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put the cakes on. | She continues doimg this until all the currants 
have been made into | cakes. After this is done, she takes a mat and 
spreads it over them, | so that the soot of the fire will not fall on 
them | and so that the heat of the fire will go up to it. || They need 
a strong heat to dry quickly, for the | cakes of currants do not dry 
quickly. Sometimes it takes three or | even, five days to dry them. 
When they are | dry, she takes down the drying-frames and | places 
them one on top of another by the side of the fire. When they have 
all been taken down, || the woman takes an empty drying-frame and 
puts it on top of | one with a currant-cake on it. She takes care that 
the edges are flush | on all sides and at the ends of the two drying- 
frames. | Then she calls her husband to come and help her turn over 
the | currant-cakes; and when her husband comes, the woman || takes 
one end of the two drying-frames which le together, | and her hus- 
band takes hold of the other end. Both lift them up at the same 
time,| and they turn them over. Then the currant-cake is turned, | 
and falls on the empty drying-frame. All the | currant-cakes 
and the heated skunk-cabbage leaves fall off together. || When 
they take off the now empty drying-frame, she puts it down | and 
peels off the skunk-cabbage leaves that stick to the backs of the | 
eurrant-cakes. When the skunk-cabbage leaves have been taken off, | 
they put (the frames) up where they were before, and they do the 
wa. Wa, Aémisé hé gwé‘nakilaxs laé ‘witla lngekwéda q!édzedzowé 
teq!a. Wa, gilmése gwalexs laé 4x‘edxa lé‘watyé qa‘’s Lebég-in- 
dés lax ék:!adzatyas, qa k:!ésés 1a q!tibedzodaléda q!walobnsé laq. 
Wa, hémis qa dlak'!alés Llésalasd‘sa L!ésngostilisa legwilé, qa 
halax'ts!és lemo‘naktila qaxs k‘!ésaé gnyolénox lemx‘widéda 
q!édzedzowe t!nqa, yixs ‘nalfnemp!rnaé yiiduxtixsés ‘nila Lé‘xs 
lag'aaé lax sek !ap!enxwa‘sés ‘nala lalem‘wa. Wai, gil‘mésé lemx- 
‘widpxs laé ‘naxwa LéLaxoyEwa k'lék litk !mdésé, qa‘s g axé 
papEeqrewénék-ala lixa ondlisasa Ingwilé. Wai, gilfmésé ‘witlaxaxs 
laéda ts!edaqé ax*édxa lobrdzila k-!itk:!ndésa, qa‘s li pagedzots 
laxa ixdzalixa q!édzedzowé t!eqa. Wa, li aékila qa nénamen- 
xalé @wEnxa‘ya LE‘wé Obafyasa malexsa k'!ek'!itkedésa. Wa, 
li xelalaxés latwinemé, qa g'axés giwalaqéxs Jiné léx‘alxés 
q‘!édzrdzowe t!meqa. Wai, gil'mésé g'axé taSwinemaseéxs laé dabEn- 
déda tsl!edaiqaxa ipsbafyasa papEqila malexsa k:!ék:!itk !edésa. 
Wai, li la‘wtinrmas dabrendxa apsbafyas. Wa, li ‘nemax-‘idExs 
laé weg itelodnq, qa‘s léx-idéq. Wa, hé‘mis la ladzatsa q !édzedzowé 
tlmqa laxa lobrdzila k litk Indésa. Wa, li ‘nmmax‘idamrm lasa 
q'édzedzowé t!eqa LE‘wis 4xdziyaasa penkwé k-!nk:!adk!wa. Wa, 
eilfmésé axfaLelodxa la lobudzila Kk litk:!sdésa qa‘s li pax‘alitas. 
Wa, li qtsalaxa k'lek'!adk!wixs laé k!itala lax e‘ewég-afyasa 
q!édzedzowé t!eqa. Wa, g@il*mésé ‘witliwa k:!ek !adk!wixs laé 
xwélaqostod Lag‘aacelots. Wa, la héemxat! gwéx“idxa mak-iliq. 
