230 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [ ETH. ANN. 35 
of backbone and | puts them over those that have been tied in. As 
25 soon as these four are also done, ties (the tongs) up again above 
them, and she keeps on. | denen so; and she only stops wie she 
reaches the end of the roasting-tongs. | That is in this way: 
As soon as they are full, she takes | four slender pieces of 
split pine and places them lengthwise | on the ends of the 
30 backbones in the roasting-tongs. Now there is one || long 
strip of split pine on each side. Then she takes six 
pieces | and pushes them through between the two legs of 
the roasting-tongs; then | she puts one on each side of the back- 
bones; then she pushes them over (the long split sticks), | and thus 
they are fastened. After this is done, she puts them in the ground 
by the side | of the fire of the house; and when they begin to 
35 blacken, the woman || takes them and puts them right over the fire. | 
Now they are finished, and they are called ‘roasted - backbones” 
after this. | 
1 Pectoral Fins of Dog-Salmon (Pectoral fins of the dog-salmon 
taken | at the upper part of the river).— When the woman cuts the | 
dog-salmon and she finishes taking off the gills, she | cuts around the 
5 neck of the dog-salmon, and cuts off the || pectoral fins, half a finger 
thick, | and they are just hanging down. Then she also | cuts off 
the anal fins and takes them off. She puts them into a | basket; 
ixe’eindés la’xa la yitekwa’. Wa, g’i’l’emxaa’wisé ‘wi’‘léda 
25 mo’waxs la/é é@’t!éd yilté’dex é’k !ételiis. Wa, lan’m hé’x'si 
gwe’gilé. Wi, a’fmes gwa’texs la’é qlixtowe’da L!o’psayowe. 
Wa, ihe m g’a gwii'léga (fig.). Wa, gi’l'mésé q !iixto’xs la’é &x‘e’d- 
xa mo’tslaqé wiswtl xok” xex"mé’sa. Wa, la ad’dzaqilamaisnq 
lax Obafyasa la L{6’pts!ols xa’k'!adzo. Wa, lan’m wa’x'sasglaxa 
30 gilsgilt!a xdk" xpx"mp’sa. Wa, la é’t!éd ax‘e’dxa q!eL!ets!a’gé 
qa’s Lle‘nxsddés na’qodala xEwe’la‘yasa L!0’psayo. Wi, laz’m 
wa’x'sats!endalaxa xa’k'ladzowe. Wa, lak’m 6’k'!odEnts laq. 
Wa, hé’mis la Hla’layosé. Wa. g°i/lSmés¢ ewa‘lexs la’é La’ndlisaq 
la’xa legwi'lasés g°0/kwe. Wa, gi lmeésé la k!timelx-‘i’dexs la’é 
axte’déda ts!eda’qaq qa‘s Lé’satplodés la’xa ‘nexsta’/‘yasés mee 
Wai, lan’m gwa’la. Lar’mia Lé’gadEs L!0’bEdzo xa’k !adzo la’ xeq.! 
1 Pectoral Fins of Dog-Salmon (PEL!pxa’/‘wésa gwa‘xmisé oa’yol 
lax ‘ne/ldziisa wi).—Wa, hé’maaxs la’é xwa’Léda ts!eda’ qaxa 
gwa‘xnise. Wa, g i/lmésé gwal lawi’lax q!0’snafyaséxs la’é 
t!o’tséstblaxa 6’xawatyasa gwa‘xnisaxs la’é tlat!o’skinamrmxa 
5 PEL!Exa’‘wa‘yas. Wa, la‘mé’s k'!o’den la’xens q!wa’q!wax'ts!a- 
na‘yéx, yix Ela’la‘yés lar’m 4’Em la té’kwata. Wa§a, lazmxaa’wise 
t!0’sodxa pELa’gatyé. Wi, lan’mta lawiq. Wa, la Axts!a’las la’xa 
we 
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1 Continued in Publications of the Jesup North Pacifie Expedition, Vol. V, p. 437. 
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