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to boil. Then she takes the dish with spawn | and empties it on the 
35 boiling huckleberries. Next she takes || a mat and covers (the high 
box), so that the steam does not come out; | and she piles up the fire 
over the rest of the red-hot stones. | Then she rests a long time before 
she takes off the mat covering. | When she sees that the salmon- 
spawn is turning white, she takes a | broken paddle and stirs with it 
40 the huckleberries which have been || mixed with salmon-spawn. As 
soon as they are mixed, she puts down her | broken stirrig-paddle. She 
takes the tongs and | feels for the stones which are piled together in 
the bottom of the box in which the | huckleberries were boiled. She 
puts them down by the side of the | fire. When they are all out, 
45 she takes up more || red-hot stones that are on the fire. She first | 
dips them into the bucket with water, and then she | puts them again 
into the huckleberries that she is cooking; and she only stops | when 
the huckleberries mixed with salmon-roe are thoroughly boiling. | 
50 Then she spreads the mat over them. || After doing so, the woman 
goes into the woods to break off | broad leaves of skunk-cabbage. 
She does not break off very many of them, and | takes them home. 
Then she | takes her husband’s crooked knife and cuts off the veins | 
in the middle of the leaves. As soon as (the veins) are all cut 
55 off, she warms the leaves by the fire to make them || pliable and 
qa‘s gtiqryindés laxa la marmdelqtila gwidema. Wa, li ax*édxa 
35 léfwatye, qa‘s naixwodés liq qa k:!ésés “kex*stleda kk: latela. Wi, 
Acmésé q!ap!ésgemtsa legwité laxa wadkwé x‘ix’rxsEmala t!ésmma. 
Wa, la gagiilaxs laé <ostidExs laé axddxa ‘naxumalilé le*wa‘ya. 
Wai, gil'mesé doqtilaxa gené la ‘mel*melsgemx’‘ida laé ax‘édxa 
qinlewase séwayowa, qats xwétlidés laxés dzék-ase‘wé gwadrma, 
40 qa lelgowés LE‘wa géné. Wa, gil‘meésé lelgoxs laé gvig-alilaxés 
xwédayowé q!rkwas sé:wayowa. Wi, la ix‘edxés k- pralas qass 
klap!plés laxa t!ésemaxs laé xnq!ixialés laxa dzég-ats!ixa 
ewademé k-!imyaxna, qa‘s k'lip!alitelés lax mag-inwalisasa 
lngwilé. Wi, gilfmésé ‘witlostaxs laé ét!ed klip!éd laxa x‘IxEx- 
45 sEmila t!ésem xex"rilalés laxa legwilé, qa‘s li g-ag-alaséla 
k-!ipstents lax ‘wabrts!Awasa nagats!é. Wa, laxaé ét!éd k-lipe- 
yints laxa dzék'ase‘waséda gwademé. Wa, akem gwalexs 
laé Alak:!ala la maEmdelqilés dzdk-ase we malaqela géné LEfwa 
gwademé. Wii, laxaé ax‘édxa lé*watyé, qa‘s LEpEyindés aq. 
50 Wi, gil‘mésé gwalexs laé laxa anléxa ts!mdiqé, qa‘s li p!oxtwid 
laxa iwidzoxtowée k:!ek !adk!wa. Wa, li k!és q!éxsé p!ogwanr- 
maséxs g’ixaé gemxelaqé@xs g’axaé nii‘nakwa. Wa, héx‘ida‘mésé 
ix*édex xElxwala k-!awaydsés laowtnemé, qa‘s k:laxaléx t!ent!en- 
xEdza‘yas. Wa, gil‘mésé ‘witlixs laé pEex-‘idmq laxa lngwilé, qa 
55 tentendrdzox‘widés. Wa, g‘il‘mésé gwalexs laé lacwinrmas ix‘éd- 
