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long time, and she takes them down when they begin to be quite | 
dry. Thenshe takes off the roasting-tongs, and | she ties the roasting- 
tongs together and puts them in the corner of the house. | That is 
also what the woman does when she roasts the ‘‘plucked cheeks.”’ 
Then | she takes a large cedar-bark basket and puts the roasted 
heads || into it; then she puts it away for winter use. | 
Dog-Salmon Spawn (1) (Scattered spawn of the dog-salmon, | caught 
in the upper part of the rivers when the dog-fish are spawning).— | 
When a woman cuts the fish caught by her husband, | she takes a 
high box and puts it down at her || left side at the place where she is 
cutting; and after | the woman has finished cutting the dog-salmon, 
and when | what she is cutting is opened out, then she scoops out 
with her hands the scattered | spawn and puts it into the tall box; 
and after she has | done so, and the box is full of the scattered 
spawn, || her husband goes up and puts it down in the | corner of the 
house. Then short boards are put down flat on top of it, that | the 
rain may not drip in when it rains. When | that is done, he leaves 
it, for the cover is not water-tight, for | the men will always go and 
take out some of it. | 
Dog-Salmon Spawn (2).—Now we will talk about the sticky(spawn). | 
When the tall box is full of spawn, when | the woman cuts the dog- 
le’mx‘wida. Wa, lawi’sta axa’laxa LIéL!d’psayowe. Wii, la 
yiLo’yodxa LIéL!0’psayowé qa‘s g’é’xéq 1a’xa Oné’gwilasés g°d’kwé 
hé’emxaa gwe’x‘idéda ts!mda’qaxs L!opaaxa plnld’sé. Wa, la 
ix‘e’dxés ‘wa’lasé dr/ntsem L!a’bata qa‘s g°é Hisledece x'0’xwiisdé 
laq. Wa, la g@’xaq qa‘s hé’lélayotxa ts!awit/nxra. 
Dog-Salmon Spawn (1) (Gwelétse, yix gé’*nasa gwa'xnisaxs giiya- 
nEmaé lax ‘np/ldziisa wi’wa; yixs la’é xwi’lawéda ewaexniss)._Wa, 
hé’‘maaxs la’é xwa’Kidéda ts!mda’qax ya’nemasés 1a’*wtinemé 
la‘més hé gil &x‘@’tsdséda La’watsé qa‘s hii’ng-alisés lax gem- 
xagawalisas k!waé’dzasaséxs la’é xwa'ida. Wa, gi/l'mésé gwa’ta 
Ja’é xwa'lidéda ts!mda’qaxa gwaxnisé. Wi, gi/lmése nplaléso 
xwa’La‘yaséxs la’é LE/Ix“itsés eefyasowe 1A’xa gwe'léedza‘tyé 
ge/ni qa‘s Lelts!a’lés 1a’xa La‘watsa. Wa, a’l'mésé gwal hé ewe’- 
gilaxs la’é qo’tléda La’watsiixa gwélé’dzatyé gé’na. Wa, gi/l- 
mee qo’t!axs la’é 1a’*wtnemas 14’ sdésa qa‘s lé hi’/ng‘alilas lax 6’né- 
gwilasés g°o’kwe. Wa, la paqe’mtsa ts!a’ts!ax"semé laq, qa k: !é’sés 
tsax"ts!A/lasdsa tsa/xwiixs la’naxwaé yu’gtx*‘ida. Wa, gi’l'mésé 
gwa'texs ga’xaé bas qaxs ké’saé ak’mxix pi’qrma‘yas qaxs 
q{tina’ asda be’brgwa’nemé In tsEyo’lts!od Lae 
Dog-Salmon Spawn (2).—Wii, la‘mé’sen gwa’gwex's‘alal la’xa q !n’/n- 
kwe. Wa, hémaaxs la’é qod’t!éda La’watsiixa gé/niixs ga/laé 
xwa’Léda ts!pdaqaxa gwa*xnise. Wa, la ixté’déda tsteda’ qaxés 
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