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and || carries it up the beach to his house, and he | puts it down at the 
same place where he put the large basket. | Then he goes down again, 
and takes hold of each corner of the blanket containing the berries, | 
and he carries them up into his house | and puts them down where 
the berry baskets stand. | 
Picking Qot !xolé.—When the | qot!xolé are nearly ripe, when it is 
nearly winter, | the woman takes a flat-bottomed basket. Some- 
times there are | three or even four flat-bottomed baskets. This 
is also on the || upper course of the Knight Inlet River. It is 
named by the Drenax‘da‘x" | 1/dék!wm, what is called by the Kwa- 
kiutl got!zolé. They call the man who has them “ owner of qot!xolé,’’ | 
and they call the picking gotare. The Drnax‘da‘x" | call the 
picking zldkwa. | 
I will speak of this as the Kwakiutl speak. || The woman takes her 
baskets, as she goes down to the beach carrying the | baskets on her 
back, one inside of the other. She goes aboard her small canoe, and | 
she puts the baskets into the canoe. Then she takes the punting- 
pole, | stands up in the bow of the small canoe, and | poles up the 
river. She goes stern first, polimg up the river || of Knight Inlet. 
As soon as she arrives at the place where the berries grow, she goes 
ashore. | First she takes the anchor-line of her small canoe | and ties 
laxat! Oxxosdésglaq, qa‘s li Oxtaérelaq laxés g‘dkwé, qa‘s la 
oxLkg’alilas Jax hiné‘lasasa ‘walasé niigé t!elyats!dla lexa‘ya. 
Wa, li étents!ésa, qa‘s li didmenxendxa t!eldzedzila ‘nex‘inés, 
qa’s g-axé q!Enép*wisdésElaq, qa‘s li q!mnébéLElaq laxés g‘dkwé, 
qa‘s la q!mnép!alilas lax hixhané‘lasasa t!ét!elts!dla lanlxa‘ya. 
Picking Qot!xolé (Qodtixa qot!xolé)——Wa, hé‘maaxs  laé 
Llopéda qot!xolixa la Eliq ts!4winxa. Wa, hé‘mis la ax‘édaatsa 
ts!edaqaxa LéLEq!exsdé larlxatya, yixs ‘nalinemp!enaé yudux"- 
sEMa LOxs modsgEmaé lanlxafyas LéLEq!ExsdEx'si, yixs hé*maaxat! 
5 li neldzi Dziwadéxa gwe‘yisa Dernax‘da‘xwée Liégwada, qaxs 
Liak!timx'Laéda gwE‘yowasa Kwagrule qot!xolé. Wi, li qodedxxr- 
lax g*iyasas, wi, li qotaxplaxa meniq. Wa, laréda Denax-da- 
‘xwe LiikwaxeElaxa meEniiq. 
Wa, hét!aren yaq!endasté gweék'!alasasa Kwag-ulé. Wa, la- 
10 ‘més ix‘édéda ts!mdaqaxés lanlxa‘ye, qa‘s li Jents!és Oxalaxés 
larlxa‘yaxs laé k!wak!usila, qa‘s li laxs laxa xwaxwagtimé. Wai, 
li Ox~Eg‘aalexsaxés laklxatfyaxs laé dax‘‘idxa dzdmég-alé, qa‘s 
Laxiigéwa‘yé lax dgtiwa‘yasés qodeLeElats!éLé xwaxwagimaxs laé 
téndx‘wida. Wa, la‘mé he‘x"ts!psgpmalaxs laé téndstala laxa wis 
Dzawade. Wa, gtlf’mésé lag'aa laxa qddadiixs laé nemselsa. 
15 8 5 i 
Wa, hé‘mis gil ax‘étso‘s¢da mogwandyasés qodELelats!@ xwaxwa- 
giima, qa‘s li mox‘wits Obatyas lixa Lagigelisaxa wa. Wa. 
