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fire. | Then she takes her husband’s crooked knife and | sits down 
where the skunk-cabbage leaves have been placed. She cuts up 
the || tying of the spruce-roots which have been split in two, takes 
hold of a | leaf of skunk-cabbage, and she cuts off the mid-rib, so 
that it is the same | thickness in the middle and at the edges, then | 
she takes hold of another one and she does the same as she did with 
the | first one. She continues doing this with the others; and | 
when all have been finished, she heats them by the fire; and when | 
they are soft and thin, she puts them down on a mat. She does | the 
same with all of them. When they are all done, she takes | the 
drying-frames, the same ones that were used for the salal-berry 
cakes, | and she also uses the same cedar measure which she used 
for || mixed elderberry and salal-berry cakes. She takes the four | 
cedar-sticks, and puts them on the drying-frames, and she also | takes 
a large horse-clam shell and puts it down. | Finally she takes off the 
mat that has been spread over the steaming-box | in which the cur- 
rants are. She takes up another medium-sized || dish and puts it on the 
corner of the square box. She takes the | large shell and skims off the 
juice of the boiled currants, | since the boiled berries have all gone 
down in the | juice. She skims the juice into the dish which she 
placed on the corner of the box; | and she does not stop until the 
gwite. Wi, li &x‘édex xelxwala k !awayosés la‘winemé, qa‘s li 
k!wagralit lax gmmxélasasa k:!rk-ladk!wa. Wa, la t!ots!endxa 
yiLoyoye pak: !rxsaak" L!op!px'sa dléwasé. Was, lii dax‘idxa nemxsa 
k lek: !adk!wa, qa‘s xelxwalex t!ent!enxedzi‘yas, qa ‘nemés wa- 
ewasasa nEgEdzA‘yé LESwis éwtinxatye. Wi, gilfmésé gwalexs laé 
et!éd dax‘idxa ‘nemxs qa‘s 4'méxat! hé gwéx*‘idegq laxés gwex"‘i- 
daasdixés g‘ilx-dé tixsréwa. Wa, Ax"sii‘mése hé gwég ilaxa wadkwe. 
Wii, g'ilfmésé@ ‘witlaxs laé pex‘ideq laxés Ingwilé. Wi, g-ilfmésé 
lendrdzox‘wida, laé pagedzolitas laxa Lebilé téwatya. Was, la ‘na- 
xwarm hé gwéx‘idxa wadkwé. Wii, g‘il'mésé ‘witlaxs laé ix‘éd- 
xa klitk-!ndésé, yixaax klitk:!edéselaséxa negtidzowé t!nqa. 
Wai, laxaé hémm menyayoséda k!waxLawé, yixés menselixa ts!é- 
ts!enqEla nek!ita. Wa, hé*mis ax‘étso‘séda modts!aqé mEenyayowée 
k!waxtawa, qa‘s g’édzolilés laxa k lék-!itk'!ndésé. Wa, lixaé 
ax‘édxa ‘walasé xalaétsoOx met!anatyéx qa‘s g°axé gig-alilas. 
Wa, lawésLé &xddxa 1é*watyé Leprmialiltsa k-limyaxta q!dla- 
ts!éxa q!éséna, qa‘s gig alilés. Wa, li &x‘édxa dgti‘la‘mé héla 
loq!wa, qa‘s kag‘igendés Jaxa k:!imyaxnta. Wai, la dax-‘idxa 
‘wilasé xalaésa, qa‘s ax‘widéxa saaqasa q!@ésénaxs g’axaé q!d- 
kityéxa q!olkwé q!ésénaxs laé wtindzésés hamaésé lax iwaba‘yasa 
saaqgé. Wa, lai ax"ts!alas laxa loq!we la hang-igéxa k-!imyaxta. 
Wii, al‘mése gwalexs laé Jemokwa ql!olkwe q!éséna. Wa, gil- 
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