basket, which she carries on her back, and she goes to the place 
where elderberries are growing, | for elderberries grow only on the banks 
ofrivers. There the| woman goes who picks elderberries. As soon as 
she reaches the elderberry-bushes, | she puts there her baskets on the 
10 ground, for generally she has two || or even three baskets for carrying 
elderberries. She takes her belt | and puts it round her waist; and 
after doing so, she takes her | smallest basket for elderberries and 
hangs it in front of her body. | First she picks off the berries growing 
65 LE‘lats!@ xwak!tma. W4a, gil'mésé ‘wilxsaxs laé aléx‘tlésa. Wa, 
lafmé ni‘nakwa qa‘s li laxés ts!awtinxElasé g°Ox"dEmsa. 
Wa, @ilfmésé ligvaa laxés g:Okwaxs laé héx‘idarm moltodExs 
vixtilalisaaxs laé lag-alisa. Wa, li hé modgwalitplasa xéxrtsema 
wtidanégwilasés g‘okwe qaxs x‘Elyak'aéda x‘dkiimaxs ts!ats!elqwa- 
70 laés merxélasa x'Ixdgwats!é xéxEtseEma. Wa, hé‘mis lagvilas hé 
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mogwalélema wtdanegwilasa gokwe. Wi, lapm lalaat laxa 
tsliwtinxé qo tsléts!éx‘idLé gokuldtasa x‘dgwadiisa x‘okiimé. 
Picking Elderberries (Ts!@x‘ixa ts!exina).—W4A, lammias q!4LE- 
lax gwégilasasa lpxélixa dgtiqila lanlxat‘ya. Wa, hé'mis lexr- 
lisa tsl!éx‘iixa ts!éx'inéda tlolt!loxsemé Ipxafya! . . . Wai, 
orilmésé égidzilaxa gaaliixs laé héx*‘ida‘ma ts!mdaq Ax‘édxés 
5 gaLayowe LE‘wes dendzEdzoweé witiség'anowa LE‘wes t!dlt!oxsemé 
‘walas Imxatya. Wa, lai oxxalaqéxs laé laxa ts!énadiixa ts!éx‘ina, 
yixs léxa‘maé ts!énadéda dgwiga‘yasa wiwa. Wa, hé‘mis lalaasa 
ts!énénoxwé ts!mdiqa. Wa, g'il'mésé lag'aa lixa ts!éx-mEdzExE- 
kwalixs laé hinemg‘arlsplaxés lanlxpla qaxs q!tnalaé maltsema 
10 Loxs yadux"spmaé ts!énats!é lazlxa‘ya. Wa, la &x‘édxés wtség'a- 
nowe qa®s wtségoyodés. Wa, gil'mése gwalmxs Jaé &x‘édxés 
imayaga‘yases ts!enats!e Imxatya qa‘s nainayagemés. Wa, hét!a 
ofl ts!ex-‘itso‘séda banaaba‘yas. Wa, gilfmésée qot!é nanayagE- 
1 Continued on p,.156, line 1. 2 Continued from p. 155, line 18. 
