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white skin is not as thoroughly roasted || when it is roasted, because 
it is not fat; and it is not hung up for a long time | to dry over the 
fire of the house of the river people. | They try to make it thoroughly 
dry before it is taken down by the | woman, and she puts it away at 
the place where the food is kept for the winter. | Even if it is kept 
a long time, it does not get mouldy, and it does not || get a bad taste 
for it is not fat. Therefore it is liked | by the Indians. Now we 
will talk about it when it is | given as food in winter by the one who 
obtained it. | 
Middle Piece of Salmon.—When the | woman cuts dog-salmon, 
making preserved salmon of what she is cutting, she | leaves the 
meat on the skin thick. After she has | cut it, she takes the cut- 
ting-board and puts it down outside of the || house, in this man- 
ner,| When the meat on the skin is too thick, | she cuts it off four 
finger-widths on the side of (the fish) from which | 
she is going to make preserved salmon. Then she 
cuts downward from the back of the neck of the | 
dog-salmon, and she cuts down to the tail of the 
dog-salmon. Then | she hangs it on the stage be- 
low the upper stage at the place on which || the 
preserved salmon is hung. As soon as it is half 
dried, the woman takes it down | and binds (the 
pieces) together with split cedar-bark, in this way: | 
L!Opasr*wa, qaxs k'!ésaé tsenxwa. Wa, hé*miséxs giilaé la xile- 
larela lax neqost@wasa Ingwilasa g’dkwasa wiwaméts!énoxwe. 
Wa, larm lalor!a qa alak:!alastas lemx‘widel, qo lat axixdydltsa 
ts!edaqé, qa‘s géxéq laxa gatyasas dédamaliiséxa lita ts!iwtinxé- 
édeL. Wi, wax‘*rm la gala la k'!és xits!px-fida. Wa, k’!ésem- 
Xaawise q!ésp!ex‘‘ida, qaxs k ledsaé la tsenxwa‘ya, lag‘ilas éx-fa- 
gisa bak!time. Wai, la‘mésens gwagwex's‘alal laqéxs laé hi‘m- 
gilayoxa ts!iwtinxé yis ixanemaq. . 
Middle Piece of Salmon (Qlaq!aq 6). — Wii, hé*maaxs laéda 
ts!edaqé xwaLaxa gwa‘xnisaxs laé xamasilaxés xwaiLasE'wé. Wii, 
latmésé wikwéda q!emledzatyasa wiidzekwe. Wai, g-il'mésé gwal 
xwaLaxs laé aes t!nledzowé, qa‘s ax‘Elséq lax L!asanatyasa 
g okwe ga gwaléga.!’ Wa, gilfmésé xentela wigtidzityéda q!em- 
laliixs las ‘tlelsodxa modenas ‘wadzefwas lax ApsEnxa‘yasés 
xamsilasoLé. Wa, lanm gvix“‘ide t!nlsoyds lax Oxraatityasa gwasx- 
nise. Wi, la laxsdend lax witixwaxsda‘yasa gwa*‘xnisé. Wai, 
hémis la géxwatsés laxa q!elabd‘yasa q!e‘lilé qa géxwalaatsa 
xa‘masé. Wi, g*il'mésé k:!ayax‘widexs laéda ts!edagé xixodnq, 
Gat yibndzodeq g ‘a gwilég'a yisa dzedekwé denasa (9.). Wi, 
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