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the dog-salmon. | When the gills are off, she cuts around the | neck, 
but she does not cut off the head from the backbone. Then | she cuts 
from the back of the neck down to four fnger-widths from the tail on 
the upper side. | Now a thin strip of flesh is left on the backbone. | 
As soon as the cut reaches down to the belly, she turns it around, | 
and she begins to cut from the tail upward to the back of the neck. | 
As soon as she takes off the backbone, she | takes her roasting-tongs 
and takes the slime and rubs it | over the roasting-tongs, so that they 
may not get burned when they stand || by the fire of the house. 
Then she winds cedar-bark around the tongs one | span from the 
bottom of the roasting-tongs; | and when this is done, she takes one 
of the cut salmon and | puts it crosswise into the roasting-tongs. 
Then she takes cedar-bark ‘and ties it | tight above the cut salmon; 
and after she has || tied it, she takes another salmon and puts it | the 
other way, above the one that she put in first. | Then she again takes 
cedar-bark and ties it above the salmon. | After she finishes tying it, 
she splits cedar-wood,— |long and slender pieces. These are called “the 
lock.’’ || Then she pushes one of these on each side, two finger-widths 
from | the edge of the salmon-meat, through between | the legs of the 
roasting-tongs, lengthwise of the salmon; | and after she has finished 
this, she pushes long ones across | the salmon and the “‘locks’”’ which 
Wai, gi’lfmésé lawii’masxa q!0’snatyaxs la’é@ t!0’tsé‘ste’/ndEx Oxa’- 
wa‘yas; la k'!és qak:o’drx hé’x't!latyas lax xek:!a’dzis. Wa, la 
xwa’fidex 6’/xtaatafyas hii’xpla 1a’xa mdod’dené Jax é’k !atyas 
ts!a’snafyas. Wa, lan’m pele’ q!emeldzi’‘yasa xa’k:!adzowe. Wai, 
gi’lsmésé 1a’graa lax tek lisés xwa’Lase‘waxs la’é xwe’Kideq. Wa, 
la gai’betend xwa’kéedex welxwa’xsda‘yas 6’k:!otnla lax 6’xLaata- 
fyasés Xwa’LasE*we. Wa, g i’l'mésé lawi’masex xa’k:!adziséxs la’é 
axe/dxés L!o’psayowe qa‘s §x*e’déxa k'!é’la qa‘s yilts!el*n’ndés 
la’‘xa L!o’psayowe qa k:!e’sétes k!timelx'i’det qd lat Lanad’lési 
la’xa legwi’las. Wi, li qex"‘i’tsa dmna’sé la’xa ‘ne’mp!enké 
la’xEns q!wa’q!wax'ts!ana‘yé, gi’x“id lax 6’xLatyasa L!0’psayowé. 
Wi, gi/lfmésé gwa’texs la’@ ax‘e’dxa xwa’Lekwe k:!0’trla qa‘s 
ge’ts!odés la’xa L!0’psayowe. Wai, la ax*é’dxa dena’sé qa‘s yil‘i’/dé 
Inkladé’ts lax é’k-la‘yasa xwa’Lekwé k:!o’tela. Wa, gi’l'mésé 
gwal yina’gexs lace é’tled ax‘é’dxa ‘ne’me k:!o’tEla qa‘s xwe’la- 
lemasegéxs la’é ge’ts lots lax 6’k létrlisa gi/Ixdé ixts!d’yos. Wai, 
la‘xaa &x*e’dxa dena’sé qa‘s yili’dés lax é’k-!mnxafyas. Wa, 
o i’lsmése gwa’le yita’*yaséxs la’é x0’x‘widxa k!wa‘xna’/*wé, 
wi'switlta, la gi/Isgilsté. Wa, hé’nm 1e’gadnms k'!a’ademé. WaA, 
la‘mé’sé La’s‘itsa ‘na/fnemts!agé@ 1a’xa ma’Idené g-i’xidé lax 
awi/nxafyasa q!E’mtadzatyasa k-!o’tela. Wi, la na’qodalax 
@/wanuts!Exsta‘yasa L!0’psayowé ao’tslaqila Lefwa k'!0’tEla. Wa, 
oi’/l'meése gwa’Ixeq la’é La’s‘itsa gi’lsgilstowe lax na’qawa‘yasa 
