304 ETHNOLOGY OF THE KWAKIUTL [WrH. ANN. 35 
cutting-board in this manner,! | she takes her basket 
30 and puts into it what she has cut. Then || she car- 
ries it up on the beach and takes it into her house. Then 
she takes the | drying-poles, which are always leftin their 
places in the houses of the river people. | Then she 
hangs the cut salmon lengthwise onthe drying-poles in this manner: | 
After she has done so, she takes short boards 
and | puts them under the place where she has 
hung up her cut salmon. She does || not 
allow the heat to strike what is now hanging 
lengthwise on the | drying-poles. Sometimes 
it hangs for one day; then the woman | looks 
at it. As soon as it is half dry, the woman takes it down; and | she 
gathers together the drying-poles, and she puts the cut salmon up 
40 again; | but it is spread out. Now it is spread out when she || puts 
it up again; and it only differs from preserved skin of salmon | caught 
with a hook in the upper part of the river, in that (the salmon) is not 
fat | when it is found spawning | in the upper part of the river, 
while it is really fat when it is speared at the | mouth of the river. 
45 And as soon as they finish cutting up || the speared salmon, the 
woman at once gathers the slime and | everything that comes from 
the salmon, and puts it into the basket, and | she goes and pours it 
into the water at the mouth of the river. 
ixédxés Imxafyé qa‘s ixts!odalésés t!plsatyé laq. Wa, la k:!ox*- 
30 tisdésrlaq qa‘s lis laé’Las la’xés go’kwé. Wa, la‘més Ax‘é’dxa 
gayoqaxs hé/menala‘maé Ax‘a’latela li’xa wi/wamédzats!eé g°0/kwa. 
Wii, la‘mé’sé ad’tslaqaléda t!nlé’kwe la’xa ga’yowe; ga ewii'lég'a 
(fig.). Wa, gi’mésé gwa’lnxs la’é 4x°6’dxa ts!a/ts!px"seEmé qa‘s 
hé/lnwabodés Ja’xa la giila/lanelats t!elé’kwe. Wa, lar’m 
35 k lés hé’Iq!alaq xa‘mag’aaveléda L!e’s‘ala la’xa la gila’latela 1a’xa 
gayo. Wa, la ‘na/ltnemp!ena xa‘malatelaxs la’éda ts!eda’qé dd’x- 
‘wideq. Wa, g‘i’lfmésé k:!a’yax*widexs la’éda ts!eda’gé ixa/xodEq 
qa’s q!a’plég-aatnlodéxa géea’yowe. Wi, lac‘me’sé xwé’laqdstod 
LEp!a’LeElotsa t!nle’kwe la‘xa é6/k'!e. Wa, lan’m Lepa’laxs la/é 
40 é’tléd é’k:!éstendeq. Wa, lé’x'amnm O’gtiqalayos 1a’xa t!n’Isa 
qa’s ximsilaxs hi/éla ga’Lé ‘nw‘ldzisa wiixs la’é ts!é’nas‘idéda 
gwa‘xni’saxs la’é xwé’la'wa la’xés la q!a’/nem qa‘s xwé’la‘waas 
lax ‘nn/Idziisa wi’wa, yixs 4’laé tse/nxwéda seg‘iné’té lax odx"- 
iwafyasa wi’wa. Wi, hé*’méséxs g i’/l’maé gwal xwa’LasESwa 
45 spg'ine/taxs laé héx‘fidafma ts!edaqé q!ap!éx‘‘idxa k!élé Letwa 
‘na’xwa g'ayo’t la’xa k‘!dthla qa‘s lpxts!o’dés la’xa Ipxa’‘yé qa‘s 
li qepst’nts laxa Ox"siwatyasa ‘wa. 
n 
1 Ona slanting board supported by a log. 
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