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ugly sockeye-salmon, and she also cuts off the | backbone; and she 
cuts down across, dividing the body of the | salmon into two pieces, 
which are only held together by the tail. | As soon as she finishes, her 
husband puts up poles; || then he puts up posts on each end of which 
rest the long poles over which the split salmon are hung. | After he 
has done so, the woman takes the split salmon and | hangs them over 
the poles in this manner: and | they are also put 
up outside of the house, and the | sun and the 
wind dry them, and there they stay a long time || 
before they are dry. As soon as night comes, | 
the woman takes a large mat of coarse cedar-bark 
and spreads | it over them to cover them, so that they may not get 
damp | by the dew of the night; and when it is a fine day, | she 
uncovers them again in the morning and takes off the large mat cover- 
ing, || so that the heat of the sun and the wind may reach them; 
and when it is | raming, she does not uncover them. When they 
are really dry, | the woman takes them down and takes them into 
the house. | Then she takes a cedar-bark basket and puts them into 
it. After | they have been put in, she puts them away close to the 
fire. || This will be food for the winter. Sometimes they | do the 
same with the silver-salmon. They do not do the same with dog- 
salmon | and other kinds of salmon. That is all of this. | 
xa’k‘ladzis. Wa, la hi’xple xwa’ta‘tyas la ma‘its!n’ndex 6’gwi- 
da‘yasa k'!6’trla. Wa, la‘mé’sé le’x‘arm la Elega‘layosés ts!a’sna‘ye. 
Wai, g'i’lfmese gwa a, la’é ixen’lse la/*winkmasexa dz0’xtimeé; lak’m 
LaLEbp’lsaq qa ka’ dutayantsa ge’x"demaLasa q!wa’xsafyé. Wi, 
ei/mése gwa'texs la’asa ts!nda’qé ax‘é/dxa q!wa’xsa‘yé qa’s 
qexenda’ is vé’x‘tindalas laq, g'a gwii’lég'a (fig.). Wa, laz’mxaa 
hé’/pm la Seileny ma L!a/sana‘yasa g°6’/kwe. Wa, lan’/mxaé hé’*ma 
Lie’sEla LEfwa ya’la ln’mxwaq. Wa, la‘mé’sé héx’sii’eEm ge’xwa- 
axs k:!é’s'maé In’mxwida. Wai, gi’lsmésé ga mulidexs la/naxwa- 
éda tsleda’qé &x%é’dxa ‘wa’lasé Grate) dzo té’watya qa‘s Lep!é’- 
dés lax 6’k la‘yas con no/kwés qa k'!é’sés xwé’laqa dp/lx‘ida’ma- 
tsd’sa go’sixa ga muié. Wi, gi’lmésé é’k'a ‘na’/lixa gaa’lixs 
la’é xwe’laqa 10’s‘ideq qa la’wis nawk’masxa ‘wa’lasé le’*watya 
qa L!é’sasE*wesésa L!é’sEla LESwa yA’la. Wa, gi’lfmésé yo’- 
gwaxs la’e klés 10’stideq. Wa, gi’Smesé &/lak:!ala le’mx*wi- 
de xs la’éda ts!eda’qé &xa’xddeq qa‘s lé laé’Las la’xés g-d’kwe. 
Wa, la &x‘é’dxa Lia’bate oe s hia’nts!odés lag. Wa, g i’lsmésé 
gwal ha’nts lalaqéxs la’é* g’é’xaq la’xa nexwa‘la la’xés legwr'le. 
Wa, lan’m hé’ félayotxa is lawtt’nxLa. Wi, la ‘na’lé nemp!Ena hé 
gwe'g lor poate dzafwti'ne. Wa, lak !és hé gwe’g-ilase*wéda gwacx- 
nisé LEEwa wad/kweé k:!o’k!ttela. Wa, lazm ewal la’xeq. 
