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stick at each end, | and she puts down the long cedar-stick measure 
at the end, || this way: 5 Attend ompsesor 
she again takes her =: === == ladle, | which is 
always kept filled with cooked elderber- 
ries, and | she pours them into the cedar-stick mould; and she 
again takes the | large shell, and she does the same as she did 
with the first one. | She continues doing so with the others, || 
and she only stops after finishing the whole length of the drying- 
frame. | As soon as all the elderberries have been made into cakes, 
she calls her husband | to take hold of the end of the elder- 
berry drying-frame, and they | put it up right over the fire where 
salmon are always dried; | and when they have all been put there, 
they build up the fire so that it burns || well, for she wishes them to 
dry quickly. When | there is a good fire underneath, the elderberry- 
sakes dry in one day, and they are really |dried (through). She leaves 
them drying there one day and one night. | In the morning, when 
day comes, the woman takes her breakfast, the one who makes the | 
elderberry cakes.! || 
When? (the cedar bark) is all split into strips, she takes her elder- 
berry-cakes | and piles up the drying-frames | which she is going 
tie together in bundles. She takes up one of the strips of 
soft cedar-bark | and breaks it in two. She puts (the two pieces) 
down on the floor, on a mat that has been spread out. Then she takes 
kat !atelotsa gildola menyayowé k!waxLawa lax dba‘tyas gra gwii- 
légra (fig.). Wi, gilfmése gwatexs laé ét!éd dax-‘idxa k-ats!enagé 
qaxs hémenala‘maé qotlalalitxa dzégekwé ts!éx‘ina. Wa, laxaé 
tséts!ots lixa menyayowé k!waxLtawa. Wi, laxaé ét!éd ax‘édxa 
‘walasé xalaésa qa‘s hé‘méxat! gwéx"‘itsé laxés gilx-dé gwég-ilas 
valé lnqise‘wa. Wa, Ax"si‘mése hé gwegilaxa wadkwe. Wa, 
al'mésé gwalmxs laé libendex ‘wasgemasasa k‘litk'!ndése. Wa, 
gilmésé ‘witla la legekwa ts!éndzowaxs laé Lé‘lalaxés laitwiinemée 
qa gaxés dadrbrndxa ts!éndzodzala k'litk'!edésa qa‘s li Lag‘a- 
aLeElots lax neqodstawasés Ingwilé lax x‘ildemiisé xaxamase. Wai, 
gilmése ‘wilg'ustaxs laé Imqwélax‘idxa Ingwabafyes qa Alak:!alés 
ex’ x‘iqela qaxs walaqélaaq halabala Immx‘wida. Wai, gvil'mése 
éké Liésaabatyas laé hélalansmxa ‘nemxsa ‘naliixs laé Alak lala 
lemx‘wida. Wa, lh héxsietm x‘ilrlatelaxa ‘nala LeSwa ganore. 
Wii, gil'mésé ‘naxidxa gaaliixs laé gaaxstalax‘‘idéda leq !enoxwaxa 
ts!éx‘Ina ts!Ediqa.' 
Wa,? gilfmése ‘witla la dzedzexsiakwa laé 4x‘édxés ts!éndzowé 
qa gaxés papeqmwek‘alés dzedzéndzodzila k:lék!etk-!edésa lax 
yaéltspmasLaséq. Wa, li ax‘édxa ‘nemts!aqé dzexek® kadzekwa 
qa‘s Elts!endéq. Wa, la k-ak-ededzolilas laxa Lebété eidzo léSwatya. 
Wa, li ix*édxa ts!éndzoweé sek!axsa qa‘s papEqodés lax ék !acyasa 
1 Herefollowsa description of the shredding of cedar-bark, p. 132, line 1. ? Continued from p. 134, line 34. 
