276 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [WLH. ANN. 35 
3 huckleberry-branches that have been pushed through the baskets, 
and she takes off | the skunk-cabbage covering and puts it down, 
5 and she takes a mat || and spreads it outside of the basket. | She puts 
the large cleaning-dish on the left-hand side of the | currant-baskets. 
When everything is ready, she takes | one branch of the currants. 
She takes hold of it with her left | hand, and pulls off the berries with 
10 her right hand, and || she drops them into the large dish for holding 
the cleaned berries. She | continues doing so, cleaning the currants. 
When they are all cleaned, she takes her | front-basket, goes down 
to the beach in front of her house, and | picks up twelve stones. 
When they are all in, | she carries it on her back into the house 
15 and || puts it down by the side of the fire. Then she puts the 
stones | into the fire; and after doing this, she takes a | square 
box and puts it down next to the fire, and also her tongs, which | 
she puts down on the floor, and also a large, long-handled | ladle, which 
20 she puts next to the square box. || She also takes skunk-cabbage 
leaves which were used for covering the berries, cuts out the mid- 
ribs, | and, after these have been cut out, she heats them over the 
fire. | She continues to do this until they get very brittle. Then she 
puts them into a | small dish and breaks them to pieces until they 
25 are as fine as | flour. When this is done, and the stones that || she 
has put on the fire are red hot, she takes a small Suenene and | 
3 LéLask'rya‘yé gwademsa qa‘s ts!ex‘idéq. Wa, laxaé lawnyodxa 
naskyatyas k:!nk !adk!wa, qa‘s Xx‘aliléq. Wa, i ixédxa lé*wa‘yé, 
5 qa‘s Lep!aliléq lax Liasalitasés nag‘a‘tyé qledzats!e lexa‘ya. Wa, 
hérat!a hatnéla ‘walasé k‘imdats!é loq!we gemxanililasa niigvatyé 
q!édzats!é Ipxatya. Wi, gil‘mésé gwatmmg: alilexs laé eee ‘idxa 
‘nemts!aq!exLa q!éséna, qa‘s daxLayéx yisx’rnasé yisés gemxdl- 
tslanatyé. Wa, li xik‘dlaxa q!ésénasés hétk !dts!ana‘yé, qa‘s la 
10 k-lats!ots laxa kimts!Alasé ‘walas loq!wa. Wé§a, Ax"sitmése hé 
gwegilaxs kimtaaxa q!ésena. Wa, g'il’mésé ‘witlaxs laé ix‘édxa 
nanaagem lpxa‘ya, qa‘s la lents!és lax Llema‘isasés g’Okwé qa‘s 
la xx"ts!otsa gvig'iwala t!ésem laq. Wa g’ilfmésé ‘wilts!4xs 
o-axae ervasdesnlad qa‘s li OxtaeLElaq laxés 9° iGkwve! qa‘s li OxLa- 
15 nodlisas laxés Ingwile. Wii, héx-‘idatmésé xE‘x"wElts!alaq, qa‘s la 
xpE'x"_endalas laxés Ingwile. Wa, giil‘mésé gwatexs laé ax‘édxa 
k limyaxta, qa‘s g’ixé handlisas laxés Inewilé Le‘wis ts!éstala. Hé- 
Emxat! &x®étsd’s, qa gaxés kadila. Wi, hé‘misa ‘walasé gilt !ex- 
Lala k-ats!enaqa &x‘étso’s, qa g’axés geendlilxa k'!imyaxta. Wii, la 
20 ixédxa tsléts!aknyéx'dis k'!ek-ladk!wa qa‘s k-!axaléx t lent !enxE- 
dzafyas. Wa, gilfmésé ‘wilaxs laé prx-‘ideq laxés Ingwité. Wa 
al'mésé gwal pex‘agexs laé dlak lala la tsdsa. Wai, li ixts!dts laxa 
talogiime, qa‘s tsdsElgendéq. Wa, almeésé gwalnxs ine yo la gwéx'sa 
qtixex. Wa, gilfmésé gwalexs laé mémenitsemxidéda t!ésemée 
25 xn*x"zalalés laxa lngwile. Wa, la &x‘édxa Amatyé q!dlats!i, qa‘s 
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