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it | begins to boil. Then she takes a stone and puts it on top 
of it | to keep it under the water; and after she has done so, she 
takes || a dish and a kelp bottle with oil in it, and puts them | at the 
place where she is sitting; and she does not leave (the salmon) long on 
the fire, | before it is done. Then she takes it off, and at once she | 
takes her tongs and lifts it out and puts it into the dish. | After it is 
all out, then she smoothes it in the dish, so || that itis level. Then she 
takes her kelp with oil in it, and she | pours it over the quarter-dried 
salmon in the dish. | After she has done so, she gives water to those | 
whom she is going to give to eat. As soon as they have rinsed their 
mouths, they drink; | and after they finish drinking water, she puts the 
dish || before those whom she is going to give to eat. When this is 
done, they go to draw | fresh water for them to drink after they have 
eaten; and it is not | long before he who went to draw water comes 
back; and after those | to whom she has given to eat have eaten, the 
woman takes soft | white cedar-bark and gives it to those to whom 
she has given to eat, to wipe their hands with, || and to take the oi] 
off of the hands of those to whom she has given to eat, for there is 
really much | oil on their hands, and they are always covered with 
oil when they are eating quarter-dried | speared salmon with oil for 
their food. After they have | wiped their hands, the woman takes | 
3 mEdr’Ixtwida. Wi, la ax‘e’dxa t!é’semé qa‘s ‘mEkwayi’ndés laq 
qa witt/nsalayos. Wa, gi’lfmésé gwal aa’xsilaqéxs la’é ax‘e’dxa 
1o’q!wa Lefwés éwa’éwadé L!énats!ala qa‘s ga’xé &x‘a’lilas la’xés 
k!wae’lase. Wai, k:!e’st!a @é’x-Laléda hi’niendiis la’xa Ipgwi'laxs 
la’é L!o’pa. Wi, latmé’sé hi’nx‘sendegq. Wa, hé’xida‘mésé 
ixte’dxeés tsé’stala qa‘s texttstH’/ndéq qa‘s axts!4/lés la’xa 1oq !we. 
Wa, gil'mésé ‘wi’lo‘staxs la’é gwe/lalts!ots la’xa loq!we qa 
‘nema’kiyés. Wai, la ax*é’dxés ‘wa’*wade L!é’nats!ala qa‘s k!tn- 
geLryi/ndés la’xa la g‘its!4’xa 1o’q!wéda k!ingegekwé ts!éts!eln- 
mala. Wa, gi’lmésé gwa’Kalilexs la’@ tsi’x-itsa ‘wa’pe la’xés 
hi:mgi/lasoLé. Wii, g'i/l'mésé gwal ts!mwe’L!mxodexs la’é na’x‘ida. 
Wii, gi/lfmésé gwat na’qaxa ‘wa’paxs la’é k-a’gimlilasa to q!we 
la’xés hi‘mg‘i/lasoLé. Wi, gi/lmésé gwa’l alitexs la’é tsii’x‘itsB- 
‘wéda a’Ita ‘wap qa na’geg-ILEs qo gwi al ha‘ma’pio. Wa, k-!e’st!a 
gi/laxs g-A’xaé aé idaadeda tsi/xa ‘wa’pe. Wa, gi’lfmése gwal 
hatma’pa hicmgi/lase‘waxs la’éda ts!nda’qé@ ix‘@/dxa q!o/yaakwé 
k-a’dzekwa qa‘s lé ts!4s la’xés ha‘mgii’lase*we qa dédn’/nx‘widés 
5 qa lawia’s q!n/lq!elts!anatyasés hasmg‘i/lasp‘weé qaxs 4’laé q!é’nemeé 
q!nIq!elts!anatyas qaxs hé’menala‘maé t!ebrgeli’sa k!i’/nqatyasa 
skg'ine’té ts!é’ts!elemalaxa L!é/niixs hatma’tyaé. Wa, eg i’lméseé 
egwal dédr’nkwéda hatmgi’lase‘waxs la’éda ts!mda’qé ax‘e’dxa 
o’giila‘mée 10’q!wa qats qrpts!d’désa ‘wa’pée lag. Wa, la é’tled 
