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over the elderberries. || She stops when these are very deep, and she 
waits forthe | berries to be cooked. Then she washes the large 
dishes and the | large long-handled ladle; and after domg so, she | 
rests for a little while. When evening comes, she peels off the 
skunk-cabbage covering | from the elderberries which have been 
steamed; and after the skunk cabbage has been taken off, | 
the large dishes and puts them all round it. | Then she takes the large 
ladle and dips into the cooked | elderberries. She puts them into 
the large dish; and | when it is full, she continues dipping into them 
and pouring them into the other elderberry-dishes. | When all have 
been taken out of the steaming-hole, she takes || other skunk-cabbage 
leaves and spreads them over the cooked-elderberry | dishes, for she 
does not want the soot to fallinto them. She | leaves them that way 
over night, so that they will cool off and become | cold in the night, 
and also that they may become thick. | In the morning, when day 
comes, the woman who works at the elderberries takes a straight- 
splitting | cedar-stick, square im cross-section, of the thickness of 
one-half of our || little finger. She takes her knife and | measures off 
pieces of square cedar-stick two | spans long. Then she cuts them 
off. There | are two of the same length. Then she measures off | 
two pieces, each one short span long, and she takes the straight- 
edged knife and cuts them off. | Now there are two each two spans 
gilfmésé la q!éx-dzekwalaxs laé gwala. Wi, a‘misé la ésrlaq qa 
Liopés. Wa, hémis la ts!oxigindaatséxa fiwawe lorlq!wa Letwa 
fwalasé gvilt!extala kats!enaqa. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé 
yawas‘id x‘ds‘ida. Wai, li dzaqwaxs laé kitsilaxa neyimé k-!ek:!a6- 
k!wa lax okttya‘yasés nek‘asE‘wé ts!éxina. Wai, gilfmésé ‘witlaweda 
kek: !adk!wiixs laé &x°édxa iwawe lorlq!wa qa‘s li k-i‘stalitelas laq. 
Wai, la ax‘édxa ‘walasé kats!mnaqa qa‘s tséqés laxa ki‘nékwé ts!é- 
x'ina qa‘s li tséts!alas laxa Swaweé dzég'rgwats!é lorlq!wa. Wa, 
gilfmésé qot!axs laé hanal tséts!Alaxa wadkwé dzégEgwats!é lorl- 
q!wa. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wilgrlts!awa kimyasaq laé ax‘édxa_ k-!n- 
k-fok!wa wadkwa qa‘s li Lepryindalas laxa dzeg-Egwats!@ Jorl- 
q!wa qaxs gwaq!Blaaq q!ipryindalaso‘sa q!walobrsé. Wi, larm 
xamaéit hét gwaé~é qa‘s Alak:!alit widex:‘ida; wi, hé‘mis qa 
widaqédéséxa ganoLé; wi, hé‘mis qa genx“idés. Wa, g*ilfmésé ‘na- 
x“idxa gaalixslaéda ts!ats!éx‘sila ts!edaq &x‘édxa ég'aqwa lax xA- 
sefwe k!waxtawa. Wa, la k!odené k:!ewelx‘iinéna‘yas laxens 
sElt !ax'ts!ana‘yéx yix ‘wag'idasas. Wi, li ix‘édxés k'!awayowe. Wi, 
li balidxa k-lewelx‘itné k!waxLtawa qa malp!enkés laxens q!wa- 
q!wax'ts!anafyéx yix &iwasgemasaséxs laé k:!imts!endeq. Wa, li 
malts!aqa ‘nemasgemé. Wa, laxaé bal‘itsés ts!ex"ts!ana‘yé laxa 
malts!aqaxs laaxat! &x‘@dxés nexx‘ila k!awayowa qa‘s k:limts!en- 
déq. Wi, lanm malts!aqa maémaltp!enk'as Awfsgemasé laxens 
q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yex. Wa, li malts!axSemxaéda ts !éts!px"ts !ana- 
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