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Then she hangs them up again where they were hanging before. As 
soon as they are | really dry, the woman takes them down again 
and puts them | into a basket made to hold the middle parts of the 
salmon. As soon || as they are all in, she puts (the basket) away 
at a place where she made room for it | under the stage where she 
put her preserved salmon. | 
Backbones of Salmon.—The woman takes cedar bark and | splits it, 
and she takes two backbones (of dog-salmon) and puts them together | 
at the tails; that is the place where she ties them together with cedar- 
bark in || this manner: Then she hangs them up on the 
stage under which | the preserved salmon is dried, that 
it may have the full heat of the fire; and when | it be- 
gins to be dry, the woman makes two baskets of cedar- 
bark; | and when she fin- ishes them, she puts them down 
and takes down the-backbones. | When they are all down, she sits 
down and begins to break off the tails || from the backbones, and she 
throws the tails into | one basket, and she throws the backbones into 
the other one; | and when they are both full, the woman puts away 
the | two baskets under the stage on which she keeps the preserved 
salmon. | This is to be food for winter use, and it is called || ‘“‘back- 
bone for soaking.” It is a small basket into which she puts the | 
salmon-tails, and the name of the basket is ‘‘tail-receptacle.” The | 
la ét!éd géx‘wideq laxés gilx'dé géxwalaasa. Wa, gvil‘mésé la 
dlax‘id la lemx‘wida laé Axaxdyd yisa ts!edaqé. Wai, la ixts!dts 
lixa Llabaté hékweélérm qa g‘its!nSwatsa q!laq!aqlacyé. Wa, gil- 
emésé Switla Axts!ots laqéxs laé géxaq laxés g-ayasila‘yé qa g’ayats 
lax iiwabatyas k lag ilé qa axatsa xa°mase.’ 
Backbones of Salmon.—Wii,? la ax‘édéda ts!edaqaxa denasé qa‘s 
ts!ex*édéq. Wa, la ax‘édxa ma‘lé xak!adzi, qa‘s q!ap!éx-‘idéx 
tslétslasnafyas. Wii, hé‘mis la yanodaatséq, yisa denasé; ga 
ewiilég'a (fig.). Wi, lamése gex*widrg laxa q!rlabityasa lem‘wa- 
‘saxa xafmasé qa L!ésalasm‘wésésa legwile. Wi, gil*mésé lemx- 
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ewidExs laéda ts!ndaqé L!abatilaxa ma‘lé L!aL!ebataxa dédentsemé. 
Wii, gil'mésé gwatexs laé mexalilaq, qa‘s ixaxddéxa xak‘!ladzo. Wa, 
g-ilfmésé ‘wilaxamasqéxs laé k!wagvalila qa‘s koqiléxa ts!asna‘yé 
laxa xak'!adzowé. W4&, lafmés ts!mxts!dlasa ts!asna‘yé laxa ‘nems- 
gpmé L!abata. Wa, la‘més ts!exts!ilasa xak !adzowé laxa ‘nems- 
gem. Wa, gilfmésé qoqiit!axs laé géxéda ts!edaqaxa ma‘l- 
tspmé Llanlabat lax Awabdtyasa k lag ilé qa géx"demasa xafmasé. 
Wa, larm hé‘mawiilalxa ts!iwtinxé. Wa, héem Légadns t!étalas 
xak !adzowé. Wa, la‘més armayaléda L!abaté, yix g‘its!*wasasa 
tslanacyé. Wi, héem Légadeéda Llabatas ts!asnafyaats!é. Wa, la, 
1 Continued in Publications of the Jesup North Pacifie Expedition, Vol, V, p. 430. 
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