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long, | and there are also two (each) one short | span long. She uses 
these to | measure the width of the elderberry-cakes. It is like this.* || 
After she has finished, she takes the broadest skunk-cabbage leaves 
and | spreads them out on a mat. Then she takes her husband’s 
crooked| knife and cuts out the middle vein of the leaves of the | 
skunk-cabbage, trying to get it of the same thickness as the | edge 
of the leaf. After domg this with many of them, she puts down 
flat || all the skunk-cabbage leaves which she has cut, (putting them 
flat) on the fire of her | house, so that they will get soft. She wants 
them to get a little | heat only, and therefore she puts them on the fire 
for a little while. | After doing this with all of them, she puts them 
away. Sometimes | they leave the elderberries in the house for 
three days, so that they may get very || thick before making them 
into cakes. Now they are ready to be | made into cakes.” |... 
The*® woman takes the drying-frame for the elderberry-cakes.- | She 
puts it down where she is going to put the elderberries on it. She 
takes | the skunk-cabbage leaves which have been heated, and the 
middle vein of which has been cut out, and she puts them on || the 
drying-frame smoothly. As soon as the | skunk-cabbage leaves have 
been spread over the drying-frame, she takes her straight | knife and 
‘yés Awaisgpmasé laxEns q!waq!wax'ts!anatyéx. Wa lamm k-adayol 
qa iiwadzrtwastes Inqiinasés ts!éndzoLéxa g'ara gwiilanég'a.! 
Wi, gilfmése gwalexs laé ix‘édxa iwadzoweé k'!rk-!adk!wa qa‘s pa- 
gndzodés laxa Lebeté lewatya. Wa, li ax‘édex xelywala kk !a- 
wayisés la‘winEmé qa‘s xElxwalés lax t!enxedzd‘yas negEdza‘tyasa 
klnk lndk!wa. Wa, larm lalon!a qa ‘nemakwés ‘wigwasas LESwa 
Awiinxatyé. Wa, gil'mésé q!éxsé la hé gwex“itsd*séxs, laé papage- 
Lalasa k'!axewax's t!ent!enxedzitye k'!ek:!adk!wa lix Imgwilasés 
edkwé qa télendedzox‘widés. Wa, laem fem ‘néx: qa xaL!Ex‘i- 
dés_ ts!rlts!mletdzox‘widex laé yawas‘id paxients laxés lmgwile. 
Wa, wilfmésé ‘naxwa la gwalaxs laé g’éxaq qaxs ‘naknemp!encé 
yidux"p!enxwa‘sé ‘naliis hé gwaéla dzeg-ekwé ts!éxina qa 
dlak: !alés la genkaxs laé leqasefwa. Wa, larm gwalila lalae! lax 
leqax'demiaq.? : 
Wa,? la &x*édéda ts !udaqaxés Ingudzowe k‘litk: !edésxés ts !endzoré 
qa‘s li pax‘alilas laxés IngasLaxes ts!endzoLteée. Wa, li. ax‘édxés 
penkwe k:!axewax"s t!ent!enxedze‘we k:!ek:!ladk!wa qa‘s aék le 
Lebedzodalas laxés lngedzowe k:litk !wdésa. Wa, gil'mésé labendé 
LEpa‘yas k-tek ladk!wa laxa k-litk:!edésaxs laé ax‘édxés nexx‘iila 
k !awayowa qa‘s tlosiléxa la ‘wadzogawa‘yasa nExts!awasa kk: litk: !p- 
vA rectangular cake. 2Continued on p. 167, line 1. * Continued from p. 171, line 86. 
