296 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [wPH. ann. 38 
5 at || the other end. There are six split cedar-sticks | tied to the 
poles in this way: When it is done, | they take the 
seaweed, break it in pieces, and, when | the pieces 
are thin and flat, they hang them over the| drying- 
80 rack. As soon as it is browned by the fire, || it is 
turned over; and when it is browned again, | it is 
taken down from ; where it had been put, and 
placed on dressed deer-skin. Then it is made into a bunch. | A wedge 
is taken, and with it it is beaten as it is | lying on the board on 
the floor of the house. Then it is just like | powder after it has been 
85 beaten, and it is shaken into the || small box. Then a tight cover is 
put on, and it is placed in a | dry place in the house. - 
Boiled Huckleberries.—The woman goes | to get driftwood after 
she has picked huckleberries, | when she has many and they have been 
cleaned. | She goes herself to get driftwood; and when she gets 
5 home, || she carries it up the beach into the house, and | she throws 
it down. After she has carried in all the driftwood, she takes a 
medium-sized | basket and goes down to the beach in front of her 
house. She | puts stones into it, as many as she can carry. | Then 
10 she carries it on her back into her house || and puts it down. Then 
she continues carrying stones. | When she thinks she has enough, 
76 yaé'Hala la’xa dzo’xumé gra gwii’léga (fig.). Wi, gi'l'mésé gwa’- 
texs la’/é &x‘étsESwa leq!EstR’né qa‘s pa’pEx’salasp‘we. Wa, g't’]- 
‘mésé la pr’lsprla gi’Isgildedzoxs la’é gé’x*warxlodalayu 1a’xa 
lemx"dema. Wa, g‘il'mésé la ktilx‘widexs laé ‘witla lé’x-‘itsréwa, 
80 Wa, gi/lfemxaa’wisé la kti’lx*widexs la’é ‘wi'‘la dxa’maxoya qa‘s 
ixdzo’dayuwe 1la’xa ‘wa’dekwe. Wa, la q!mné’psremtsE‘wa. 
Wi, la ax‘é’tse‘weda LE’/mg’ayowe qa‘s t!E’lxtwidyowé laqé’xs 
la’é Axdza/litxa paé’lé sad’kwa. Wa, lan’m la yo gwé’x'sa ts!6/- 
layoxs la’é gwal tlelywase'wa. Wai, 4mésé la laaxts!d’yo la’xa 
85 xa/xadzemaxs laé aEmxasE‘wés yikttya’‘yé qa‘s g’é’xasE‘wé la’xa 
Ieméwi'lé la’xa g'0’kwe. 
1 Boiled Huckleberries (Dzeg'ek‘ gwadem).—Wi, hémm gil Ax‘é- 
ts0’sa ts!edaqa q!éxalé leqwa, yixs g:alaé gwat k-!plaxa gwade- 
mé, yixs q!pyotaaq. Wa, larmxaiwisé ék'!ngekwa. Wii, lanm 
gwalitaxs laé anéqaxa q!éxalé. Wa, gfl‘mésé g-ax nii‘naktixs lad 
héx‘idarm wéx'wtisdésplaq, qa‘s li wégitelaq laxés g-dkwé, qa‘s 
li wexalilaq. Wa, g'ilfmésé ‘wi‘losdésxa q!éxalaxs laé ix‘édxa héla 
Imxafya qa‘s li Imnts!és laxa L!ema‘isasés g‘Okwe. Wai, li xE‘x"- 
ts!odalasa t!ésmmé laq. Wa, &*mésé gwanala, qa‘s lAkwéséxs laé 
OxLEX“idéq qa‘s gaxé OxLosdésElas qa‘s li OxLaéLElaq laxés g‘d- 
10 kwé qa‘s li OxiEg‘alilas. Wa, la hanal xeqwaxa t!ésemé. Wa, 
gilmése k-otaq lazem hélaxs laé &x‘édxa malts!agé haa‘yalag'it 
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