lI. PRESERVATION OF FOOD 
Cutting Dog-Salmon.'—When | a woman cuts dog-salmon, she 1 
takes off its gills; | then she cuts off the head and takes it off; then 
she cuts the | back of the dog-salmon along the upper side of the 
dorsal fin, beginning at the || back of the neck, and down to four 5 
fingers-width from the meat of the tail. | Then she turns the salmon 
round and turns it over, and | she cuts from the salmon-tail up to 
the | back of the neck, and the meat on the | backbone is half thick 
and half thin (medium thickness). As soon as she has taken it off, 
she puts away the || outer side that is going to be made into preserved 10 
salmon.’ | 
Roasted Old Salmon (Those that have finished spawning | in the 
upper part of the river).—Now we will talk about the Nimkish | when 
they go to catch salmon at Prairie, above Gwané, | when they | 
want to get dog-salmon that is not fat when it arrives at Prairie. || As 15 
soon as it is evening, the river people get ready to | catch salmon at 
the place for tying up the canoe that belonged to his ancestors; for 
they have traditional places for tying | up their canoes when catch- 
ing dog-salmon with hooks at night. As soon as | a man discovers 
any one who has tied his canoe there, the owner begins to fight with 
Cutting Dog-Salmon'! (T!élalas xak-!adzd).—Wi, hé*maaxs laé 1 
xwal‘idéda ts!ediqaxa gwa‘xnisé; wi, lazsm axddEx q|!dsna‘yas 
Wii, la qax-ideq qa lawiis héx't!a‘yas. Wa, la xwal‘idmx s‘wé- 
gafyasa gwafxnisé ék'!ot!endalax k lidég:at‘yas gix‘id lax 6xia- 
ati®yas lag'aa laxa modené lax q!emelxsda‘tyasa ts!asnafyas. 5 
Wa, la xwet‘idxa k'!otula qas léx‘idéq. Wa, lazmxaawisé 
xwalida, gix‘id lax wtlxwaxsda‘yasa k‘lotela la 6k !otmla lax 
OxLaatifyas. Wa, lazm ‘naxsaap! Lo* waikwa q!emeldzd‘yasa 
xak'adzod Lo pel. Wa, gil'mésé lawimasgéxs laé g’éxaxa wiidzn- 
kwéxés xEmsilaso‘Lé. ” 10 
Roasted Old Salmon (Ts!rlak’ L!obrk"; yixa la gowal xwélatwa 
lax ‘ngldzisa wiwa).—Wai, latmésen gwagwéx's‘alal laxa ‘nemgé- 
saxs laé laxés wiwaméts!asé OdzAlasé, lax ‘neldzii Gwané qaxs Xxé- 
éxsdaaxa gwa‘xnisaxs laé gwal tsenxwaxs laé lag‘aa lax Odzilase. 
Wa, gil'em dzaqwaxs laéda wiwaméts!énoxwe xwanal‘ida qa‘s lé 15 
négwésa lax mokwa‘yasés g-alé, qaxs nénuyamts!és‘maé modkwa- 
‘yasxés gaLa‘yaxa gwa‘xnisaxa ganuLé. Wa, gil‘mésé nEgera- 
yodxa la modkwala ‘lagéxs laé xomal‘idé ixnogwadis Lefwa la 
1See also p. 302. 2Continued on p. 226, line 17, 
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