BOAS] HUNTING, FISHING, AND FOOD-GATHERING PA} 
Picking Crabapples.—The same kind | of large swallowing-basket 
and the medium-sized basket | and the front-basket are used by the 
woman for picking | crabapples, when she goes to pick them at 
Knight Inlet and Gwa‘yé*, for these are the only places where large || 
crabapples grow that are not rotten. They are not rotten inside, | 
and therefore the women who pick crabapples go to these places, for 
they are not | like the crabapples of the islands, which are rotten 
outside | and inside. They only become harder when | the women 
boil them. Therefore they pick the crabapples || that I have men- 
tioned. The season for picking crabapples is | when they are still 
green. The woman who works on crabapples watches | until they 
are large enough. When they are large enough, | the woman gets 
ready, takes the | three baskets which I have named, || the paddle, 
and the punting-pole, her cedar-bark belt, | and her cedar-bark hat, 
and goes aboard her small | canoe. She puts her baskets aboard, 
and | the belt around her waist. She wears her | cedar-bark hat; 
and when she is ready, she stands in the || bow of the small canoe, 
takes the punting-pole | and punts up river stern first, when she is 
poling up the river at Knight Inlet. | When she comes to a place 
where there are many crabapple trees, she puts ashore | and steps 
Picking Crabapples (Tsrlxwixa tsrlxwé).—Yixs h‘émaaxat! tseEl- 
‘wats!éda ‘walasé nig’é lexatya Le‘wa hélomagemé Ipxa‘tya. Wai, 
hé:misLéda nainaagemé lexa‘ya, yisa ts!edaqaxs laé tsElxwaxa 
tsElxwé lix Dziwadé 16° Gwa‘yé, qaxs lpx'a‘maé Awawadxox 
tselxwéx LOxs k'!ésaé q!ilqtiltsema. Wa, laxaé k !és q!ilq!iléqa; 
wi, lag‘ilas ‘nEméyastéyaatsa tsétsEl’wenoxwé ts!édaqa, yixs k !ésaé 
hé gwex’sé tselxwasé tselxwasdxda ‘mapmk-Alaxs q!wéq !tilq liltsn- 
maé Loxs q!wéq!tlq!uléqaé. Wa, li aem_ p!ép!etsemx“idexs 
wax'aéda ts!mdaqe q!dlaq. Wa, hé*mis lag‘itas léx‘amm tsEl'wasEn 
lax'dé LéLnqrlase‘wa, yixs hé*maaxat! tselxwax'demxa tsElxwaxs 
hé*maé alés lentenxsema. Wi Jéx:a‘més 4mm ddqwalasd‘sa tsEl- 
tsEl'wenoxwé tsédaq, qa iwox‘widésa tselxweé. Wai, gilf'mésé Awox- 
‘widexs laéda ts!edaq héx‘idamm xwanal‘ida. Wai, la‘mé ‘ix‘édxa 
yiidux'sEmé laglxa‘yaxen lax'dé LéLEqElase*wa. Wa, hé‘misa 
sé*wayoweé LE‘wa dzomég‘alé. Wa, hé*misés wtiség‘anowé dendzE- 
dzowa LE‘wis dentsEmé LetEmla. W4, la lixs laxés tselxtielats!é 
xwaxwagtma. Wai, ‘x‘almxsaxés lanlxa‘yé, qa‘s wtséx~‘idésés 
dendzEdzowé witség'anowa laixés gwalnlaéné‘mé LEtEmAélaxés 
dentsemé Letemla. Wa, g‘ilfmése gwalxs laé Laxtigiwéx ag‘i- 
watyasés tsElxiiLelats!é xwaxwagtimaxs laé dix‘‘idxés dzomég"alé, 
qa‘’s ténox*widé hr*x"dzegEmalaxs laé ténostala lax wiis Dzawadé. 
Wai, gilfmésé lag'aa lax tselx*medzpxektlixs laé t !énogwarlsaxés 
tsElxiitelats!é xwaxwagtmaxs laé laltiwa, qa‘s moxtilséx Oba‘yasés 
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