boas] PRESERVATION OF FOOD 275 
the bottom, she folds it back so that it is of the same size || as the 20 
bottom of the small box. It is in this way | when it is 
put into the small box into which it is being folded. | 
She continues doing this with the others; and = = when they 
are all in, | she heats some new skunk-cabbage leaves over 
the fire; and | when they are soft, she takes the crooked knife of 
her husband, || cuts out the thick veins in the middle, and, when they 25 
are all off, | she heats them again over the fire. She does not stop 
until they are almost brittle | and very dry. Then she puts the 
leaves on top of the | strips of salal-berry cake, and she tucks them in 
all round inside the box | containing the strips of salal-berry cakes, 
so that it is very tight. After doing this, || she puts the cover on 30 
and ties it down. When | this has been finished, she puts it down 
in a place where the heat of the fire reaches it, and | she leaves it 
there until winter; for generally | the cannibal dancers wish to eat only 
long salal-berry cakes, | when the owners of the long salal-berry cakes 
have a winter ceremonial, and also || the head chiefs of the owners of 35 
long salal-berries | wish to eat them; but the poor people of the tribe | 
eat salal-berries mixed with elderberries when they are given at a 
feast. | Now this is finished. | 
Currants'.—After doing so, (the woman) takes a large dish and | 1 
puts 1t down Buby the aieey of the currant-baskets. She ca out the | 
xwa‘yas LESwa Nay esdees vasa Paeadsume. Wa, la p ga ewilég: axs 20 
(fig.) laé hints!& laxa xaxadzemé laxés q!elx"ts Isanatyé. Wi, lit 
ix'sirm hé gwégilaxa wadkwé. Wa, gil'mésé ‘wilts!4xs laé 
ix‘édxa alomasé k:!ek:!adkhwa qa‘s pex’‘idéq laxés lngwilé. Wa, 
gilmésé prx‘widexs laé ax‘édex xelxwalisés la‘wtinemé qa‘s 
xelxwaléx t!ent!enxEdzi‘yas. Wa, gil'mésé ‘witlixs laé et !éd 2 
papax’eralas lixés legwile. Wa, al'mése gwalexs laé plaq tsds‘eda 
qaxs laé lak !ala la lemx‘wida. Wa, li aék-!a paqeyints laxa 
héyadzowé t!eqa. Wi, laem dzdpas lax @wanéqwas Oktiya‘yasa 
héyadzowé t!nqa qa Alak-!alés pmxa. Wa, gil‘mésé gwalrxs laé 
yikttyints yiktiya‘yas. Wi, la t!mmaknyindrq. Wa, gvil‘mése 30 
gwalexs laé hangvalilas laxa lag‘aaasas L!ésaliis Ingwita qaxs 
héx'sii‘méré ha‘nét lag-aal laxa lata ts!iwtinx‘ida qaxs q!imalaéda 
hamats!a ‘nex’ qa‘s se amé t!ext!aqxa héyadzowé t!eqaxs laé 
tsléts!ex‘idé g dkilotasa t!ngadiisa héyadzowée t!eqa. Wa, hé‘misa 
xamagema‘yé gigrgimeésa g‘okilotasa t!ngadiisa héy adzowé t!n- 35 
qaxs Tenske: aé qa‘s t!pxt eaea yixs laaras brgtilidatyas g’dkilots 
nengidzogtixa ts!éts!enqnlaxs lace k!wéladzema. Wan la‘meEen 
gwal laxéq. 
 Currants.—Wii, gilfmésé gwala, laé ix‘édxa ‘walasé loq!wa; qa 1 
g-axésé hindliixa niigé qledzatste lpxatya. Wa, li tekemodxa 
o 
1 Ribes bracteosus, Dou Ribes petiolare, Dougl. Gunthnneal from the description of gathering currants. 
See p 209, line 37. 
